Weird glitch with basic soft pad

J0lt_C0la · Basic Member Joined: 30 Jul 2006

I recently was given a soft pad controller (not the foam kind) by a friend who mistakenly bought it off of Ebay (they thought they were buying the game). I'm thinking this is ok, I don't yet have a controller for my Xbox, I'll plywood mod it and use it until I can get myself a metal pad. I go to play it to make sure that it works, and it seems that the back arrow is unresponsive, but it works just fine in the menu. Odd. So I edit to create a song with all back arrows. It works just fine. Odder. After a little experimentation, I come to this surprising conclusion: the back arrow won't register if any other arrow is being pressed. Has anyone run into this before? Will opening the controller up and adjusting/fixing things help here? Thanks in advance for any help!

Anguirel · Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 11:20 am Post subject:

It sounds like the mat is set up using an axis system instead of having each arrow be an individual button. There are a few workarounds for this, but often it requires you to cut and resolder traces on a circuit board. I'm also not sure if this can be done on a pad designed for a console (where you don't have access to button mapping).

I had a Kraft brand USB pad with the same issue. Up and Down were on one axis, and Left and Right were on another. There's not a lot I can say that will help. It's just a cheap pad design.
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MySweetReVenGe · Trick Member Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Location: San Jose, CA

if the axis system were used, wouldn't the problem be not exclusive to the back arrow, but the other arrows too?

Anguirel · Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:17 pm Post subject:

SortaEvil · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Location: Burnaby

That happened to the right arrow of one of my basic, run of the mill, off ebay soft pads too, but only after using it for a while unplywooded. When I tore open the pad (since it was pretty much useless and I wanted to see the guts), the top sensor had a huge crease in it running down the right side. Perhaps your sensor has felt it necessary to fold over itself?

limekat · Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 10:46 pm Post subject:

Unanswered in the other forum for ignition 3.0s; my problem is exactly like this. =.=" except with all of the buttons instead of just the down.

Anguirel · Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:39 am Post subject:

Get a Cobalt Flux

But seriously, soft pads have a habit of breaking down frequently, especially unmodded ones. As for the sensor creasing, I had that issue before and rather than causing the arrow to not register, it caused it to register constantly. At this point, the real problem is anyone's best guess.
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Behemoth69 · Basic Member Joined: 17 Aug 2005

I have the exact same problem with my modded pad. Haven't gotten around to fixing it or anything, glad to see i'm not the only one though.

doom530 · Basic Member Joined: 10 Aug 2006

I to have a similar problem and i am wondering how you can tell if its an axis or indivigual controller when you are looking to buy one.
also if there is no base refrence could someone please post a list of ones that are not axis.
ps: i mean soft or hard pads i am still not willing to get a metel one yet.