Is it possible to use a dance pad to play this game ?

[Ksempac]

Hi,

I have a 4 arrows dance pad, and I'm wondering if I can play this game with it.

I know there are "4 buttons"/"5 buttons"/"6 buttons"/"8 buttons" modes, but I don't care if 5B/6B/8B aren't playable.

I just want to know if the 4B mode can actually be played with just 4 arrows inputs, or if there are additional inputs required during the songs which would mean you need a pad/keyboard.

[Silbury ♦ Sign]

Yes.

There are people who play Dark Souls with a guitar. Someone actually played it with a dance pad. This is the point of gaming on PC. You can do it if you want to.

Look into joytokey or bome's MT classic.

[Ksempac]

my point isn't about the actual mapping.

The question is whether there are more than 4 different inputs during a 4B song and whether inputs are replicable on a dance pad.

For example, the manual states there are "analog notes" to be played with the joystick. I cannot replicate that on a dance pad. If those kind of things appears in 4B mode then I cannot play on my dance pad (or at least not without having an additional input device).

[MDuh]

4 keys are not enough for 4B. There are left and right side buttons

So technically there are +2 buttons for each mode, so for 4B you need 6 buttons to deal with those side buttons.

[Ksempac]

Thanks for your answer :)

[Thembologist]

Originally posted by MDuh:

4 keys are not enough for 4B. There are left and right side buttons

I'd like to point out that not every 4B song uses L track and R track, meaning that there are definitely songs you can FC using a dance pad, and I would absolutely love to see it.

EDIT:
Fixed some wording.

[[DT] Schum]

Originally posted by Ksempac:

my point isn't about the actual mapping.

The question is whether there are more than 4 different inputs during a 4B song and whether inputs are replicable on a dance pad.

For example, the manual states there are "analog notes" to be played with the joystick. I cannot replicate that on a dance pad. If those kind of things appears in 4B mode then I cannot play on my dance pad (or at least not without having an additional input device).

There was update at some point, and now side notes hits with 1% acc even if you don't touch them, so if you just want to play for fun and not for max accuracy, you can actually FC any song.

[Ksempac]

Hmm, interesting you've given me something to think about.

[Gamehammed]

with enough rigging, i'd say it's possible