DannyShane Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Hey all. I'm building my first cabinet and have been messing around with launchbox for a few days. I don't want to regret not adding a button for something. do you guys recommend adding buttons for 'escape', volume, pause, etc? or are you able to navigate launchbox/mame using the joystick and trackball. sorry for the noob question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofrogg Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I'm in the process of building an arcade controller for Launchbox/MAME/etc. I plan to add buttons for exit, pause, start, coin, select and favourites. May as well have them if you're building it yourself! Wasn't going to bother with volume as it's not a cab, but I would want to have some kind of volume control in a cab. I know some folks use button combinations to access these functions, but I'd rather have it plain and simple! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyShane Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 Thanks Dan, I appreciate the feedback. I thought i would need them but i rarely seen them on peoples builds and then i read in another forum where the person regretted putting on the extra buttons. so I was kind of stumped on what to do. I know i could use 1 button as a shift key but yeah i think i would rather have a dedicated 'exit', 'pause', 'start' etc button also. thanks again for your feedback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatuswalrus Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I personally would add additional buttons such as start/enter, back/exit, pause, player(s), coin(s), menu (MAME), volume etc. I would go nuts if I built a cab and have it looking like a control panel at NASA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyShane Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 It might be cool. i was laying out my setup on the control top to get a feel for it. the more buttons make it crazy and confusing for me but it could be that im in my 40s (because my son plays games with a keyboard and seems like every key is used and he understands it LOL. too much for me... "danger will Robinson." I ended up drilling holes for 3 additional button at the far back center. 1 would likely be pause, and the other could be a shift/hotkey. i don't know. but the holes are there. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatuswalrus Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I would position them in a nice straight line at the top of the panel and mark them all clearly with either a letter on the button like 'P' for 'pause' or the full word for what it does below the button on the panel/artwork. I am 37 and too get confused, probably because my diet is significantly dominated by these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyShane Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 LOL hey beer is on that list!!! wait, what list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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