add virtual axes usable with arrow keys

[tomsik68]

axes X & Y were changed to tilt axes and X,Y are now for arrow keys

Signed-off-by: Tomas Jasek [email protected]

[Oblomov]

Thanks for the submission.

I like the idea, but I would prefer if it was made optional, since there's both a matter of personal preference and specific game usage that may influence the optimality of the choice.

The updates I just pushed (sorry again for doing it so late, BTW!) include a method to change the D-pad orientation. The tilt vs axis choice could probably be implemented in a similar fashion.

BTW, from my reading of your patch the D-Pad is still exposed as such by your patch, but its events are now duplicated with the axis events?

[tomsik68]

Yes, I left the D-Pad exposed both as buttons and axes. The rationale is, that some games let you use both buttons and axes, some only let you use buttons, some only let you use axes.
I just like the flexibility :)

If you saw my fork, I was aiming to get it working with Atomic Bomberman, which doesn't let you remap joystick buttons, and as the game is not open-source, this little "driver-level" hack is necessary to get the desired controls :)

[Oblomov]

I fully understand the need for custom behavior depending on game. I have actually been thinking about some way to allow more generic button mapping method (for example the A/B thing you have in your branches too). But precisely because it should be customizable I would prefer if it was done as an option. Do you think you can rework the patch in this sense?

[tomsik68]

I believe configuration file would be beneficial for the button mapping. The file could look somewhat like this:

XWII_KEY_UP=BTN_DPAD_UP
XWII_KEY_DOWN=BTN_DPAD_DOWN
...

Of course, you could specify the file to use as a command line option(e.g. ./wiimote-pad -config landscape.conf), so you could have more of these - one for portrait, one for landscape etc.

Do you think it could be done like this?

[Oblomov]

I've opened an issue to discuss the details about the configuration.