Gamepad Accept \ Back fix and proper gamepad rebind fix

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Tried %appdata%\Wayforward but wfEngine does not story any keyboard binds. Tried to trace file and registry writes in procmon, still cant catch the file or registry key it writes too. Even tried \277890\remote in steam but it only has cloud save file and it seems that it has not key binds.

So its just a mystery to me, where does it stores key binds? Im looking for it because i want to manually fix problem with bind (inability to bind 2 functions on same button, messed up accept\back, inability to rebind enter and esc and more issues like this).

Update: tried to trace steam.exe instead, so it actually writes config to \277890\remote\save0.sav via steam. Now i have to analyze bytes in hex editor and find offsets and values to edit, doh. Never save key bind in binary form!

I have analyzed save and fully remmaped gamepad buttons the way i wanted (except for lack of separated talk\accept button) by hex editin file and here are my notes:

Hex values and buttons the represent (depends from SDL config may be different for non xinput devices)
00 = UP
01 = RIGHT
02 = DOWN
03 = LEFT
04 = Y
05 = B
06 = A
07 = X
08 = LB
09 = LT
0A = LS
0B = RB
0C = RT
0D = RS
0E = START
0F = BACK


Adress in hex editor (i was lazy to write 0x before each one) = default hex value = function:
55C = 07 = ATTACK
560 = 06 = CANCEL
564 = 04 = DANCE
568 = 08 = BACKDASH
56C = 02 = DOWN
570 = 05 = CONFIRM | TALK
574 = OE = INVENTORY
578 = 06 = JUMP
57C = 03 = LEFT
580 = 0B = ITEM
584 = 01 = RIGHT
588 = 0F = PAUSE | SKIP
58C = 00 = UP

You should not touch that, but could be handy as well:
590 = 01 = AXIS ???
594 = 00 = AXIS???

DUBLICATE SET OF VALUES THAT GOT FILLED AFTER RESTORING DEFAULTS?
598 = 07
59C = 06
5A0 = 04
5A4 = 08
5A8 = 02
5AC = 05
5B0 = 0E
5B4 = 06
5B8 = 03
5BC = 0B
5C0 = 01
5C4 = 0F
5C8 = 00

I sat talk\accept to A, and also set Jump to A, this works ok since if you are near someone tot talk jump canceled and you talk instead, moved belly dance-transform to B and item activation to Y, also set dash to RT and swapped inventory and options buttons, now it feels more comfortable.

so my settings (this needs to be hex edited in every save file to persist) are:

55C = 07 = ATTACK
560 = 05 = CANCEL
564 = 05 = DANCE
568 = 0C = BACKDASH
56C = 02 = DOWN
570 = 06 = CONFIRM | TALK
574 = OF = INVENTORY
578 = 06 = JUMP
57C = 03 = LEFT
580 = 04 = ITEM
584 = 01 = RIGHT
588 = 0E = PAUSE | SKIP
58C = 00 = UP

The only little flaw - sometime when you are not properly aligned near NPC jump animation starts and then it canceled and sprite of Shantae moved from air to ground to start conversation. WF need to add extra trigger to check if jump and talk triggered at same time and give talk priority without performing jump when you are very close to NPC.

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this line only tells defaul SDL binds for gamepad. I replaced it with sdl_gamecontroller="00000000000000000000000000000000,X360 Controller,a:b10,b:b11,x:b12,y:b13,back:b5,guide:b14,start:b4,leftstick:b6,rightstick:b7,leftshoulder:b8,rightshoulder:b9,dpup:b0,dpdown:b1,dpleft:b2,dpright:b3,leftx:a0,lefty:a1,rightx:a2,righty:a3,lefttrigger:a4,righttrigger:a5,platform:Windows,"
which is correct for xinput devices and also swapped A and B via ini. but that was not comfortable to play, and still aint allowed me to use few functions on single button.

I have analyzed save and fully remmaped gamepad buttons the way i wanted (except for lack of separated talk\accept button) by hex editin file and here are my notes:

Hex values and buttons the represent (depends from SDL config may be different for non xinput devices)
00 = UP
01 = RIGHT
02 = DOWN
03 = LEFT
04 = Y
05 = B
06 = A
07 = X
08 = LB
09 = LT
0A = LS
0B = RB
0C = RT
0D = RS
0E = START
0F = BACK


Adress in hex editor (i was lazy to write 0x before each one) = default hex value = function:
55C = 07 = ATTACK
560 = 06 = CANCEL
564 = 04 = DANCE
568 = 08 = BACKDASH
56C = 02 = DOWN
570 = 05 = CONFIRM | TALK
574 = OE = INVENTORY
578 = 06 = JUMP
57C = 03 = LEFT
580 = 0B = ITEM
584 = 01 = RIGHT
588 = 0F = PAUSE | SKIP
58C = 00 = UP

You should not touch that, but could be handy as well:
590 = 01 = AXIS ???
594 = 00 = AXIS???

DUBLICATE SET OF VALUES THAT GOT FILLED AFTER RESTORING DEFAULTS?
598 = 07
59C = 06
5A0 = 04
5A4 = 08
5A8 = 02
5AC = 05
5B0 = 0E
5B4 = 06
5B8 = 03
5BC = 0B
5C0 = 01
5C4 = 0F
5C8 = 00

I sat talk\accept to A, and also set Jump to A, this works ok since if you are near someone tot talk jump canceled and you talk instead, moved belly dance-transform to B and item activation to Y, also set dash to RT and swapped inventory and options buttons, now it feels more comfortable.

so my settings (this needs to be hex edited in every save file to persist) are:

55C = 07 = ATTACK
560 = 05 = CANCEL
564 = 05 = DANCE
568 = 0C = BACKDASH
56C = 02 = DOWN
570 = 06 = CONFIRM | TALK
574 = OF = INVENTORY
578 = 06 = JUMP
57C = 03 = LEFT
580 = 04 = ITEM
584 = 01 = RIGHT
588 = 0E = PAUSE | SKIP
58C = 00 = UP

The only little flaw - sometime when you are not properly aligned near NPC jump animation starts and then it canceled and sprite of Shantae moved from air to ground to start conversation. WF need to add extra trigger to check if jump and talk triggered at same time and give talk priority without performing jump when you are very close to NPC.