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[Nosk]

Hi ^^

Well, the subject is self explanatory, but I'd like to buy an adapter to play with my Beat Pro dance pad (mad catz)..I actually bought one at pacific mall but it seems like it doesn't work at all ! So any idea where I could buy a good adaptor in toronto ?

Thanks !

[usamablackbelt]

sorry to pelt you all with questions, but I have one.

I just recieved my Cobalt Flux, and I am not able to make sense out of what you all say, but I have narrowed down to the Super Dual Box Converter from liksang. http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=23&products_id=3176&PHPSESSID=d930b1ea050305b77244bc81e6099458 That right there. Now, my CF was just ordered about 3 weeks ago, so It's probably V2, which means it would have a V2 Cbox right? Then, the lik-sang converter, if I were to buy that, I'm concerned about the Force Feedback thing. In the CF instruction book thing, it said Force Feedback = bad. How do I turn it off? Then if I have any timing issues, I change the global thing if necassary. Just confirm all this info for me. Thanks.
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dude: MYSTIC IS THE SH*T! HE MADE CATLS IN THE SKY
me: Ian Van Dahl made castles in the sky. ur just gullible
dude: no ian van dahl remixed it....this is different sounding
me: yeah, cuz hes a DJ, and remixed it
me: seriously, you thought DJ Mystik made Castles in the Sky?
dude: who cares
me: i do
me: i think its funny

[Ashe]

[usamablackbelt]

AWESOME! Thanks! Now, my next question. Are there instructions with it? How would you set it up? Forced Feedback is still bad, isn't it? And Stepmania just recognizes it? No setup or anything? I'm just chock-full of questions. Thanks for the link though. That is DEFINATELY the one I'll be buying.
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dude: MYSTIC IS THE SH*T! HE MADE CATLS IN THE SKY
me: Ian Van Dahl made castles in the sky. ur just gullible
dude: no ian van dahl remixed it....this is different sounding
me: yeah, cuz hes a DJ, and remixed it
me: seriously, you thought DJ Mystik made Castles in the Sky?
dude: who cares
me: i do
me: i think its funny

[Pantera]

Unless you're going to be using it for PS2/computer games that actually use a force feedback feature, you shouldn't have to worry about it.

The "rumble" feature in most controllers is the colloquial term for "force feedback", fyi
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[usamablackbelt]

k, i just read it was bad for CFs...the force feedback
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dude: MYSTIC IS THE SH*T! HE MADE CATLS IN THE SKY
me: Ian Van Dahl made castles in the sky. ur just gullible
dude: no ian van dahl remixed it....this is different sounding
me: yeah, cuz hes a DJ, and remixed it
me: seriously, you thought DJ Mystik made Castles in the Sky?
dude: who cares
me: i do
me: i think its funny

[diddrstrait]

[rbastian9297]

I know you said you know nothing about xbox>usb, but i was wondering if anyone has found something that might work or if they have any ideas that i could try out. I was also wondering if it was possible to install linux on a xbox and install stepmania and be able to use the dance pads without any of this usb stuff to deal with...

[diddrstrait]

[rbastian9297]

i bought one of the adapters listed on stepmania's website off of ebay, so i'll let you know how it works when i get it.

[coisman]

I am not in a super joyous mood after using this . This adapter works fine with my Playstation 2 controller, as well as my Konami flat pad. But when I try to use my LevelSix foam pads, everything messes up. Holding down the left arrow registers as being pressed consecutively, and it's the same with the X, O, Square, and Triangle buttons (levelsix pads have six buttons). The Start and Select buttons as well as the up, right, and down arrows all work fine except when being pressed while one of the aformentioned buttons or the left arrow is being held down. I can't play anything like this. Someone plz help.

[diddrstrait]

um, not to sound dumb or anything...but you failed to mention which adapter "this" is...can't help you if I don't know what kind it is.

[Mark of the DMast]

Sync you sometimes gotta read the post subject. He's talking about super joy box
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[diddrstrait]

yeah how many people put info in there? sigh...oh well.

my guess is you haven't entered the code. if you have, you haven't remapped the pad, just like everyone else who's had a problem with it. I wouldn't be surprised if you have joy axis left mapped and the buttons mapped for the other ones. Like I've mentioned before, never just plug in the adapter and expect it to work. you have to go into input options, shut off auto-map (because stepmania maps super dual box wrong) and then re-configure the pad yourself in the key config screen. this is assuming that you have put in the up start select code already.

[Pantera]

And for Syncognition's sake, the "code" is holding up, start, and select for three seconds.

In other news, my Smart Joy PLUS shipped pretty quick, not sure how long it'll take to actually get here though. Also, my CFs are evidently awaiting shipment, it'll probably get shipped sometime within the next couple days.
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[coisman]

It's Redoctane's adapter! Redoctane's! And that trick won't work. Didn't I say that my flat pad worked fine? It worked with my flat Konami pad, but it won't work with this one.

[diddrstrait]

that trick most certainly works with redoctane adapters, because they are exactly the same as the super dual box, which is exactly the same as the "dual USB converter" you see listed on Ebay. it's all made by mayflash, the adapters are generic as I have said many times before, so as long as it has that design, the code will work.

the problem is your pad then, or you have a faulty adapter. I'm guessing it is your pad. and please do not end every sentence with and exclaimation point and/or use such a condescending tone, as it makes it seem as though you are demanding an answer. I'm telling you what I know because I have experience with many adapters. it would also be helpful to know what version of stepmania you are using, because if you are using 3.0 you have to turn on ignore joy axis. and you never said you remapped your pad or shut off auto-mapping, which is also a big problem with SM and the dual joy box. now I will not help you further unless you begin to post in coherent sentences and put the key info in the post, not the post subject (few people put anything there if you haven't noticed). there is no urgency involved with the subject of USB adapters, please do not try to create a sense of it.

EDIT: the pad you are talking about should work fine. it may be faulty, but I have the exact same pad and it works.

if you haven't already, check the FAQ I wrote on the first page. sticky threads always have the important information on the first page just so you know.

[DDRManiack]

Ok, i just purchased this (Product) about 5 minutes ago and im just wondering which drivers i use for it, i am currently using Windows XP.

I have looked around and read many posts but i still don't know if i'm suppsed to use the Joy2Key Program or the NTPad Drivers for XP. Both will most likely work, but which is the best from personal experience.

[diddrstrait]

I believe just to be safe you should use the NTPad drivers, and if that doesn't work use them in conjunction with Joy2Key.

[DDRManiack]

Thanx Lots.

Now all i need is a CB!!