gamingpad and SWTOR

[MtBerg]

Hi!

 

I have now played for 3 days with a gamingpad using Joy2Key application.

Using a PS2 gamingpad with USB adapter.

 

And it WORKS!

 

So i thought, that maybe others are thinking the same way i did and ponder about the possibilities without having found any information.

 

I run Joy2Key as administrator (otherwise the gamingpad will stop working once you start SWTOR).

 

I use the directional buttons as: W,A,S,D (Up, left, down, right)

 

I use Left joystick for moving mouse, both up and down, left and right.

Pressing the joystick down (click, not directional) simulates a left mousebutton click.

 

I use right joystick for moving mouse left and right (i disabled up and down for now, might implement jump, space, when pressing down click, not verticly down).

With a slower mouse movement speed then on left joystick.

This makes it easier to run around and turn when using the joystick, without spinning round and round. I might even set it lower then i have currently for a smoother run/walk experience.

 

[1] Triangle

[2] Circle

[3] Cross

[4] Square

 

[Tabb] L1

[sHIFT] L2

 

[Right Mousebutton] R1

[CTRL] R2

 

This makes it easy to bind, Tabb, Shift+Tabb and CTRL+Tabb for tabbing enemies, allies and activate autorun.

Shift and CTRL makes it possible to bind 1-4 with SHIFT and CTRL as well (that makes 12 buttons, one entire hotbar)

Then by adding a SHIFT + W & A (move up and down) you can also swap hotbars, keeping the same hotkeys for a new set of skills.

For example, hotbar 1: DPS, Hotbar 2: Healing.

Then swapping hotbars for the needed situation.

 

Conversations is solved by keeping the X [] /\ and O buttons as 1,2,3,4 thus using Triangel for top choice, circle for middle and Cross for lowest conversation choice.

 

I also bound SELECT button as ENTER key and pressing right joystick down triggers ESC.

 

Thats it folks.

It aint as effective as keyboard and mouse but it works.

Almost fluently.

Works great with ranged characters but it also works with melee, however you wont be graceful (lol) and you will take a hit or two more then you would if using keyboard and mouse, the reflexes and movements as well positioning is superior with keyboard and mouse.

 

However if you, are like me, and want to play with a gamingpad it works.

It even works well i would say (would not recommend it in PvP though).

Works great for PvE and questing.

 

And i used the regular mouse to positioning the screen in a good position and then while running keeping R1 pressed down (right mousebutton) the right joystick only turns left and right side making movement very nice indeed.

 

Might be better with an XBOX gamingpad but i dont own one so...

 

Good luck!

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Updated with better description.

Edited January 10, 2012 by MtBerg

[Antipiety]

neat i could see actually doing something like this for grinding space missions, not really for regular play since i use 35+ keybinds as is.

[MtBerg]

I know its a pain to plan it all out with just 1 hotbar activated at a single time.

 

However usualy you only use one or two hotbars in one combat.

And with global cooldown making a "tap tap" and get the third hotbar selected you can start using those skills instead.

 

However as i stated its not as "effective" as a keyboard, it will be slower.

Pressing buttons is just as fast but changing quickslot page makes you loose a second or two compared to using a keyboard.

 

But it is still viable to use the right joystick to move your mouse to a sidebar quickslot and press those for crafting or similliar situations.

 

Be creative and you can work around most things