Button Layout on a stick?

[Killzone]

What's your opinion on that?
I'm brainstorming the entire day and I can't decide what will be the most comfortable for me.
I was thinking about doing something like:

2, 1, 3
Gimmick, Meter Burn, Stage Interactive

2 and 1 close together because I guess many strings will be like that and 1 and 3 close together because of the throw I guess.
If Meter Burn ends up being more important than the gimmick, I might switch these two.

I know, it's not the most important / needed topic, but I'm curious what other stick users will try if they decide to go with something custom, instead of the standard, because of easier tournament settings.

In UMVC3 I have:

H, M, L
S, A1, A2

H, M, L because it feels natural for me to start off with the ring finger when I start doing to most basic combos for hit confirms.

In Street Fighter games I have:

HP, MP, LP
HK, MK, LK

MK9 always felt kinda tricky on that part, because of all the additional buttons:

2, 1, Block, RT
4, 3, Throw, LT

 

[Badboy Takuma]

no offence but ur button mappings are by far the worst i ever see!
btw i use this on mk9:
fp-stance-bp
fk-block-bk

umk3
hp-run-hk
lp-block-lk

 

[IceNine]

My Ideal layout would be something like

LMH
TMS

my biggest concern with that is how throwing might work.

 

[ninjay]

I didnt know you had to press LH to throw. That shouldn't be hard on a stick. Depending on if a throw command has priority over an attack, you could possibly hit LMH at the same time to get a throw. Won't really know until someone tries.

 

[Killzone]

My Ideal layout would be something like

LMH
TMS

my biggest concern with that is how throwing might work.

It will be 1+3 and I think you will be able to negate both throws, forward and back with 1+3, without having to guess back / forward anymore.

 

[DirtyLary]

I didnt know you had to press LH to throw. That shouldn't be hard on a stick. Depending on if a throw command has priority over an attack, you could possibly hit LMH at the same time to get a throw. Won't really know until someone tries.

Anyone at PAX find out?

 

[Neuvost]

Perhaps we'll see something more standardized now that the demo's out?

My Ideal layout would be something like

LMH
TMS

my biggest concern with that is how throwing might work.

T stands for gimmick somehow, or am I really lost?

 

[THTB]

LMB
HPI

B = Meter Burn, I = Interactive.

That's probably the best layout for stick.

 

[Gryfen Z]

Been wondering about this exact topic a few days and now the demo is downloading so it's more on my mind. Super moves are Meter + stance, but I know there's a shortcut for it as well. I want to say it was Meter + H + T. If that's the case, then

LMI
HTm

I - interact
T - trait
m - meter

...is likely ideal since just nailing the bottom 3 would launch a super. I main Vega in the SF games, so that's a pretty natural button press for me. =) Of course, my reasoning goes right out the window if I have the shortcut wrong.

EDIT- That also keeps throw as the two most left oriented buttons, another familiar button press if you've played any of the recent SF games.

 

[Neuvost]

Aaaaand the demo doesn't let you change controls anyway ...

 

[Stchamps]

What's the default layout on the demo?

 

[Stchamps]

Killzone grabbing must be so difficult for you on SF o_o

 

[Mikemetroid]

8 button madcatz this is what I do.

L, M, H, I
T, Meter, X, X

 

[THTB]

Stance Switch is M+H.

 

[Stchamps]

After playing the demo for a little while now it appears that the best layout for an arcade stick is the default layout which is:

L M I
H P Me

I = Stage Interact
P = Character power
Me = Meter usage

The only awkward thing is doing a super which is "H + M + Me".

Grabs are done by "L + H" which is the same position on the stick as in Street Fighter 4.
Switching stance is "H + M".

 

[IceNine]

Currently, I prefer L M S(tance Switch)/H P Me.

You can stage interact with L+M, which is a really intuitive shortcut compared to any super shortcut you'll get outside of using a stance button. I'm already completely adjusted to it.

Ultimately, you can re-arrange Stance, Power, and Meter any way you like s'long as Stance+Meter are adjacent and it'd work pretty well. I'll probably experiment more when button config is more convenient.

 

[Slamtastic]

Ideally I would use

LMH
P

But NRS doesn't let you unmap buttons and forces you to use the macro buttons for supers.

 

[REYTHEGREAT]

LMH
TMS

 

[LAGalactico]

L M H I
B T - -

On my 8 button stick. B for meter burn, T for trait, I for interact. Find it easier to do EX moves if the meter burn button is A. LT & RT are trickier for me so I leave them blank.

 

[HGTV Soapboxfan]

I will be using:
L M H Mb
T I G S
T= Trait I= interactable G= Throw S= stance

The only button on the bottom row I will need to touch is trait.

 

[VGB Joe Kerr]

I just wanted to post it in case anyone was still wondering. I use the same for MK as well.

edit: THROW IS L+H if you didn't know. I knew I forgot something.

 

[John Grizzly]

This button layout thing is FUCKED.

I can't find anything that feels comfortable...

 

[Johnny2d]

I think I'm going to do something similar to what I used in MK to try to make going back and forth between games easier.

MK:
1,BLK,2,Throw
3,FlipStance,4,Tag

IGAU:
1,MB,2,?
3, ?,4,?

I'm not sure what to do next. I want to be able to initiate super with the middle two buttons, but its more important to me to have MB where my MK block would be so i can use it for enhanced stuff and clash in the same place as that stuff in MK. I'll have to figure this out when I get home, or else take suggestions if people have them.

 

[Cat]

I use default. My biggest gripe is how to do supers. It's so weird my stick only has a 6 button layout. So I don't have the Lb for the super.
They should of thought of it better for 6 buttons. Instead of having to use 7

 

[kenmastersX]

Posted this in another stick layout thread, but the info is relevant, so copy-pasting so word gets out.

Ok, I found out you actually only need 5 buttons (as far as I know.) The second custom layout handles everything.

So of course, people know Throws are L+H, and interact is L+M. What hasn't been mentioned is that turn around is actually mapped to M+H. Since super is supposed to be Turn Around+Meter Burn, you only need to hit M,H, and Meter burn.

Also, if you didn't know, meter burn can be activated by hitting L+M+H after the move you want to burn meter. The macro is there but it's not necessary other than super (Needing the button is odd considering the other stuff, but I can't get it to work the other way.) To do the charge attacks, you do the move, and while holding H you press L+M and it'll give it the meter burn property.

Hopefully this helps people.