U360s & Joy2Key

[Visitor Q]

I soon will be using U360s and am trying to understand how well it will work with Game Ex and my other Emu's. With my current setup, I have an X-Arcade that outputs key presses for button presses etc. but it is my understanding that the U360s do not work this way. I downloaded joy2key just to get idea of what it was but I see no exe file... Can anyone explain how this works in general?

[Ginsu Victim]

joy2key simply translates gamepad output to key presses. If a program doesn't support a gamepad, joy2key is a great option. (I have U360s and have not needed joy2key, though)

[DaveStall]

I am using XPAdder rather than joy2key but I assume it works pretty much the same way.  You simply have the program assign a keystroke to a particular direction of the joystick.  I found that I needed to use such a utility with my frontend (GameEx) if I wanted to be able to use joytick+button presses simultaneously, such the the alpha paging feature of GameEx.  If you are having problems with joy2key, give XPAdder a try.  It has a nice graphical UI, support for multiple profiles, and many other useful features. 

Dave

[Visitor Q]

I will look into XPAdder, thank you.

I will also be using Game Ex as well as HyperSpin from time to time. I plan on using NullDC as well which I don't think supports joysticks as of yet...

[stephenp1983]

This probably isn't what you were looking for, but still might be useful for you.

There is a plugin for gameex that works with the u360 controller.  Its basically changes the mapping of the u360 to 8 way 4 way or whatever depending on the game.  There is one or two different pluggins listed on the forum.  I set mine up well over a year ago so don't remember to many details about the setup, but it works very well.  When I get home I'll try to find some more info.

[stephenp1983]

Yeah I found the one I used in the plugin thread on the gamex forum.  Its the second one by Oqqalz.  I never could get the one by cupid to work right.

http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=2704

[DaveStall]

The Ultrastick plugin is part of the GameEx installation now.  All you need to do is enable it via the plugin manager.

Dave

[stephenp1983]

awesome thanks for the info dave I had no clue I haven't updated mine in about 6 months