How about a controller poll...?

TedJ · Post by **TedJ** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:02 am

Ahruman wrote:
right-click immediately recentres the “virtual joystick”.

Damn, guess that's what happens when you spend all of 5 seconds trying out mouse control...

CheshireNoir · Post by **CheshireNoir** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:02 am

XBox controller on One of These

Almost every function I need can be assigned to a button.

It works equally well when I'm using Linux or Windows.

Galileo · Post by **Galileo** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:15 pm

TedJ wrote:
Yah, it's undocumented but it's there. Just hit Shift-M during flight. It's OK (and good for aiming) but I always have trouble returning to level flight.

Hmm, when I hit Shift-M it says 'Mouse control ON' but I can't do anything. Left-click fires but moving the mouse has no effect at all, is this a bug???

@TedJ: Have a good Australia Day, good to see another Aussie here!

Post by **winston** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:21 pm

Imagine the mouse as the top of a joystick, and how the top of a joystick moves in 2d space, and this is how mouse control works. If you don't roll and pitch by merely moving the mouse with Mouse Control On, something's borked.

Galileo · Post by **Galileo** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:28 pm

No, nothing happens whatsoever, no matter what way I move the mouse. The only thing that does anything is left-click.

Dilbert · Post by **Dilbert** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:51 pm

Shift+M works for me. (Weird!) But right-clicking doesn't seem to re-centre things, I just keep spinning and spinning and spinning... Oh damn, I've just thrown up on a Trumble.

Dilbert · Post by **Dilbert** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:53 pm

(Meant to add I'm using Linux with Oolite version 1.55.)

UbiAllen · Post by **UbiAllen** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 1:42 pm

I recently bought a Competition Pro Joystick with USB connector.
Plugged it into my Mac, started USB Override and am now playing
Oolite with a good old Competition pro!

Post by **winston** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:20 pm

Galileo wrote:
No, nothing happens whatsoever, no matter what way I move the mouse. The only thing that does anything is left-click.

Are you in full screen mode?

Galileo · Post by **Galileo** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:23 pm

winston wrote:
Galileo wrote:
No, nothing happens whatsoever, no matter what way I move the mouse. The only thing that does anything is left-click.
Are you in full screen mode?

I was in fullscreen mode, but the funny thing is it works now! It definitely wasn't working before though. I can't remember if I tested it after upgrading to rc3, I thought I did but maybe I didn't. Strange, I think I'll start using mouse mode so I'll let you know if it stops working again.

EDIT: Not working again, it seems that it works every few times I run oolite and won't work the rest of the time. All except left-click that is, it just acts as though it hasn't grabbed hold of the mouse (like I was in windowed mode). Console doesn't say anything about it. I'm running in Mandrake 2006 with KDE (although changing desktops does nothing).

FlyingBlind · Post by **FlyingBlind** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:55 am

[I recently bought a Competition Pro Joystick with USB connector.
Plugged it into my Mac, started USB Override and am now playing
Oolite with a good old Competition pro!]

Is that right? Thanks so much; I'd nosed around the web and had found nothing in a joystick which seemed to come well recommended. I'll look for the Competition Pro.

Dan [/quote]

TedJ · Post by **TedJ** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:58 am

FlyingBlind wrote:
Is that right? Thanks so much; I'd nosed around the web and had found nothing in a joystick which seemed to come well recommended. I'll look for the Competition Pro.

Dan

You should be able to get at least basic functionality from virtually any modern USB joystick... The only thing that you'll probably not get working is force feedback/rumble support, so I wouldn't spend any money on them. OS X's USB HID support is quite robust.

You may also want to consider the Logitech Attack3 or the Saitek Cyborg Evo. I own the Attack3 and it's alright for the money, but I've read complaints regarding durability (cost me $30 AUD so not too fussed). Virtually everyone I know with a Saitek raves about them... BTW, both the sticks I've mentioned are for right or left handed use - an important consideration for all us unco lefties out there.

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:00 am

The only thing that you'll probably not get working is force feedback/rumble support, so I wouldn't spend any money on them.

I'm not planning to buy one, but if that were implemented, I surely would!

(Imagines the shuddering a missile launch causes, afterburners, and of course impacts...Aglglglglglllll...Drools)

UbiAllen · Post by **UbiAllen** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:33 am

FlyingBlind wrote:
Is that right? Thanks so much; I'd nosed around the web and had found nothing in a joystick which seemed to come well recommended. I'll look for the Competition Pro.

check out www.speedlink.com. they are manufacturing and selling them.

have fun!

FlyingBlind · Post by **FlyingBlind** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:51 pm

Great info from all of you here. I'll spend time tonight reviewing these.

Although I have become much more proficient at flying from the keyboard,
I know that the right joystick would only help a this point.

Dan