malau on 22/8/2011 at 13:43
By the way, if you have a 360 wireless controller and are sick of being unable to turn it off without taking the batteries out, then you can download The Xbox 360 Controller Manager (freeware) and only 343k.
Just double click on it and it turns the controller OFF. (if you add the /off 1 modifier to the shortcut)
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http://djpety.nt-hosting.hu/XboxExt/) http://djpety.nt-hosting.hu/XboxExt/
Beware false positive virus check message, as the author says:-
If your anti-virus software complains, it's a false-positive! My app is made with AutoIt, which is a scripting language, and it used by some malicious software. But this app DOESN'T contains any malicious code. If I have free time, I will create the app in a real programming language...crinkelite on 22/8/2011 at 14:27
Well I can try to make my posts sound less like spam but to be honest I was just trying to offer the OP a genuine solution to his original request, I know pinnacle is not free but there's a months free trial so you may as well give it a go.
I'm not affiliated with the company in ANY WAY.
You need a forum login to retrieve the profiles from the site but the forum account is FREE.
In any case I can upload my settings to this site (mods permitting).
Xpadder is great and free but it cannot deliver the level of customisation that Pinnacle can.
for example, with pinnacle I can set the analog stick to simulate the SHIFT key depression when the stick is pushed beyond 90% of it's axis. Ergo: Garret runs when the stick is pushed all the way forward and walks when it is at <90%.
you can also do this in the lower end of the axis with creeping.
The end result is that you have the three speeds on one stick which makes far more intuitive controls.
I know this may sound like spam but honestly, I'm just trying to point out a great piece of software to a fellow 360 controller owner.
The support for the controller in most games is non existent (even on some console ports).
You should consider shelling out the $20 for lifetime support but of course if you don't have the cash there's always other ways of getting it.
In any case you can use it for an entire month without paying squat.
thanks for reading.
*not spam*
/edit
This video should give you an idea of what the software is capable of.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR29Z9vfzh4)
There is no native support for the controller in the windows version of oblivion.
Also, I've been running it for years without any stability issues on winXP 32 and win7 64.
malau on 22/8/2011 at 14:58
Thanks for your help crinkelite. If you hadn't suggested Pinnacle I would still be using 'Joy2Key', and I wouldn't have found Xpadder either.
Yes I agree it looks excellent and well laid out - if only I could run it = what with the ActiveX errors and Runtime errors - and that was with the LEGAL download from their site, never mind the 'hush-hush' copies I tried :-)
I registered and left a message in the help section of their forum. I hate that I have to reboot after each install and uninstall - just for their sneaky 'update' service to run.
Xpadder isn't free anymore. So my version of that is also 'hush-hush' :cheeky:
crinkelite on 22/8/2011 at 23:55
Ah crap man. I just read errol's post over on the forum.
Seems like it won't run on xp64.
malau on 23/8/2011 at 04:51
LOL :cheeky:
It occasionally feels like XP64 is the forgotten bastard ginger step child that Microsoft bricked up in the cellar :cheeky:
DJ Riff on 23/8/2011 at 08:46
Quote Posted by crinkelite
for example, with pinnacle I can set the analog stick to simulate the SHIFT key depression when the stick is pushed beyond 90% of it's axis. Ergo: Garret runs when the stick is pushed all the way forward and walks when it is at <90%.
you can also do this in the lower end of the axis with creeping.
Why do you need to emulate Shift key when Thief has a genuine support for analog movement? That's all you need in your user.bnd to make both analog sticks work:
Code:
bind joy_axisr rudderturn
bind joy_axisx +joyxaxis
bind joy_axisy +joyforward
bind joy_axisz +zlook
joy_rotate 0
joystick_sensitivity 1.0
joystick_deadzone 0.05
rudder_sensitivity 0.3
rudder_deadzone 0.05
malau on 23/8/2011 at 11:09
What do your INI settings do ?
I think crinkelite was explaining how to assign the 3 Thief movement speeds to 'forward' on the left stick ?
Yandros on 23/8/2011 at 11:45
Quote Posted by malau
It occasionally feels like XP64 is the forgotten bastard ginger step child that Microsoft bricked up in the cellar :cheeky:
No, you're thinking of Windows ME. :joke:
DJ Riff on 23/8/2011 at 13:16
Quote Posted by malau
What do your INI settings do ?
I think crinkelite was explaining how to assign the 3 Thief movement speeds to 'forward' on the left stick ?
I'm assuming that your controller is properly recognized by Windows, that is:
left stick left/right = x axis
left stick up/down = y axis
right stick left/right = r axis (rudder)
right stick up/down = z axis (throttle)
bind joy_axisy +joyforward will give you full analog forward/backward speed control with the left stick
bind joy_axisx +joyxaxis combined with
joy_rotate 0 will give you full analog right/left speed control with the left stick.
bind joy_axisr rudderturn and
bind joy_axisz +zlook will give you the ability to rotate the view left/right and up/down with the right stick respectively.
malau on 24/8/2011 at 07:10
Quote Posted by Yandros
No, you're thinking of Windows ME. :joke:
Before I had x64 I had Windows ME ! I gravitate towards neglected and unloved O/S's :-)
Seems LG were quite proactive when it came to implementing Joypad support in 2000.
