[Request] Map player 2 controls to keyboard

[NSEEKV]

Hey there! Quick request. I really enjoy this game, and would like to play with a friend. Unfortunately, neither of my controllers are supported (Logitech Dual Action 2 and Hori Real Arcade Pro). I tried to work around this using x360ce, which is an Xbox 360 controller emulator which tricks programs into thinking I'm using a 360 controller, but for whatever reason it hasn't worked either.

JoyToKey works like a charm however! Problem is that since the local coop can only be played with a controller, I have no way to enable and map keys to the second player.

Would it be possible to add keyboard controls for the second player, which would allow for coop using this method?

[Jussi]

If you have only one gamepad player 1 will be keyboard and player 2 will be gamepad, so the gamepad binds will apply for player 2 and keyboard binds will apply for player 1.

[NSEEKV]

Originally posted by Terralus:

If you have only one gamepad player 1 will be keyboard and player 2 will be gamepad, so the gamepad binds will apply for player 2 and keyboard binds will apply for player 1.

I understand what you're saying, but if your gamepad isn't supported it isn't possible to set up coop. To illustrate, this is is what the single player screen looks like when my dual action is plugged in: http://i.imgur.com/FYHX4iA.jpg

Providing the option to use keyboard controls for player 2 makes it possible to start the coop mode, but if your gamepad isn't supported there's no way to go further.

[Jussi]

Oh, I thought JoyToKey fixed that problem for you. I'm sorry but there really isn't enough keys/room on the keyboard to support two players on one keyboard to make it comfortable :/

[*.zip]

How does the dev not understand what is being said?... .

[NSEEKV]

Originally posted by Tupu:

or does he mean plugging 2 keyboards into the PC and playing that way?

Yep. I'm trying to jerry rig a solution to play coop that doesn't involve buying another gamepad, but with the way the game is set up that doesn't seem possible. Having P1 set to keyboard and P2 set to gamepad is an elegant solution when it works, but gives the player no way to work around it when it doesn't. Just thought I'd point out that is was an issue for some people.

[NSEEKV]

Quick update for anyone reading this in the future. I was successful in setting up 2 players using x360ce. Turns out the reason it wasn't working before is because the program has to be run from the same directory as the hero siege executable.

[Gyorn]

It is much more common for some people to have two keyboards lying around rather than one or more gamepads. If we were able to map player 2 controls to the keyboard, than we can simply play with two USB keyboards plugged into the same computer. Why would two people ever try to play on one keyboard? Two keyboards would still be controlled by the PC as a single keyboard and allowing both players to play comfortably, just with different keys set for controls. This is very simple.

[Bluezero2x]

Try motionjoy. its made my oddball controllers work

[vadymmykh]

Originally posted by Terralus:

If you have only one gamepad player 1 will be keyboard and player 2 will be gamepad, so the gamepad binds will apply for player 2 and keyboard binds will apply for player 1.

Hey, man, I want to enjoy the game, playing solo on my joystick. The problem is I can't. I have PS2 gamepad via USB adapter and using x360ce worked so far for other games. But not for this one. It's automatically binded to Player 2. Please, redo something.

BTW, my friends are making games in GM Studio as well :)

[NSEEKV]

Originally posted by vadymmykh:

Hey, man, I want to enjoy the game, playing solo on my joystick. The problem is I can't. I have PS2 gamepad via USB adapter and using x360ce worked so far for other games. But not for this one. It's automatically binded to Player 2. Please, redo something.

Hey there, a possible workaround for this would be to use a program called joy2key, which maps buttons on your ps2 controller to keyboard keypresses. Using this method doesn't work for 2 player (in which case you need x360ce), but for single player it's fine. As far as the game knows, there will be no controller connected, only a keyboard.

[vadymmykh]

Thanks. I got Xpadder few days ago, so I assume it'll work in the same manner.