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Redwngs13
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HitokiriX
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| Lord of the DDRings wrote: | | RyukumIsora wrote: | | Extension cable: As I said before, this was a crazy idea I got to prevent the CG cables from dying when plugged/unplugged too much from the PS2 ports. I haven't been DDRing all that consistently, but the cables still work (when I do DDR, I usually go nuts for like three days straight then rest for a week). So far so good! I'm using a Mad Catz extension cable for one pad, then a no-name 3rd party extension for the other. Cost: $8 for Mad Catz, $4 for no-name for a total of $12. |
why would the cables die from being plugged/unplugged too much? and how would buying an extension cable prevent this, cause wouldnt u just be plugging/unplugging the extension cable just as much as you would with the normal plug if u didnt have it? |
well if you plugged and unplugged it too much then the needles could get bent or disconnect. also if u pull too hard the wires could get stretched and ripped out. the extension cord allows a second plug to come in. if u don't disconnect the extension cord and regular cord plug then the extension cord could act as a spare cord. |
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TrueFlog
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| 1302. Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| vsamaco wrote: | Is the "ignore joy axes" on? That may prevent stepmania from crashing. The directional arrows will not work if they aren't mapped to buttons. I would assume that the back button is the same as select. Try holding those 3 buttons longer 5 secs and make sure your pressing all of three. You can do the code anytime as long as the pad is plugged in. If that doesn't work, plug a ps/2 controller and press/hold the three buttons. If the directional keys still do not show up as buttons, I think your adapter doesn't have the code activation function. I don't know of any drivers you can get for this adapter, since its plug and play (like usb mouse). Either return the adapter for a replacement or get an EMS2 which requires no code.
I have the same adapter but I got it from their ebay seller. |
I actually purchased both my items from Vortz via Ebay as well, so our adapters should be identical. (It was simply easier to link to their website.) I've found that if I set "Ignore Joy Axes" to on, Stepmania will indeed crash. If I turn it off, the four arrows will register, and I can play the game - sort of. It won't register U/D or L/R combinations; clearly it's mapping the arrows to axes rather than buttons. I plugged in a PS2 controller and verified that the "Back" button on my pad maps the same as "Select" on the controller. I also tried to enter the code using the controller, but with no success. Unless anyone has any other ideas, I reckon I'll have to return the adapter - sucks, tho, 'cuz I'll be out nearly $10 on shipping, and by the time I get a working adapter, I'll have had my pad for two weeks yet been unable to play it.
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(thanks for the help, BTW)
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IIIMUNKIII
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| 1303. Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry if this has been mentioned b4 but i am wondering, i recently purchased a Ignition pad from www.ddrgame.com and when i got it it didnt have the red octane logo on it and i was under the assumption is was a red octane pad but it is a cypher ignition pad, now im wondering is there a diffrence? between the 2.
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xphoguytonyx
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| 1304. Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| IIIMUNKIII wrote: | | Sorry if this has been mentioned b4 but i am wondering, i recently purchased a Ignition pad from www.ddrgame.com and when i got it it didnt have the red octane logo on it and i was under the assumption is was a red octane pad but it is a cypher ignition pad, now im wondering is there a diffrence? between the 2. |
same pad dont say the same thing in the middle. like i bought a nonslip pad and it didnt say stay cool in the middle. unstand, it just have a pic of a girl.
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Trenchcoat
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| 1305. Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 6:18 am Post subject: |
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I got a pair of those ignition pad knockoffs online and the one I've been using just messed up. The back arrow only works sometimes, and never if I try to hit it right after another arrow. I've only been playing DDR for a month now and the pad is already kaput. 
What really ticks me off is that I'm all the way up to passing most 9 footers and now and the pad goes out.
Any ideas as to whats wrong? Aside from it being a crappy pad. |
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xphoguytonyx
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| 1306. Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 6:25 am Post subject: |
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Hehe, i bought a pad and it died in 2 days. the right arrow is always dead each time i get a new pad.
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Trenchcoat
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| 1307. Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 6:30 am Post subject: |
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I do have to admit that it was a very comfy and responsive pad all the way up till when this happened. And I've put about 1-2 hours of solid DDR on it almost every day. But even then it only adds up to about 50-60 hours of play.  |
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Raloth
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| 1308. Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:55 am Post subject: |
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I got my Vortz pads a few days ago...they are great  . It's pretty much what all of the other reviewers have said.
At first the arrows weren't nearly sensitive enough, but after wearing them in a bit they are perfect. The cable is a little short. It's not a problem for me since my ps2 is nearby but I can see for some people it would be a problem.
I have no other ignition pads to compare them to, but as far as I can tell there is no reason to go and spend the $100 on a RO when you can get two Vortz for $54.98 with shipping. |
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Verified
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| 1309. Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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my soft pad. *RO ignition* broke, the down arrow stopped responding after 7 games of maxx unlimited trick mode. How can i fix this??? otherwise i'm out 100 bucks. *I'm poor so i can't really afford a new one.
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vsamaco
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| 1310. Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Imsaffor wrote: | | my soft pad. *RO ignition* broke, the down arrow stopped responding after 7 games of maxx unlimited trick mode. How can i fix this??? otherwise i'm out 100 bucks. *I'm poor so i can't really afford a new one. |
Well you can open up the control box and check whether all the connections between the copper connection sheet and the circuit board. You can try shaking/hitting/pressing the down arrow in hopes it will jar the connection back into place. Other than that, I think your out of luck. You could open the pad up and see whats going on, but you could mess it up more or make it break faster. Repairing an ignition pad is not very feasible... Are the pads still under warranty? I'd try to get RO to send a replacement if they still are. |
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Trenchcoat
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| 1311. Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Well after reading up a bit, I decided to mod my other pad which I just took out of the packaging. I was keeping it in case my first one failed and it did, whodathunkit?
Anyway I used the chairmat idea I've seen around earlier this thread. I got a 15 dollar chairmat from staples, some snips, and I went to work. After I attached the cut out section of chairmat to the foam insert and put the pad back together, the surface feels even better. It gives me a little spring on my step instead of sinking in.
At first though, the top surface seemed to slip around a bit because of the slick chairmat surface it was on. So I fixed it by making loops of packing tape so it sticks on both sides and taped those down with more tape strips to form sort of a criss cross pattern of stickiness.
Now the pad seems so much sturdier and the top doesn't slip at all. In fact, it even reduced the distance that the pad travels on the floor because of the extra weight from the piece of chairmat. It used to be that if I played endless, I'd have to move the pad back in place once every 5-6 songs, now I can play an hour and only have it travel a few inches.
I'm hoping this mod will prolong the life of my pad, since my guess is that the old one stopped working because a contact strip may have gotten stretched too far because of the foam support caving in.
If this fails in a relatively short amound of time, I may just break down and try to fund a cobalt flux metal pad.  |
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Weapon
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| 1312. Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Hi guys im in the process of building my own ddr pad but in the meantime im using my soft pads, anyways on both of them the down button is screwed and I was wondering is there anyways to fix it? It would sometimes work though but its like a 1 in 50 chance of working |
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Verified
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| 1313. Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 6:56 am Post subject: |
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| vsamaco wrote: | | Imsaffor wrote: | | my soft pad. *RO ignition* broke, the down arrow stopped responding after 7 games of maxx unlimited trick mode. How can i fix this??? otherwise i'm out 100 bucks. *I'm poor so i can't really afford a new one. |
Well you can open up the control box and check whether all the connections between the copper connection sheet and the circuit board. You can try shaking/hitting/pressing the down arrow in hopes it will jar the connection back into place. Other than that, I think your out of luck. You could open the pad up and see whats going on, but you could mess it up more or make it break faster. Repairing an ignition pad is not very feasible... Are the pads still under warranty? I'd try to get RO to send a replacement if they still are. |
Hey guys, I can provide a bit of insight to all who lost their down arrow. I opened up my Ignition pad to find out if anything is wrong, uppon unzipping it, i noticed tears in the thin plastic lining above the foam. I peeled this back to get a look at the underside. Ignition pads,*not sure about others* use paper thin sensors glued to a thin sheet of plastic for their connections. I for one, *most other people do to* play DDR heavily here. When most people hit the down arrown, it causes dance pads to slide. this also puts a forward momentum on that spot, while your other foot keeps it down. Apparantly, while playing maxx unlimited, this motion caused the sensor and the paper to tear. Thus, the sensor died completely.
IF you have any fix for this, please post, i'm sure it will help up all greatly...
I'm currently building my own pad as well, so I can play without worrying about Foil or Paper-think sensors. w00t
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Vashu The Stampedo
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| 1314. Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 9:00 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I had one of the original DDRMAX2 pads and it worked fine until the back button's sensor moved up and to the left a bit, which is when I decided to buy a BNS Ultra DX. Mm, that's a good pad. |
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boardpusher2002
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| 1315. Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 10:36 am Post subject: |
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| i got the 2 vortz ignition pads and after 1 week of moderate use they both are ghost stepping now. they seem to not be wired as well as level six and bns. i used my level six about the same amount and it lasted 6 months |
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vsamaco
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| 1316. Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 11:26 am Post subject: |
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| boardpusher2002 wrote: | | i got the 2 vortz ignition pads and after 1 week of moderate use they both are ghost stepping now. they seem to not be wired as well as level six and bns. i used my level six about the same amount and it lasted 6 months |
I guess you got the short end of the straw... err or unlucky. I've read some post where RO and BNS died within a months or few weeks. Maybe the person on the assembly line in the factory got careless or something. Atleast they weren't two BNS/RO pads which would've cost you double/quadruple... Although, RO does have the 60day warranty, but your fux after it Did you do anything different when playing or storing your pads as oppose to your previous pads?
I've found some post where vortz pads are still in good condition after heavy usage.
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For 3 weeks now, my Vortz pads have taken 8 and 9 foot songs from Max and max2 pretty much non-stop. Not only are they still perfect, the foam inside isn't even marginally torn. I love my Vortz pads. |
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After reading Promit's post I decided to check the inside material of my Vortz. After about one month of use by a bunch of different people, one pad is perfect with no rips, but the other (the one which I believe has gotten the most use) has two small rips near the top of the bottom arrow, but the pads are still working great, and I have started Aing and Bing many 8 footers and some 9 footers.
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Redwngs13
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RabidElf
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| 1318. Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Hey, I've only been using these Softpads (I'm not sure what brand they are) for a couple weeks and in one of them my Right Arrow does'nt seem to work. What could I do to fix this? |
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xphoguytonyx
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| 1319. Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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is it a DAnce R nonslip pad or something from gamestop?
any if it is u have the same problem as me. bc he same arrow died in 3 days for me. also theres no way to fix it. once its dead its dead. buy a new soft pad then mod it. i dont kno how to mod it, just look around this thread and im sure u will find what u looking for.
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