zorro2055
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1 month ago Posting description of X-Way Joystick option and recommended analog controls settings here for X-way rotary joystick games here for reference.
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Added 'X-Way Joystick' Option to Analog Controls Menu only for IPT_DIAL and IPT_DIAL_V devices. This option is for use with x-way rotary joysticks (where the joystick can rotate X discrete steps, 8 or 12 appears to be most common). The joystick can still move up, down, left, right and diagonally. The most famous game to use this control scheme is Ikari Warriors. Notes on this option:
- When on, prevents the character from rotating two discrete steps sometimes when the rotary joystick is just rotated one step.
- When on, the character will only rotate up to half the frame rate instead of the frame rate, so up to 30 times per second instead of 60 times a second if the game is running at 60Hz.
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Recommended analog control settings for known games that use an x-way rotary joystick to give the intended rotary control of the character. (Note: Settings will work best if the game is running at its native 60Hz, and the time the rotary joystick "holds" down the virtual IPT_DIAL or IPT_DIAL_V button is longer than 1/60th of a second, but less than 2/60ths of a second.):
- Bermuda Triangle Key/Joy Speed: 16 Sensitivity: 100% X-Way Joystick: On
- Caliber 50 Key/Joy Speed: 4 Sensitivity: 100% X-Way Joystick: On
- Downtown Key/Joy Speed: 22 Sensitivity: 100% X-Way Joystick: On
- Guerrilla War Key/Joy Speed: 16 Sensitivity: 100% X-Way Joystick: On
- Heavy Barrel Key/Joy Speed: 21 Sensitivity: 100% X-Way Joystick: On
- Ikari Warriors Key/Joy Speed: 16 Sensitivity: 100% X-Way Joystick: On
- Victory Road (kind of Ikari Warriors II) Key/Joy Speed: 16 Sensitivity: 100% X-Way Joystick: On
- Ikari III - The Rescue Key/Joy Speed: 21 Sensitivity: 100% X-Way Joystick: On
- Midnight Resistance Key/Joy Speed: 21 Sensitivity: 100% X-Way Joystick: On
- SAR - Search and Rescue Key/Joy Speed: 21 Sensitivity: 100% X-Way Joystick: On
- Time Soldiers Key/Joy Speed: 21 Sensitivity: 100% X-Way Joystick: On
- Touchdown Fever Key/Joy Speed: 2 Sensitivity: 100% X-Way Joystick: On
- Touchdown Fever 2 Key/Joy Speed: 2 Sensitivity: 100% X-Way Joystick: On
As per discussion at the end of this merged PR, link, this newly created PR hides the X-Way Joystick option in the Analog Controls menu for types that are not IPT_DIAL and IPT_DIAL_V. Repasting image of Super Speed Race Jr image that has a Dial control and a Pedal control for reference. Note the Dial control has a X-Way Joystick option whereas the Pedal control does not.
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