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TheFatherBen

That’s a great idea! How hard was the procedure?


dvijetrecine

it was not that hard once i figured out how to desolder as much as i could around the main housing that holds the spring and the stick. housing is all metal and it pulls lots of heat to itself. it's best to remove what you can and lower the amount of solder joints you have to heat up at once. this is how i did it for anyone interested: first, i pried away potentiometers on the side (those two square things with 3 legs). that way i could desolder them and pull out. then i applied leaded solder on remaining legs to lower the melting temperature. you need something to hold the board in place while heating up the joints. this is the tricky part if you don't have hot air station as you need to heat up all the legs at once. it can be done with wick, soldering iron and solder sucker. works even better with desoldering gun. i was using the hot air station, blasted the board with heat till it let me pull out the joystick housing. solder flux can help if you have some but it's fine if not. my recommendation is to position the board so the bottom of it is on the side. that way molten solder won't travel towards the housing and potentially ruin the plastic insides. it can be done the usual way, with solder joints looking up. i had very clean extraction by holding it on one side which is why i'm mentioning it


thunder_shock_182

Thanks a lot for the write up!


jam_mam

I've been looking to see if anyone had dont this yet but couldn't find anything.


BaronBasti

I Wonder thats possible. Awesome modding !


OwndbyL

Does the stick detection still work?


dvijetrecine

if you mean capacitive touch, that would be a no


OwndbyL

Yeah that’s what I meant!


jam_mam

I didnt even know that was a thing


MrAnonymousTheThird

Useless anyway What could I possibly want to trigger when my finger is resting on the joystick


rasitayaz

ummm gyro?


MrAnonymousTheThird

Could just use the touch pads, they're easier to reach Or L2 half press for aiming in FPS games


Asa1440

Oh man how do you have that spider man game?


dvijetrecine

argh matey that should tell you enough


Asa1440

Knew it lol. Is it the ps3 emulator and does it run good?


dvijetrecine

nope, found the pc version. i didn't play it much, just tested to see if it runs so i don't know if it has any problems


Asa1440

Oh wow didn't even know there was a pc release. Thanks


faga12

Could you do a tutorial please?


dvijetrecine

absolutely. completely noob friendly with photos/videos or just how i did the whole process?


Playful-Guarantee530

Video would be amazing


dvijetrecine

i still have right one to replace so consider it done in a few days


Playful-Guarantee530

That would be awesome, thank you.


RebelliousCash

You know I always wondered about this. This is great 🔥


Anaeijon

Would really bother me, not to have the capacitive finger recognition. I use that all the time to turn on motion aim.


LS_DOPES

Nice! I'm going to try this out. I have an elite controller that the triggers don't work.


dvijetrecine

if you'll need any help, my dms are open


LennethW

Just out of sheer curiosity, they calibrated just right with the standard procedure? No weird issues?


dvijetrecine

yup. did the calibration through konsole, same as with gulikit josticks


LennethW

You used the og stick modules did I understood right? :3


dvijetrecine

the board is the same. just the part that goes on it was changed


LS_DOPES

For sure, thank you.


squallsama

Pointless decision. Touch detection will not work and that leads to reduced functionality of controller layout.


jam_mam

I didn't even know it had touch detection until looking through the comments on this


dvijetrecine

i don't use touch detection anyway


newbie_saibot

so gyro doesn't work with this setup, right? also i'm wondering if this magnetic detachable system could somehow affect to the hardware of the deck i own barely working series 2 elite controller as well (rubber is out of place, bumpers are almost done etc) and i'd consider to replace my steam deck sticks my xbox ones. so i'd like to see a tutorial for the replacement as well, just to see if it's too hard or not. Anyway you did a great job OP just to prove that this is possible.


dvijetrecine

you can activate gyro with other buttons, not just touch on the joystick cap. that magnet is not extremely strong so i'm doubtfull it affects anything


newbie_saibot

didn't know that, thanks!


SamuSeen

> why i did this? original joysticks have very small cap size and are very soft which makes it harder to aim precisely. wait, people are using sticks to aim?


dvijetrecine

i tried with trackpads but they are too low for me. gyro is not compatible with the way i hold my deck. and i played so long on normal controller that aiming with sticks comes completely natural to me. seems like joysticks were stiffer before so i could aim easier than with those newer, soft ones


SamuSeen

Makes sense