MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Need Help... NBA Jam joysticks 2/4

> No, read what I said again, and think about it.
>
> State fields are right-aligned for you automatically.
>
> You want one blue joystick element that you instantiate twice for players one and
> two. You want one red joystick element that you instantiate twice for players three
> and four.
>
> You have one element per button colour. You don’t have one element with every
> possible combination of buttons.

Okay... had to sit and think about it for a bit... but I got it now. A note: the word "instantiate" was not in my vocabulary before today. And even when I looked up different ways to use it, it still wasn't making sense at first... but now I got it. And about the state fields being right-aligned, that wasn't clicking either at first. IANAP, just a guy that "figures stuff out."

And (0-f) being similar to (0-15) also just clicked, so I don't need a "Hex Calculator Website" to calculate the states for each position anymore.

> Also you should think about a better way of indicating the position of a joystick
> than just shifting the position of the ball. There isn’t enough of a clear reference
> for the neutral position, especially with the shadow obscuring whatever’s under it.
> At a glance, it isn’t clear what position it’s in.
>
> The effect on the buttons is very subtle, too, particularly on the blue button.
>
> For a game like this, the focus is always on the screen. In real life, you don’t look
> at the control panel at all. The control panel will be in the player’s peripheral
> vision while they focus on the screen. If you want the effect to be noticed at all,
> you’re going to need to be decidedly unsubtle.
>
> The button images look decidedly flattened on the side in particular. I went to a
> fair bit of trouble last month to address the issues causing round things to look
> flat on the sides and/or bottom in internal artwork. It seems a shame to make
> external artwork that has flat-sided circles baked in to the images.

The "joysticks" and buttons in this are all I have right now. This particular file is one of a bunch of "proof of concepts" that I wanted to make sure I added this release, knowing that I'm going to come back later and hopefully improve on the joysticks and buttons.

Thank you for the assist, and not just "doing it for me." I learn better that way.

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