My home built metal DDR pad (Part IV)

djdtalongrl79 · Trick Member Joined: 27 Apr 2003 Location: ct

I think the easiest design to understand would be ddrhomepad's design. That's the one I'm doing because i think he had really awesome directions. Also, the other designs just seemed more complex with the same results. Just an opinion.
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trolli · Basic Member Joined: 17 Apr 2003

the "beefman" disign pad is for the most part riptides design. With slight modifications to how the wireing is done. Beefman uses 4 corner brackets instead of all the screws. Which now riptide has redesigned his to use mending brackets instead of the screws.

From what I can tell of pictures of beefmans, the only other difference is his 2X4's are vertical instead of horozontal like riptides, but I can not confirm this, this is just a guess from brief pictures I have seen.

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Blue Beefman · Trick Member Joined: 31 Oct 2002 Location: WI

ok ok ....Ill do it, Ill make an FAQ with pics, but I wont be able to get very far for tommorrow is my last day of school! and then thursday Im off to Texas for my senior trip...
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krillin2121 · Basic Member Joined: 06 May 2003 Location: Wisconsin

i think RipTide's pad design is the best. it just seems that DDRHompad's design isn't as detailed at RipTides (with website intructions and pictures), and the videos he has with them help a ton in figuring out what to do. and ive never seen Beefman's...so i really dont know what to say there...heh...

but i guess all and all, its just a DDR pad, and they all have thier pro's and con's.
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asdfqweruiop · Trick Member Joined: 30 Jan 2003

oh with blue beefmans pad is it okay to use weatherstripping or is the silicon tubing crucial to its design? i just want the use those weird looking corner things so my screws dont go into my wood anymore.

BluemeanieTrader · Trick Member Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Location: NY

Woo...Finally finished...Everything works perfectly...
Got a generic performace psx pad, worked great...

Thanks to all who have helped...

I don't have that screw problem...here's what i did
For my contacts i used the straight mending brackets (riptides new design)
2 on each side,(2 inches each) then for my contacts i soldered a small wire from corner to corner...thus if any 2 hit it makes a complete circuit,
really helps it you hit the corner on a step, before it wasn't registering for me..

The height of the brackets are adjustable by putting washers under em (again riptides new design..)

-Blue

asdfqweruiop · Trick Member Joined: 30 Jan 2003

BluemeanieTrader · Trick Member Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Location: NY

Sure thing, for pics of my pad, inside and out just go to

www.bluemeanie.gq.nu/ddr.htm

I believe the pictures will answer yer questions, if not just ask and i'd be happy to help If i can....

-Blue

.a · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2002

I'm having a problem with my pad. I've gone through about 5 of those gamestop controllers, and each one of them has the same problem. The down arrow stops working. I take the pad apart and test and test, and the down arrow is just fried. What could be the problem?

Each time the controller's fried, it's plugged into the left port of my PS2. I have to get another controller, but the next time I do, I'm going to plug it into the right slot.

Anyone else having a similar problem?

asdfqweruiop · Trick Member Joined: 30 Jan 2003

tr4il · Trick Member Joined: 03 Dec 2002 Location: Jerz

-joe- · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Location: lv

Blue beefman and me are going to make a tutorial website on how to make his dance pad. Hw will be gone for a week or so, so when he returns were gunna start working on the website.

by the way, with my blue beefman style dance pad, i got a 616 combo on konamix in nonstop mode. And a 268 combo on japan heavy.

I get the occasional twitchy arrow but i got some sollutions im gunna work with.
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Da Unknown · Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 8:07 pm Post subject:

OK, here's what I'm having problems with;

1: I can feel how close the up arrow is to the contact. I can simply tap on the arrow with my finger and it will register. How do I fix this problem? More weather stripping?

2: THE RIGHT ARROW WON'T WORK FOR CRAP! Taken apart it won't work. Put together it won't work. What's the deal here?

3: final question. When I put the entire pad together, certain arrows wan't to act like their being stepped on when they're not. Am I screwing down too much through the brackets or something?

These are based on DDR's pad design. Any help would be greatly appreciated because I'm about to smash the whole project with a nice, big axe out of aggravation.

Thanks,
Marcus

Weston · Trick Member Joined: 17 Feb 2003 Location: Minnesota

Fum4nchuu · Trick Member Joined: 01 Nov 2002

Ok well i think its time to revamp the pad and make it work a bit better, going with this braces/whatever it is riptide used idea.... how do you wire it? is one whole rail/corner brace ground, the next brace/whateverrailthing the live? so you have 2 connections per side? or how is this working? also... i got a controller issue

my pad as it is, works ok... id like to pimp it out a bit... but as of now its nto too shaby... i can get a 200 combo on dead end.. then all of a sudden fail. The pad seems to short out (lack of a better word) for 10 seconds and stop responding... Sometimes its 10 seconds... other times 2 minutes... either way it always comes back... but i can find no connection what-so-ever to the shorting out and anything im doing at the time... anyone seen anything similar? suggestions? im thinkin its time to buy a new controller :/ (im usin an original sony btw - but it looked pretty ghetto when i bought it, i think i got a bad one

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thanks for any help ya got

tr4il · Trick Member Joined: 03 Dec 2002 Location: Jerz

JadeEdge · Trick Member Joined: 31 Mar 2003 Location: Rochester, NH

okay... i got 2 questions:

1.) what are the exact bar measurements? ( or where can i find them )

2.) if i have lights, do i need a different kind of paper to print the arrows on so it shows up better? (transparency, frosted plastic, etc)

( i know these have prolly already been answered, but i'm short on time. sorry... )
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Munkeyd00d · Trick Member Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Location: Bel Air, MD

I have a problem. I replaced the buttons on my pad, and printed out the button art. It seems to be to small to fit the button. Any suggestions on how to make it bigger? Thanks!
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