Gamecube Portable (abandoned)

techknott · Post by **techknott** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:52 am

No rumble in it. Wanted to save up as much juice as possible or I would have just left the original backlight in.

kasar · Post by **kasar** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:31 am

I think the rumble feature does not need a huge amount of space, what about take apart and old phone and get the motor from it?, only two wires from controller mobo to the motor and rumble added with minimal space needed.

the mobile phones are really thin and slim today, so I supose the rumble motors it have will be really small.

the rumble feature is also important at zelda games (for discover hidden places) and used at most of games to make hit sensation better.

I think it will fit perfect at your cuarent case design, and will take also minimal battery power, the mobile rumble motors are also designed for minimal power.
Lol, at least put a LED for know if the controller is trying to Rumble

collinE · Post by **collinE** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:23 pm

wow, kasar. That idea is genius and I never would have thought of it. I'm going to rip apart a phone right now.

and excellent still, techknott. you keep amazing us.

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:10 pm

collinE wrote:wow, kasar. That idea is genius and I never would have thought of it. I'm going to rip apart a phone right now.

and excellent still, techknott. you keep amazing us.

Its been done before!

dragonhead · Post by **dragonhead** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:05 pm

ShockSlayer wrote:
collinE wrote:wow, kasar. That idea is genius and I never would have thought of it. I'm going to rip apart a phone right now.

and excellent still, techknott. you keep amazing us.
Its been done before!

its got me thinking. maybe i can now squeeze a puru pack into my upcoming dreamcast portable

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:21 pm

dragonhead wrote:
ShockSlayer wrote:
collinE wrote:wow, kasar. That idea is genius and I never would have thought of it. I'm going to rip apart a phone right now.

and excellent still, techknott. you keep amazing us.
Its been done before!
its got me thinking. maybe i can now squeeze a puru pack into my upcoming dreamcast portable

Oh, and I believe it was by Dkap01.

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dragonhead · Post by **dragonhead** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:32 pm

ShockSlayer wrote:
Oh, and I believe it was by Dkap01.

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what ever happened to him?

@technott: any progress?

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:35 pm

He was a scammer, then droppede off the face of the earth

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Nonsense Man · Post by **Nonsense Man** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:07 pm

Really I always thought he was trustworthy. Wheres the mass hate thread of his scammage.

palmertech · Post by **palmertech** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:09 pm

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Basement_Modder · Post by **Basement_Modder** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:54 pm

kasar wrote:I think the rumble feature does not need a huge amount of space, what about take apart and old phone and get the motor from it?, only two wires from controller mobo to the motor and rumble added with minimal space needed.

the mobile phones are really thin and slim today, so I supose the rumble motors it have will be really small.

the rumble feature is also important at zelda games (for discover hidden places) and used at most of games to make hit sensation better.

I think it will fit perfect at your cuarent case design, and will take also minimal battery power, the mobile rumble motors are also designed for minimal power.
Lol, at least put a led for know if the controller is trying to vibrate

I'd use 2 or more motors from a cellphone. with the mass of the portables created by the average modder, you would need that much to actually FEEL the rumble.

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:05 pm

Actually, there is a reason why its downgraded to cell phone motors: the only reason to include it is just to know that the rumble is there. Because when was shaking a homemade semifragile thing ever good? And, The wieght is nothing like a controller in some cases, therefore it could actually be annoying to have it rumble.

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Basement_Modder · Post by **Basement_Modder** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:50 am

ShockSlayer wrote:Actually, there is a reason why its downgraded to cell phone motors: the only reason to include it is just to know that the rumble is there. Because when was shaking a homemade semifragile thing ever good? And, The wieght is nothing like a controller in some cases, therefore it could actually be annoying to have it rumble.

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I'd say that if the case is really as small as possible, the components would be so tightly packed that it wouldn't be all that fragile.

hailrazer · Post by **hailrazer** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:32 am

Basement_Modder wrote:
ShockSlayer wrote:Actually, there is a reason why its downgraded to cell phone motors: the only reason to include it is just to know that the rumble is there. Because when was shaking a homemade semifragile thing ever good? And, The wieght is nothing like a controller in some cases, therefore it could actually be annoying to have it rumble.

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I'd say that if the case is really as small as possible, the components would be so tightly packed that it wouldn't be all that fragile.

You would think that .... but in most cases you would be wrong. The majority of modders use super glue than hot glue to hold parts together. After a bit of shaking these come apart easily.

Of course we have some modders here that go all the way with nuts/bolts , epoxy, plastic weld , etc and those can survive a minor earthquake

davicoro · Post by **davicoro** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:41 am

In some games the rumble can advice you something...
like a near enemy, a secret or many other thinks...
if you don't want to add rumble you can consider in add a blinking led
near the screen that advice you of those thinks that could occurs in game...