Spiral Knights - Gamepad suggestions

Gamepad suggestions

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Sun, 03/20/2011 - 09:41

Gothmog1065

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I'd personally like more gamepad features. I sent this suggestion ingame, but maybe some others might like to see it.

- Have "look" and "move" (NSEW) combined. This way you don't have to play with two analog sticks and can have one thumb free for buttons.
- Create a "use quickbar" button. This works with my next suggestion.
- Create two "cycle quickbar" buttons (One increases, one decreases).

Here is what an optimal controller layout would look to me - Xbox (PS3):

Triggers (R2/L2) - Cycle "quickbar" items
Bumpers (R1/L1) - Cycle Weapons
Left Analog - Move/turn
DPad - Move without turn
Right Analog - Direction
A (X) - Attack
X (Square) - Shield
B (Circle) - Not sure
Y (Triangle) - Use Quickbar

My optimal setup may be different, but I think this game would be awesome with a gamepad with a few tweaks.

Sun, 03/20/2011 - 11:17

nigelino

Legacy Username

hmm

Not sure how you would use a playstation or xbox controller for the pc but meh if u can figure it out why not right :P.
As far as i know three rings don't have plans for spiral knights to be released on the ps3 or xbox360...
(u didnt mention wii, whats that!)

Sun, 03/20/2011 - 14:46

Bifurcate

Lead Programmer

You can already control the

You can already control the character with one stick (in fact, that's the default for the 360 controller). You just need to map both "Move North" and "Face North" to up, etc.

Sun, 03/20/2011 - 16:22

Splinter

Not sure how you would use a

Not sure how you would use a playstation or xbox controller for the pc but meh if u can figure it out why not right :P.

Its possible

Sun, 03/20/2011 - 16:57

Dogrock

The wired Xbox 360 controller

The wired Xbox 360 controller is just a vanilla USB device. It can work on Windows without any more work than plugging it in. It's great for PC racing games since many have a default layout for it already.

Mon, 03/21/2011 - 08:19

Gothmog1065

Legacy Username

When I attempt to map "Move

When I attempt to map "Move North" and "Face North" to the up key (#0 Y Rotation -), it removes the mapping function from the other (Say I set Face North, it removes it from Move North).

Preview edit: I see now the defaults are like that (They weren't when I first tried, dunno). What was confusing me was the fact that you have to set it on different Keys which is kind of counter-intuitive.

Mon, 03/21/2011 - 08:44

Gothmog1065

Legacy Username

Okay, here's the default

Okay, here's the default button mapping Scheme:

Button 0 = A Button 1 = B Button 2 = X ------------ ACTION Button 3 = Y ------------ DEFEND Button 4 = Left Bumper -- Previous Weapon Button 5 = Right Bumper - Next Weapon Button 6 = Back Button 7 = Start Button 8 = Left Thumbstick Press Button 9 = Right Thumbstick Press Z Axis + = L Trigger Z Axis - = R Trigger Y Axis + = L Thumbstick Down -- Move + Look South Y Axis - = L Thumbstick Up ---- Move + Look North X Axis + = L Thumbstick Right - Move + Look East X Axis - = L Thumbstick Left -- Move + Look West Y Rotation + = R Thumb Down Y Rotation - = R Thumb Up X Rotation + = R Thumb Right X Rotation - = R Thumb Left POV X - = Dpad Left POV X + = Dpad Right POV Y - = Dpad Up POV Y - = Dpad Down

Wow that formatting is messed up. I'll keep playing with a few different keypad setups to see what works best.

Mon, 03/21/2011 - 09:32

Gothmog1065

Legacy Username

Okay more things: POV X and Y

Okay more things:

POV X and Y - (negative) will not let me set it for anything but the movement commands. Those would be nice "quick slot" maps as well as "menu" commands. This way you can navigate menus with the DPad.

On the topic of menus, make a the "move up/down/left/right" buttons also navigate the menus. Also make a "cancel" button so you can back out of menus.

Sun, 04/10/2011 - 06:18

Austenite

I'm a big fan of using my 360

I'm a big fan of using my 360 controller with PC games. I've got the controls on mine set up like Geometry Wars (left stick moves, right stick aims)
the rest is as follows:

rt trigger- attack
left tirgger - guard
left shoulder - bound to Esc key (had to use JoytoKey for this, but totally worth it)
1-4 bound to - ABXY keys (the hat switch doesn't work well for some reason)

works wonderfully IMO.

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