https://odamex.net/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1269
Bug ID: 1269
Summary: SDL2 joystick input can't SR45, and other things
Product: Odamex
Version: 0.8.x
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P5
Component: Client
Assignee: odamex-bug-reporter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reporter: ant+odamex.bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: odamex-bug-reporter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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scale joystick values to allow full range of movement
I've got a PS4 joypad here, and decided to mess around with it in Odamex. It's
kinda hard to play well with it; I know I shouldn't expect it to be on part
with M+K but it feels pretty bad even compared to console shooters.
There's about a 3× ratio between the smallest and largest possible input
that'll register on the freelook/turn axis. It's both hard to aim precisely at
something and to turn/pitch quickly at default sensitivity, and setting it to
either extreme only makes one of the two far worse.
More importantly, having run+strafe on one joystick makes straferunning at
normal speeds impossible. Both axes max out at their respective speed caps
(50/40), leading to oval movement and a diagonal speed cap a lot lower than
normal (try the BFG jump on brit11 map01 - it's nearly impossible).
I'm not sure whether this is the right fix, but changing the strafe axis to
scale by forwardmove instead of sidemove makes things much more consistent and
playable. Both axes probably should be scaled a bit extra to account for most
joysticks being confined to a circle - I used 1/cos(pi/4). Strafing is a bit
twitchy with this but it doesn't seem like a big loss. Thoughts?
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