Real DDR pads?

[Zahariel]

Does anyone play this game with actual DDR pads? Is it even more awesome? I wish I had some.

[Feep]

It's possible...you basically have to have a 360 dance pad and 360 controller connected to the PC to make it happen. You hold the controller in one hand...you can use a single trigger and the analog stick to do field switching and spell casting.

It's strange, and I wonder if more than a dozen people have ever bothered even trying it, but it can be done.

There's also full guitar controller support!

[chicageek]

I'm here for the same question. Thanks for the answer ^^

[Mega_Murff]

Originally posted by Feep:

It's possible...you basically have to have a 360 dance pad and 360 controller connected to the PC to make it happen. You hold the controller in one hand...you can use a single trigger and the analog stick to do field switching and spell casting.

It's strange, and I wonder if more than a dozen people have ever bothered even trying it, but it can be done.

There's also full guitar controller support!

I actually have my old rock band guitar. Will totally have to try that

[Fluffy Bunny Badass]

I have a universal dance pad from the 360/gcn/ps2 era, so maybe when i feel like stomping the crap out of my apartment I'll try it. xD

Though... couldn't it be possible to assign/map field switching controls to the upper right and upper left portions of a usb/pc dance pad, so you don't have to hold a controller while dancing and trying not to get tangled in part of your setup?

[winniedemon]

Originally posted by Fluffy Bunny Protag:

I have a universal dance pad from the 360/gcn/ps2 era, so maybe when i feel like stomping the crap out of my apartment I'll try it. xD

Though... couldn't it be possible to assign/map field switching controls to the upper right and upper left portions of a usb/pc dance pad, so you don't have to hold a controller while dancing and trying not to get tangled in part of your setup?

Probably, but you'd still have to deal with spell casting.

[Jardex22]

Any possible way to add voice commands to the game? Instead of using the joystick to select a spell, you just say it to activate. Same thing could apply to switching panels. Some DDR pads also have corner buttons that could be used to switch.

[Epsilon Rose]

That might actually be a good use for a kinnect. Swipe left/right to switch fields is a pretty obvious motion and you could try to tie spells to either voice commands or some other set of motions. Only problem is it'd be a real pain to set up and would probably require some coding.

[Doomy4Life]

And this is how sequence 2 started...

[Jardex22]

Originally posted by Epsilon Rose:

That might actually be a good use for a kinnect. Swipe left/right to switch fields is a pretty obvious motion and you could try to tie spells to either voice commands or some other set of motions. Only problem is it'd be a real pain to set up and would probably require some coding.

It would be a pain to set up, and few people would use it. Microsoft isn't even supporting Kinect on PC anymore. I don't know how difficult it would be to configure the voice controls from There Came An Echo to Sequence spells, but at least the ground work is there.

Overall, it would be like the 'Oculus' mode some games have. Few people would have the necessary setup for that kind of control, but it would be an interesting experiment nothingless.

[MontSchmibbles]

Late to the party, but I have to say: I got out my old PS2 DDR mats and played along. Mind you, I didn't get it all set up for the computer. I just hooked up the game to my tv, and had my friend nearby watching me. He put in the arrows I hit on the keyboard. So while I wasn't really, technically, playing, I got to get a feel for it. The result: pretty awesome. Honestly, I played DDR before I owned this game. I'm...sadly better at it with a DDR mat than I am with my hands.

[Lars]

Voice Recognition + DDR Pad. "Left!" "Right!" "Trigger Boost 1!" "Trigger Boost 2!" "Luminary Storm!"

[Jardex22]

Originally posted by Lars Preston:

Voice Recognition + DDR Pad. "Left!" "Right!" "Trigger Boost 1!" "Trigger Boost 2!" "Luminary Storm!"

You wouldn't even need the full spell names. Just create a set of slots and the user can assign a spell to each one. That way, all you would need to say is Spell 1, Spell 2, Spell 3, etc.

[BOLL]

I have a Positive Gaming Impact pad, USB, detects as a normal controller. I couldn't get it to work in the game though, and there's no way to assign buttons. While I enjoy the game on my keyboard, I've played Stepmania for many years and figured this would use the pad as well :D

I have no problem holding a controller, but uhm, I guess I need to bind my dancepad to keyboard keys, I know some FreePie scripting, I can probably whip something up... if it can detect generic controllers...

[Filip]

Originally posted by BOLL:

I have a Positive Gaming Impact pad, USB, detects as a normal controller. I couldn't get it to work in the game though, and there's no way to assign buttons.

You may try using x360ce[www.x360ce.com]. It helped me to use a non-Microsoft gamepad in Before the Echo. See this post for details.