Posted by JJ Corley on 26, 2001 at 12:13 AM:
In Reply to: Twinstick for DreamCast -Is it possible to build your own? posted by JJ Corley on 22, 2001 at 12:55 AM:
I'd like to thank you all for your input, and I'd like to appologize for not responding sooner.
This has been my main problem with this project: The wiring. Since you can not use the game's premade control schemes to emulate twinsticks, and you can't make your own ingame scheme, one can't make an easy twinstick like you could with the Saturn. The madcatz programmable controller idea was brillant.. save after buying one, I was unable to actually get the programming feature to work. *Sighs*
If they had included the twin sticks scheme as they did in the Saturn version, this would be a simple act of setting the scheme up, then creating the TS and using it. But I believe the Saturn had 10 buttons on the controller, leaving two for the dash, where the DC controller only has 8.
The way I figure it, Sega probably has the TS scheme in there, but it probably only becomes availible when the DC detects a either a 10 button controller, or a 4 button twin x/y output controller, IE the twinsticks. (Don't mind the horrid explinations, as I know absolutely nothing about this.)
If I had the resources (read: Money) I would buy the new DC TS and open the bastard up, look at how they did it, and try to copy it from there. But I don't.
If anyone could post a diagram or explaination on how to wire a controller for the DC, I might have a better idea about what I'm trying to do. If I come up with any other Ideas, I'll be sure to get back to you all.
-JJ Corley