Acidmods custom FPS controller

posted Nov 7th 2008 10:05am by Caleb Kraft
filed under: news, xbox hacks

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Yet another custom X Box controller has come out of the acidmods foundry. This one, specialized for FPS games opts for two analog sticks up front, and complete removal of the D pad and buttons. They break down the process quite nicely with very detailed pictures of how to modify the case and move the analog stick. Check out the video of it in action after the break.

As you may recall, this isn’t the first FPS specific controller mod we’ve seen from them.

[thanks Mark]

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tagged: acidmods, controller, fps, gamepad, xbox

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Posted at 10:42 am on Nov 7th, 2008 by panthar

now what is the admin password? damnit, these writers are noobs

Posted at 10:58 am on Nov 7th, 2008 by fail

thanks for the heads up guys.

Posted at 11:06 am on Nov 7th, 2008 by Caleb Kraft

It looks to me like the buttons weren’t completely removed (that wouldn’t do much good) – they were just moved under and inside the handles.

Posted at 1:47 pm on Nov 7th, 2008 by J S

it looks like there are “finger sticks” (as opposed to thumb sticks) on the bottom.
pretty intuitive…

Posted at 1:57 pm on Nov 7th, 2008 by madhouse

this controller is fail. most fps games uses the right buttons and directional pad for special operations. useless piece of hardware for fps.

Posted at 9:57 pm on Nov 7th, 2008 by ant

HAHAHA FPS games on pad … HAHAHA

Posted at 12:41 am on Nov 8th, 2008 by rasz

The directional pad is still there.. it is mapped to a stick on the bottom for easier access..

Posted at 3:12 am on Nov 8th, 2008 by mark

shoot another video with the lights on, please? I can see you are manipulating something on the bottom of the controller, but your video is way too dark. And you didn’t shoot the bottom of the controller for the still shots. Maybe it’s just me, but I think it’s kind of important to actually show something when you are, you know, showing something.

Posted at 7:15 am on Nov 8th, 2008 by PocketBrain

Putting the left analog stick next to the right one eliminates one of the great advantages of the x-box controller; having one thumbstick be off-center. Ever played an FPS with a Playstation-style controller? Horrible sensitivity aside, having the sticks so close together led to a great deal of discomfort (Sorry I can’t give a good reason, the Xbox-style layout just “feels right”), though part of that is due to the rest of the controller design.

Still, the fingersticks are an excellent idea. One of the (many) problems I have with console FPSes is the need to sacrifice your aiming thumb whenever you want to press an X/Y/B/A button.

Posted at 3:33 pm on Nov 8th, 2008 by nihilocrat

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