PC Joystick setup

[Screet]

Hi,

there are a few bugs in the PC joystick setup (v1.72.1):

- the player has to hit return in order to browse to the second part of the list, which is inconsistent with common behaviour of the game (just hit right or left to switch)
- after changing entries, the player cannot go out of the menu the common way, 1 for launch or p to stop pause mode work, though
- after changing an entry and leaving the setup, it can be activated again, but not modified
- when set to zero throttle, the craft moves backwards, slowly

missing features:
- the hat switch is not supported
- when changing the sensitivity, there is no visual feedback. I suggest to change the way the bars for pitch/roll/yaw are being drawn. Please do NOT add further spam on the display by adding a text message...when switching views, the spamming is already annoying and after the message is gone it's pretty unclear which side one is viewing for as long as the craft does not move

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[Cmdr Wyvern]

- after changing entries, the player cannot go out of the menu the common way, 1 for launch or p to stop pause mode work, though

I hadn't noticed that, but I setup the joystick while docked. You can press 2 to go back to the options menu, or F5 to return to the status screen.

- after changing an entry and leaving the setup, it can be activated again, but not modified

I hadn't noticed this. I have noticed that after changing an entry, it takes two preses of an up/down arrow key to go to the next entry.

- when set to zero throttle, the craft moves backwards, slowly

If using an analog axis for thrust control, yes, it does.

missing features:
- the hat switch is not supported

It's not in windows, true. But it is in linux, and possibly OSX. It may be in how the OS treats hats. Linux treats hats as 2-axis micro-joysticks, regardless if the hat is digital (pushbutton type) or analog (true micro-joystick). Most hats are digital, and windows treats digital hats as digital hats, which Oolite ignores. Maybe coding the section of Oolite that handles hats to look for buttons as well as axis - like thrust control currently does - would resolve the issue.

- when changing the sensitivity, there is no visual feedback. I suggest to change the way the bars for pitch/roll/yaw are being drawn. Please do NOT add further spam on the display by adding a text message...when switching views, the spamming is already annoying and after the message is gone it's pretty unclear which side one is viewing for as long as the craft does not move

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Adding a small LED style indicator to the HUD might be useful in this respect. A small P that shows when precision mode is on, perhaps.

As for knowing what view you're using, look at your scanner. The pie cut drawn on the scanner screen indicates the view you're currently on.

[Solas]

would coding this approach work for POV hat support ( cross platform )

SDL_JoystickEventState
http://www.libsdl.org/docs/html/sdljoys ... state.html

SDL_JoyHatEvent
http://www.libsdl.org/docs/html/sdljoyhatevent.html

[Getafix]

(EDIT: incorrect revision number)
Trunk revision 2046 fixes the following "Joystick Configuration" menu issues:
1. Navigation highlight cursor lost.
2. Incorrect "Back" behavior when more than two function-pages.
3. Added left/right arrow key handling.

[Diziet Sma]

- when changing the sensitivity, there is no visual feedback. I suggest to change the way the bars for pitch/roll/yaw are being drawn. Please do NOT add further spam on the display by adding a text message...when switching views, the spamming is already annoying and after the message is gone it's pretty unclear which side one is viewing for as long as the craft does not move

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Adding a small LED style indicator to the HUD might be useful in this respect. A small P that shows when precision mode is on, perhaps.

I just wanted to bump this thread to ask if it is currently possible to do as Cmdr Wyvern suggests above, and have an indicator (preferably flashing) on the HUD to show that precision mode is engaged. I often find that I forget that I've left it on, and only realise it when my Cobby responds sluggishly when I get jumped by a bunch of anti-social pirate types.

[_ds_]

I just wanted to bump this thread to ask if it is currently possible to do as Cmdr Wyvern suggests above, and have an indicator (preferably flashing) on the HUD to show that precision mode is engaged.

There is one (in trunk). Not flashing, though.

[Diziet Sma]

I just wanted to bump this thread to ask if it is currently possible to do as Cmdr Wyvern suggests above, and have an indicator (preferably flashing) on the HUD to show that precision mode is engaged.

There is one (in trunk). Not flashing, though.

Good enough though.. thanks!

[snork]

There is a small oddity, still present in 1.74 trunk, rev 3015.

Choosing a button for the ECM will send me back to first page of joystick configuration, focus on the "more" entry.
That will respond only when Enter pressed 2nd time.

Else I find the joystick (gamepad) configuration working nicely, intuitive and all.