[aybe0]

It would allow us to not have to rely on external mappers such as Pinnacle Game Profiler and so on, and in the meantime we'd get analog movement.

Thank you !

[Zaxx]

Yep, I'd love to see how the game behaves with controller support.

[m210®]

I planning add it, but it's need to include addition library

[Elwood89]

Yes, it would be great with analog support for both walking and aiming.

[aybe0]

M210, on 16 August 2017 - 07:14 PM, said:

I planning add it, but it's need to include addition library

Alright, whatever it takes

Thanks !

[Wookiestick]

I'd just like to throw in my 2 cents, that I would love to see joystick support, in particular for the xbox one/360 controller.
Using this method , I am able to get Bloodgdx working on Steam. I have a steam link on my big screen tv and it would just be a thrill to play Blood using a controller without lugging a keyboard and mouse to the couch.

[J432]

Wookiestick, on 18 August 2017 - 10:28 AM, said:

I'd just like to throw in my 2 cents, that I would love to see joystick support...

Me too.

[aybe0]

Bump, it's been more than 6 months and still no joystick support

[m210®]

I think I will make it soon

[aybe0]

M210, on 26 February 2018 - 12:10 PM, said:

I think I will make it soon

Alright, thank you

[Devon]

Using a Xbox one controller would be very nice indeed.

[m210®]

Im tested library with chinese dualshock3 controller, but I think it will working with xbox controller too

[aybe0]

@M210

While you're at it, make sure you implement:

• a deadzone so the game will filter unwanted input from within the deadzone
  
• a non-linear response, because it's naturally harder for the thumbs to aim when around that deadzone

The concept and an implementation example I wrote for Quake 1:

https://msdn.microso....aspx#dead_zone

https://github.com/a.../in_win.c#L1203

In my example I show:

• the implementation of the deadzone
  
• a power to N response, this has many benefits : when power is 1.0 then effect is disabled, anything else like a common value of 3.0 greatly improves usage

Make sure you expose both settings in game options so one can configure them at will !

Last thing, not all joystick libraries are equal when it comes to supporting XBox Controller for Windows:

• old software see triggers as a single axis, resulting in the impossibility to use them
  
• either the game will not react to any, or will see one as always pushed
  
• in fact, at rest, this axis value is 0.5 (or anything else) instead of 0.0

A picture is going to explain the problem probably much better than me:

• this is the joystick panel for XB1 controller on Windows 10
  
• in fact this returns DirectInput driver, for compatibility issues with older apps (newer apps are recommended to use XInput)

Triggers share Z Axis and you see the problem:

• you need to know its real value at rest
  
• you need to track which trigger is pressed first so that if user presses the other trigger at the same time, you can know it and execute both actions in game

And we will test and report feedback

PS if somehow you could also implement vibration that would really rock !

[aybe0]

Please disregard my suggestion about tracking triggers when an axis is shared between triggers, it is simply impossible ... I've crafted a small test application to try do this but it turned out it's just impossible as the program has no way to know whether the user has released the trigger or it is the opposite trigger that is modifying the axis value (don't know what I had in mind !)

To sum it up, you need a library such as https://github.com/wheerdam/linuxjoy which specifies that XInput is used for Windows platform (this behavior is peculiar to Windows ...).

But my suggestions about deadzone and non-linear response definitely applies as these are a must for any decent joystick support.