Controller support

[Leander.quest]

Does the game already have controller support or will it be added later?

[rjpcool]

JoyToKey works very well. I use it for several old DOS games from GOG and elsewhere. It is seven dollars for a key but well worth it.

[RedLightning]

Originalmente postado por rjpcool:

JoyToKey works very well. I use it for several old DOS games from GOG and elsewhere. It is seven dollars for a key but well worth it.

Does joy2key support analog style inputs... I used joy2key a while back to try to get joystick working in another game to no satifactory results.

This is more of a band-aide solution.

[rjpcool]

Originalmente postado por RedLightning:

Originalmente postado por rjpcool:

JoyToKey works very well. I use it for several old DOS games from GOG and elsewhere. It is seven dollars for a key but well worth it.

Does joy2key support analog style inputs... I used joy2key a while back to try to get joystick working in another game to no satifactory results.

This is more of a band-aide solution.

Agreed. The joystick inputs are convertered to keyboard outputs. So no analog type signalling. However, it does let me play old keyboard only games and Timeshock with a controller right now. I welcome native controller support when they can make it available. Real soon now...

[RedLightning]

Originalmente postado por rjpcool:

Originalmente postado por RedLightning:

Does joy2key support analog style inputs... I used joy2key a while back to try to get joystick working in another game to no satifactory results.

This is more of a band-aide solution.

Agreed. The joystick inputs are convertered to keyboard outputs. So no analog type signalling. However, it does let me play old keyboard only games and Timeshock with a controller right now. I welcome native controller support when they can make it available. Real soon now...

Well to me. Ultra means an upgrade.. not the same thing made to work on current machines..

Joystick support *needs* to be intergrated.. as I"ve not picked it up since I found out it was JUST like my other copy on my bookshelf from the year of the flood.

Hopefully it is added soon so I can enjoy it.

[rehtroboi37]

Originalmente postado por Zaxik:

I'm using Padstarr (formerly Pinnacle game profiler), works fine with every game I ever tried, works fine with this one too :-P If one truly insists on using a controller on PC, then one should also be properly equipped for situations like this. No need for ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

In this day in age of steam OS, we should not have to settle for extraneous controller add-ons (which have malware on them, BTW) just to play games on steam. That's why I quit GoG-great selection of classic computer games but no default controller support. For PP, between the lack of controller support, tiny screen view (and only one at that) and no achievements, I think Barnstorm brought this game to steam at least a decade too early. Which is a shame because it looks so freakin' sweet.

Hopefully I live to see Big Race USA and Fantastic Journey released as well. I'm not holding my breath.

[nuclearkevin]

Originalmente postado por adrianpbarnstorm:

I don't think we realised there was as much demand for controller support as there is, as we hadn't had much feedback about it before the Steam release. Initial support for XInput devices was added, but disabled due to possible performance issues polling missing controllers. We can look to get this back in sooner rather than later.

Are most people using XInput devices or is DirectInput still popular too?

Wow, I guess I should have researched this for controller support before purchasing. I guess thats what I get for assuming... Too bad, I was looking foward to playing this! It was great many years ago last time I played. Im hoping you guys get on this one.

[RedLightning]

Originalmente postado por nuclearkevin:

Originalmente postado por adrianpbarnstorm:

I don't think we realised there was as much demand for controller support as there is, as we hadn't had much feedback about it before the Steam release. Initial support for XInput devices was added, but disabled due to possible performance issues polling missing controllers. We can look to get this back in sooner rather than later.

Are most people using XInput devices or is DirectInput still popular too?

Wow, I guess I should have researched this for controller support before purchasing. I guess thats what I get for assuming... Too bad, I was looking foward to playing this! It was great many years ago last time I played. Im hoping you guys get on this one.

Perhaps he could enable the "experimental" controller input for users in a beta branch.. ?

[Jonny Tenebrous]

So I purchased Pro Pinball the other day, despite it not having controller support (the #1 reason I delayed). I also have a controller mapping software called XPadder. So I mapped all the Pro Pinball keys to my (x360) controller in XPadder and the thing that really suprised me is that, despite Pro Pinball not having analog nudge, it actually simulates analog nudge suprisingly well by adjusting the strength of the nudge based on how quickly you tap the nudge keys. So when I mapped the nudge keys to the analog sticks on my controllers, the flippers to the shoulder triggers, and the other keys to wherever, everything felt very good. Which is all to say, players who are on the fence can have a good controller experience in this game right now if they go the extra mile and, more importantly:

Barnstorm Games, please get your a**** into gear and patch controller support into your game already. Nobody wants to play on a bloody keyboard like some pleb from a bygone era. Timeshock! has the best physics and the best graphics of any pin to ever be released on a computer to date, so take the extra step of bringing the control scheme beyond MS Windows Pinball '95 ;).

[knuddelholic]

I just played with the XBOX controller after the update today and it works wonderfully smooth.

A possible last tiny point to maybe complain about is that the pause menu still can't be used with the controller and still requires the mouse. But that doesn't bother me much at all as long the in-game controls are working fine.