Controller Support

[kevin.harwood]

Has anyone been able to figure out how to create controller support?

[Dragon]

Do you mean like an AutoHotkey script or JoyToKey config? I don't think there's much interest in playing a game of this type with a controller.

Spaceflight with a controller or joystick could be fun, and doable. I think I'll give it a shot with JoyToKey.

[Dragon]

JoyToKey works nicely. Actually pretty great for just sitting back and relax whilst flying through space. It has pretty smooth analogue->mouse input so you can actually set it up to work the entire game with a controller if you really want to.

[Mos]

I know it will be difficult, but I would like to use the game controller UI more smoothly.
Operating a game controller like a mouse is stressful. I don't want to do it too much because it's troublesome.

[DaBa]

Some games are simply made for mouse and keyboard and will NEVER play well even with proper controller support.

This is one of those games.

[Mos]

At least the currently adopted UI is definitely suitable for keyboard and mouse operation.
In other words, it is a request to add it as a controller UI.
However, I understand that adding new content is a priority, as many players feel that keyboard and mouse controls are enough.

[DaBa]

Originally posted by Dog Shxt:

At least the currently adopted UI is definitely suitable for keyboard and mouse operation.
In other words, it is a request to add it as a controller UI.
However, I understand that adding new content is a priority, as many players feel that keyboard and mouse controls are enough.

No, they aren't "enough". They are literally the only control scheme that makes sense. Controllers do not work well in games like these, just look up Factorio's recent Switch release. It has dedicated controller support, obviously. The devs did their best to make it playable with controllers. It still completely sucks, because no matter how hard you try it's not possible to get over some of the issues that come from not having a mouse and a only be able to use a very limited number on inputs.

I will quote my previous statement: "Some games are simply made for mouse and keyboard and will NEVER play well even with proper controller support. This is one of those games." Adding official controller support on PC is an absolute waste of development time.