Quote from: Frieshansen on February 17, 2023, 08:12:03 PMThanks for the detailed report, Duplode!
It comes at just the right time for me. I've been testing different input options lately and after the entry about the attempts by you and Erik in the shoutbox I also ended up with a joypad. For me it became a PS4 pad because that's what's there right now.
Because putting the mouse on the analog axes doesn't work well, as you have already written (you always have to steer back manually), I drove digitally with this assignment (translated to the XBox-Controller):
- Arrow keys left/right (steering): D-pad left/right
- Arrow key up (accelerator): B button
- Arrow key down (brakes): A button
- A (shift up): Right trigger
- Z (shift down): Right bumper
- some other buttons for ESC, Enter, R, D
All my replays for the current track where driven with this setup.
I didn't know that the joystick, like the mouse, can also be steered analogously. I've tried it a few times now and it works really well.
Because of the limited movement range when steering: DOSBox Staging passes through the full analog range of the joystick (why shouldn't it - I tested it anyway). Found a good test program for such things and attached it. So there's probably nothing we can do about it. Interestingly you can use arrow keys up/down while joystick is active, but not left/right (who should ever need something like that).
It works just fine. Thank you all. Complete different driving experience.
