dhartwell Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Please lock this if this has already been discussed, but is the USB just for power, or is actually transmitting the button signals? I assume it does both, but if it was just power, it would be easy to mod to be wireless. I see no way to test this other then cutting the wire (which i'm not going to do). I'm already planing on cracking the thing open to mount a new "Back" button for easy star power. I'm also debating whether or not to make it wireless by using the innards of a regular wireless controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoCortex Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 It's transmitting the data as well. The only other way to send the button information would be wireless, and Microsoft is not letting anyone license their wireless standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codedigital Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 It's transmitting the data as well. The only other way to send the button information would be wireless, and Microsoft is not letting anyone license their wireless standard. Should be soon...well should have been done long ago. RedOctane has continuously said one should come out later on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codedigital Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Please lock this if this has already been discussed, but is the USB just for power, or is actually transmitting the button signals? I assume it does both, but if it was just power, it would be easy to mod to be wireless. I see no way to test this other then cutting the wire (which i'm not going to do). I'm already planing on cracking the thing open to mount a new "Back" button for easy star power. I'm also debating whether or not to make it wireless by using the innards of a regular wireless controller. I'd DEFINITELY be interesting in adding a back button. That's one of the worst design decisions I've ever seen. The whammy bar seems a bit off as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhartwell Posted April 5, 2007 Author Share Posted April 5, 2007 I'd DEFINITELY be interesting in adding a back button. That's one of the worst design decisions I've ever seen. The whammy bar seems a bit off as well. Do you think it would be better to have the new button on the neck near the fret buttons or near the strum bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codedigital Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Please lock this if this has already been discussed, but is the USB just for power, or is actually transmitting the button signals? I assume it does both, but if it was just power, it would be easy to mod to be wireless. I see no way to test this other then cutting the wire (which i'm not going to do). I'm already planing on cracking the thing open to mount a new "Back" button for easy star power. I'm also debating whether or not to make it wireless by using the innards of a regular wireless controller. So if it was just power...how do you assume it's transmitting the button presses? I must be reading this wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinnedSoul Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 What do you need to mount a new button for? You can activate Star Power just by tilting the guitar. It works just like the PS2 version except the the PCB inside the 360 version has an accelerometer on it rather than tilt switches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhartwell Posted April 5, 2007 Author Share Posted April 5, 2007 What do you need to mount a new button for? You can activate Star Power just by tilting the guitar. It works just like the PS2 version except the the PCB inside the 360 version has an accelerometer on it rather than tilt switches. I know that you tilt the guitar but it still is harder than the ps2 version to get sometimes. A new button would only make it easier to do without screwing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinnedSoul Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Weird, I guess I haven't noticed any problems with it. But, nothing wrong with having another way of doing it I guess. My suggestion then would be to put it up on the neck in a place where you can easily hit it with your thumb. Putting it by the strum bar won't work very well because you'll spend just a fraction too much time "searching" for the button when you want to activate it and in the end would have been better off just tilting the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhartwell Posted April 5, 2007 Author Share Posted April 5, 2007 I also figure that even if i screw it up, i dont use the back button for anything now, so i could live with the loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinnedSoul Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 I also figure that even if i screw it up, i dont use the back button for anything now, so i could live with the loss. Nah, you'll be fine. Adding another button is no big thing. Just be sure to connect your wires to actual solder points for the back button...don't solder the wires to the button contacts themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codedigital Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 I used to use the fat of my palm near my pinky to activate because most of my guitars had finally stopped registering the tilting. I've gotten so used to it that i prefer it that way. That's why i'm missing that button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinnedSoul Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 This thread might be of interest to you guys. http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=595970&st=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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