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The GC controls
#1
Posted 21 January 2008 - 12:00 PM
I devised a dumb way to stop this from happening (as much) which involved getting a rubber glove and cutting the thumb off. (PLAY SAFE KIDS!) But it's still a pain.
Would it be possible to chop up a analogue saturn pad and a GC one, then frankenstein it a bit to make a pad of ultimate wows?
The thumbpad is just too small and those stupid 8 way angles. Rrrggh.
Flying in a straight line becomes a challenge.
#2
Posted 21 January 2008 - 12:13 PM
As for the 8-way stick, I heard somewhere that taping a circular piece of carboard around the edge might help. Haven't tried it myself. Can't cut decent circles for crap XD
#3
Posted 21 January 2008 - 02:08 PM
#4
Posted 21 January 2008 - 02:47 PM
#5
Posted 21 January 2008 - 02:58 PM
Or relax and not press so hard, lol XD
#6
Posted 21 January 2008 - 03:06 PM
INTENSE APTI!
#7
Posted 21 January 2008 - 03:35 PM
#8
Posted 21 January 2008 - 03:50 PM
#9
Posted 21 January 2008 - 03:52 PM
#10
Posted 21 January 2008 - 04:23 PM
#11
Posted 21 January 2008 - 05:16 PM
I was so surprised at how quickly I adapted because now I got almost all A ranks with Helen but for 2 that I am struggling to do on her 2nd Nightopia.
It does look quite tough to use the D pad in doing quick turns for paraloops and such on the cube controller and nunchuck.
#12
Posted 22 January 2008 - 05:33 PM
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Posted 22 January 2008 - 07:12 PM
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Posted 22 January 2008 - 07:50 PM
#15
Posted 22 January 2008 - 09:31 PM
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Posted 22 January 2008 - 09:31 PM
#17
Posted 22 January 2008 - 09:33 PM
#18
Posted 22 January 2008 - 09:35 PM
#19
Posted 23 January 2008 - 08:46 PM
Forgive me for advertising myself, but I can't stand to see people not getting the full fun of the game with a circular pad as on the Saturn controller. Both viperxmns and I have modded our nunchuks to have circular controls instead of 8 way controls. Check out the original thread with the guide on how to do it yourself, and pictures of how our work came out here:
Mod thread
I can't speak for viper, but for anyone who doesn't feel adventurous enough to do this themselves or doesn't have the right equipment, I'd like to extend a hand and do it for them. I'm not really interested in taking a fellow dreamers money, but gratuity in the form of hand drawings, or other little trinkets (preferably NiGHTS trinkets) are more my thing... I am going to start with 3 "commissions" and see where it goes from there. Trippy gets first dibs if she so chooses, which would leave 2 more open spots. The only money that would be involved would be for shipping your Nunchuk to and from me (I live in New York), or if you wanted me to go out and buy you one and then ship it to you I guess I could do that as well. If you are interested just let me know
#20
Posted 23 January 2008 - 09:12 PM
As for the GC pad, I absolutely love it, especially the fact that, as in all Nintendo analog controllers, it has traction rings instead of the smooth, slippery Saturn and Playstation 1, 2, and 3 controllers and lacks that "cleats" of the DC controller that hurt my thumb after awhile.
I think that the 8-way setup really helps movement on a 2D plane, in NiGHTS and especially in platformers and fighting games. My thumbs always slip and I cannot hold circular analog sticks in one specific direction without slipping.
I will give the Saturn pad one thing, though. Since it was designed from the beginning to be for 3D, it has the analog stick on the top, rather than the horrible setup on the PS controllers, which came about because the analog sticks were an afterthought. The classic controller has this, too, but you generally do not use the analog sticks (I use GC for N64 games). Another thing that was good about it: analog triggers.
#21
Posted 23 January 2008 - 10:09 PM
I agree with most of this. I prefer the circular housing of the analogue stick on the original Saturn 3D controller as it made sweeping arcs smoother and less clunky. That being said, the Gamecube controller is certainly the best of the available options. I just wish someone would invent a retro-fit adapter to enable players to use the 3D controller on the Wii - that would be ideal.I have held that huge Saturn controller, and, like nearly every other Sega controller design, it was horrible. The thing is massive, and aside from it being an aesthetic nightmare (the thing looks like a controller wired to the back of a frisbee) it is very uncomfortable. It is even worse than the Dreamcast controller.
As for the GC pad, I absolutely love it, especially the fact that, as in all Nintendo analog controllers, it has traction rings instead of the smooth, slippery Saturn and Playstation 1, 2, and 3 controllers and lacks that "cleats" of the DC controller that hurt my thumb after awhile.
I think that the 8-way setup really helps movement on a 2D plane, in NiGHTS and especially in platformers and fighting games. My thumbs always slip and I cannot hold circular analog sticks in one specific direction without slipping.
I will give the Saturn pad one thing, though. Since it was designed from the beginning to be for 3D, it has the analog stick on the top, rather than the horrible setup on the PS controllers, which came about because the analog sticks were an afterthought. The classic controller has this, too, but you generally do not use the analog sticks (I use GC for N64 games). Another thing that was good about it: analog triggers.
Oh, I'm new by the way.
#22
Posted 16 May 2008 - 11:00 PM
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