1626: Angband \\ Playing Angband on an arcade stick! ^ D^
1Playing Angband, latest code.
My Angband playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZO3OPzPjIzPDGSovCSUGiEGwNrTKPb-C
0:00 - town & JoyToKey
13:20 - floor 19
42:05 - floor 20
Trying to see if I can play Angband on a 4-way arcade stick (Hori Real Arcade Pro V Hayabusa 2017 PS3/PS4) 'cause for ergonomic reasons I want to spend less time mousing and keyboarding. 'p' So I'm mapping Angband roguelike keys to joystick buttons with the JoyToKey PC shareware program.
I eventually realized that a) there are two of the eight buttons on my arcade stick face that I don't want to use for ergonomic reasons, b) I don't want to have to hold buttons down--like I was doing for the Shift (Run) and Ctrl (Tunnel) modifier buttons--for ergonomic reasons, and c) the Enter menu can activate Run and Tunnel. BUT having Run buried a few menus down pretty much negates its usefulness so I still need a dedicated button for that, I think (similar-ish story with Tab for shooting)--but I can use the activate button for it (,) rather than the modifier (Shift) you have to hold. So stick controls:
HJKL for movement on the stick
then face buttons:
Enter
Escape
Tab
, (activate run)
R
D
and Start/side buttons:
Y
1
Technically that also gets me one diagonal movement, up-left with Y ; ). Otherwise, though, can't do diagonals, which poses a distinct tactical challenge, shall we say--and necessitates lots of tunneling to get through diagonal tunnel bits. 'p'
R, D, and Y (these are lowercase; uppercase in JoyToKey is shown by "Shift" being noted) are for submenus, which can't be operated by the shortcuts on the Enter menu: R for reading details on something highlighted with lookaround (x), D for dropping stuff off in buildings in town, and Y for confirmation dialogs.
The "1" is for inputs where I need a number, like custom sleep durations, dropping quantities, or buying quantities in shops. Might switch to 4 or something?
Inscribing magic arrows to the top of the quiver won't be possible, dargh.
Had to chop a few minutes soon after the 30 minute mark for music copyright. Note to self: song that got flagged this time was again "A Shadow to Prevail." Hm! And that's a apparently the FamilyJules remix version--which I don't even have in my playlist--of Danny Baranowsky's "The Wight to Remain (4-3)," which is what was playing at that point in the video. So WtR is getting copyright flagged for its copyrighted remix, gah!
10/12/23
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