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azuken · Basic Member Joined: 09 Jan 2004

i got these cheap buttocks pads http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3071562088&category=21185 is there anything i can do to maybe get them to work better they move around and somtime they sink into my carpet and mess me all up

diabloslayer469 · Trick Member Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Location: Neo-Geo Land

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cky_okc · Basic Member Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Location: OKC,OK

how would u mod the last one cause i have those (i think plz see if there the same by looking up) i want to know[/quote]

http://ucsub.colorado.edu/~geddes/chubbypad/ or

http://www.extremespin.com/tommy/ddr/

The_Pwnager · Trick Member Joined: 31 Dec 2003

VxJasonxV · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 7:04 pm Post subject:

Stop quoting yourself.
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Robomonkey92 · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 8:04 pm Post subject:

ok...im too lazy read through these pages so dont get mad at me and flame and stuff, but anyways, is anyone having problems using the konami pads? one of mine's down arrow is faulty and its keeps moving around, can i fix this? and are there alternatives?
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flyersgirl37 · Basic Member Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Pennsylvania

Grrr!! I purchased the BNS Extreme pad back in early December and thought it was great, but just yesterday my PS2 was not reading the pad anymore! I have had no luck with pads...this is my second one in two months. I store it properly, just something always happens to have them break (especially right after the warranty expires).

Makes me wonder if I even take the chance of buying a more expensive pad...I am NOT happy with BNS...

Whymfrost · Basic Member Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

ddrlukemj · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2004 12:49 am Post subject: Frankensleeve 2

Hey all.

I am building 2 Frankensleeve mods onto 2 Mad Catz ps2 styled pads, this is for the PC version which i just picked up for 14.90 on ebay!

I plan to get some form of pictures/videos up, i managed to get all of the materials for both pads for less than 20 dollars, which seemed pretty good to me because i would def pay 30 for an already cardboard enhanced pad.

Not to mention the self-adhesive floor tiles we used were styling!!!

For reference about frankensleeve check this link http://www.harmlesslion.com/stuff/text/ddr/sleeve.htm

For one thing we are substituting the expensive plastic wrap for construction disposal bags (read quite strong black garbage bags) and we tried to do it without contact concrete for the 'treads' which were also cheap but to no avail.

Eitherwise my goal is to be done with it all tommarow and iam excited.

the blog about it is at http://webpages.charter.net/lukemj/parts_for_the_sleeve.htm

Pre-apologies if this is in the wrong place.

Mah first post!!
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Cutz · Trick Member Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Location: Milford, CT

I bought 2 Mad Catz Beat Pads and they both broke in less then a week. Can you guys please suggest to me a better dance pad (under $100 cause im not that obsessed with the game).

DarkDraco · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Location: Fort Worth, TX

I finally got to order my RO Ignition 2.0 pad, and my mom got me a pad cover to go with it. When it arrives, are there any other mods that I'll need to do to make the pad last longer?

Linkz 2 · Basic Member Joined: 11 Jan 2004

spriggan72 · Basic Member Joined: 05 Jan 2004

1st off I do think the konami pads are actually very good pads as far as soft pads go. What I did was took a sheet of 1 inch plywood (for stability and durability) and cut it into 2 pieces @ 33x39. I used 4 pieces of 8x10 acrylic squares for each pad and used packing tape and secured the acrylic directly to the arrows on the pad. Then I used double sided carpet tape and applied it to the wood. Carefully center the pad over the wood and smooth it out so it's flat and there's no air bubbles. I then used textured floor covering and covered the entire pad and stapled it to the edges of the wood, cut the excess off and went around the outside with black duct tape so it didn't look ghetto. The final result was a VERY stable and accurate pad that didnt move at all. You can also feel the arrows through the floor covering because of the acrylic, the floor covering will also make the pads withstand some serious abuse. I used eye hooks and latches to keep the pads together on the top and bottom edges, so they can be disassembled for storage etc if need be. All the supplies were found at Lowe's and ran me about $58. That was the cost in doing BOTH pads. This pad feels and reacts WAY better than the igitions out of the box, but I have never modded those, anyhoo the result is below.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/spriggan72/ddrmod.jpg

you can see the acrylic under the floor covering, and the slip proof texture lets ya play in shoes, socks, or barefoot, and it's very comfortable.

whitewulfe · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 7:14 pm Post subject:

Having read through all 43 pages of this thread (ugh, head hurting), I've got a few questions...

Those PSX/2-X-Box/GC adapters on the red octane website ( http://www.redoctane.com/universaladapter.html ), a few questions on them...

1) Does Electronics Boutique in Canada carry them? (anyone know if they do?)
2) Or if worst comes to worst, is there a place that carries those adapters AND the BNS DX pads?
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diabloslayer469 · Trick Member Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Location: Neo-Geo Land

whitewulfe · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 9:13 pm Post subject:

EB in Canada online is a single page...

http://www.electronicsboutique.ca

All it does is redirect you to the american site...

And the american EB carries different product than the canadian EB...

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Linkz 2 · Basic Member Joined: 11 Jan 2004

ddrlukemj · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:21 am Post subject:

k so i got my pads made

i 've only plated in the arcades so ive got little refernce and never used the naked mad catz before i modded them with clothes

aynways

theyre responsive enough that tapping my socks works to get it registered
i got so into dancing it was just amazing my soul was bared
hehe

aynways i am having problems with the superjoy 2 player ps to usb adapter with ddr

first of all, it is kinda hard to register the non diagonal combos like up/down and left/right
im wondering if the adapter is in analog mode (the windows control panel gives it an analog style crosshair in a box) and thus up/down and left/right are impossible almost to pick up i have pulled these moves off though so maybe it's no big deal.

the other problem is that i cannot use both pads simultaniously in any mode 2 player or not.

what happens is only one pad works (the one plugged into port 1) and yet it calls it p2.

i can then switch the pad to the p2 slot and it continues to work as p2 but p1 still does not work.

My question secondarily is has anyone had this type of trouble with ps to pc adapters before? I checked the pads out individually and as far as 'game controllers' in control panel of xp pro is concerned they're good to go.

i have not tested any other games , just ddr pc.

If there are any differnt adapters i need to buy to make this work i'd do that. hehe
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