A way to show you are playing on a mat on Ultramix!

mastermind3k · Trick Member Joined: 24 Sep 2003

When I got Ultramix I didn't like how it showed you were playing with a controller when you were really playing with the mat. So I thought, the soft mat shows a mat when you play, so why not wire it through the control box on the front of the soft mat. I did this so I had an external control box for the XBOX and when I did this and it did in fact work. It showed a mat when I joined the rooms and I could use the headset no problem. I did this because I couldn't find an adapter that showed a mat.

I made a guide to show how I did it. You can check it out here:
http://www.geocities.com/beavstir

It also shows a picture of the finished control box. I made the guide in word. Tell me what you think if you do it. Hope it helps and enjoy.

[DMB]ziggy4719 · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 7:31 pm Post subject: .

....site doesnt work
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[G-Streets] DojoMax · Trick Member Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Location: Southwest Vegas

it works.. but when his "little" bandwidth runs out.. it'll be down again... get a different host.. like tripod .. or brinkster or something.
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mastermind3k · Trick Member Joined: 24 Sep 2003

Ok. I thanks for telling me about brinkster DojoMaX. No that I have two thre shouldn't be nearly as much a problem as before the link to my sites that you can check out the XBOX Control Box are:

http://www.geocities.com/beavstir
http://www34.brinkster.com/mastermind3k

Enjoy and tell me what you think.

santAAA · Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 6:29 pm Post subject:

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EMAGDNIM · Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 8:36 pm Post subject:

Good...it's down again

...I'll check it out tomorrow before I leave to school...

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DX Manaic · Trick Member Joined: 28 Aug 2002 Location: Outer Limits

whoa. nice work.

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StarCreator · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Maryland, USA

Too bad I don't have a CF...

Do the third party Xbox pads also show up as a pad? I'd think maybe messing with those control boxes may be easier (and more cost effective)?
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mastermind3k · Trick Member Joined: 24 Sep 2003

Any mat that has the D-Shell connector on the end such as a Cobalt Flux would work with this control box mod. If you don't have this and you have a PS2 cable sticking out of the front you can rewire it so it works through a D-Shell connector but then you would have to use an external control box all the time. When I modified my mats through the D-Shell connector I just bought a Cobalt Flux control box and used that. I think that is better to use a external control box because if you're connections inside get screwed up you have to take apart the mat and you have to find where to resaulder the connections onto the chip which can be difficult if you don't know what each point does.

If you are in fact interested in rewiring your mat through a D-Shell connector just let me know and I will be happy to show you how to do it. It's really quite simple.

BillsterJ · Basic Member Joined: 03 Oct 2003

Let me just state that you are most definitely THE MAN. Cheers.

mastermind3k · Trick Member Joined: 24 Sep 2003

Thanks I'm doing this for myself and all you guys out there so enjoy. Oh and Cheers.

Syxx · Trick Member Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Location: Chicagoland

Seems too complicated for me @_@
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iLLusioNz · Basic Member Joined: 25 Nov 2003 Location: chi-town

i need two of these for my cf's.. but i'm to lazy to make them.. does anyone want to make me two of these and sell em to me? pm meh
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mastermind3k · Trick Member Joined: 24 Sep 2003

The only problem is the person that will make them for you will have to have two soft mats and to my knowledge they sell the game in a bundle pack with the mat only. So I think it will be quite iffy if anyone will do this. Red Octane just emailed me the other day saying that they're coming out with a control box that will work on XBL. They didn't specify though whether or not that means that it will show a controller so you may want wait and find out how there's is. This modding is just a cheaper solution to not going out and buying a control box when you have a soft mat and a metal pad.

iLLusioNz · Basic Member Joined: 25 Nov 2003 Location: chi-town

well i think that redoctane is just going to have a regular control box.. which you could buy from any third party shop..

but cobalt flux is in the process of making a control box for it's CF to be able to be recognized as a mat on xbl
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sl4ck0ff · Trick Member Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Location: long beach

off topic but damn wat a great dance pad

mastermind3k · Trick Member Joined: 24 Sep 2003

Okay sorry bout that bandwidth problem before but if you go to http://www.beaverbytes.com and fo to the xbox control box section you can download the guide.

Enjoy let me know if there are any more problems.

SuperRob · Basic Member Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Location: Bothell, WA

That's a fantastic looking metal pad. You should be proud!

FYI ... stay away from the XJoyBox converter for PS2 pads on the Xbox. Way too much delay ... makes the game unplayable.

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mastermind3k · Trick Member Joined: 24 Sep 2003