Request: Highlighting button presses

mdjarv / JoystickVisualizer

Joystick Visualizer software, currently made for the Thrustmaster Warthog

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Open Zabuzard opened 6 years ago

Zabuzard commented 6 years ago

It would be nice if button presses are highlighted. Currently a viewer can easily see axis movements but it's hard to recognize button presses.

Possible implementations could include:

Adding a colored box around a button once pressed (fading out after a short time)
Applying a color to the button area in the model (reverting after a short time)
Adding a chat-like message area where names of pressed buttons are shown

mdjarv commented 6 years ago

I've added an example of how it could look in the latest pre-release v0.9.6 https://github.com/mdjarv/JoystickVisualizer/releases/tag/v0.9.6

This is only enabled on the Warthog joystick and only on a few buttons like pickle, trigger, pinky buttons and the DMS.

I've added it as a particle effect with a custom shader that draws it always on top. Might be a bit much but try it and give me some feedback on it