ALC Tweaking
How did you guys start when adjusting your ALC settings? Did you dial everything up & go down as needed? Or dial everything down & go up as needed?
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@hayhor Never heard of that. I'll have to look it up.
@Lord_Scorpion34 Hayhor and I have both been using AIM controllers since the next gen update. I was using Scuf before that. I really can't speak highly enough about their product. I'm sure that X percent of them get stick drift early or whatever, that's just any controller really because the thumb stick electronics in controllers is just a crappy design in general. They're not really manufactured to survive as much use as they get. Mine's about 7 months old and functioning perfectly still. Just a wee bit of drift on 1% dead zone.
By contrast, my Scuf PS4 controller pretty much had some nasty drift out of the box. I enabled ALC not too long after getting it, and I had to run about 8% dead zone to not have any drift. By the time it was a year old, both sticks had drift (the left stick drift made the controller unusable for Apex) and a problem with one of the paddles.
I reckon that the upcoming Sony pro controller will cost more than AIM and I don't quite trust their quality control all that much.
- @pandareno1999 To add to this, I'm at around 10.5 months on my aim controller without any real drift. Just the one paddle eventually fatigued enough to break at about 8 months. But for $10 they sent me an entire new set of paddles.
You can make them way more expensive with looks and digital buttons and triggers but I don't see the need for all that. My friend got one with digital triggers and immediately sent it back to have regular ones put in.
@hayhor wrote:
My friend got one with digital triggers and immediately sent it back to have regular ones put in.Sorry about your bud's experience, but I'm really glad to hear that because I've continually regretted not getting digital triggers.
The ONE thing I really think they should do, but they don't, is to include a replacement set of the upper paddles with a new controller. They do send an extra lower pair, but they really should include both. They're fairly generous about thumb sticks. They send a bunch of extras with a new controller as samples for the various sizes, and when I ordered some more of the one I like, they sent several more than I paid for.
the thumb stick durability is very good as well. I had to replace Scuf sticks about once every couple of months, but I haven't had to replace AIM sticks yet. I do have to say that the feel of the material Scuf uses is much nicer, but at the cost of longevity.
- @pandareno1999 Wait what, you got extra stuff? I didn't get anything!
- @hayhor Is yours a PS4 or PS5 controller?
- @Lord_Scorpion34 PS5 version.
@hayhorI buy paddle kits from eXtremeRate , they have great products and always getting upgrades and enhancements.
the only downside is that you need to fix it by yourself.
no soldering is required unless you want extra features which are easy anyway.
but dismantling the controller is a must, I recently bought the new kit that will add two buttons and two paddles at the back, great stuff.
the good thing is that upgrading from two paddles and adding two additional buttons requires only replacing the board and the housing that they will send you but you don't have to take the controller apart again.
and the whole thing will cost you like 25 USD plus your original controller.- @maximas1986 I tried one of those kits. Think it was $40. Plus tou disassemble a $70 controller. It didn't go well for me. So I'm an Aim guy now. They are $140 or so. For me that price difference of $30 with a warranty is worth it.
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