i just got dead space 2 but i'm so disappointed

its threads like this when you know OcUK people aren't just trolling idiots and actually band together. I take my hat off to you all!

I honestly can't imagine trying to play any sort of FPS game or even dead space with just my chin and you really must have the patience of a saint to set games up so they can be used especially that way. The mouth controller video that someone linked looked amazingly accurate and a lot better quality than I was expecting, yet I can't imagine it being very comfortable to be fair!
 
As i just got dead space 2 myself and have started playing it, i saw this thread and thought wow a rage at ds 2 already... But after reading a few posts it was something completely different and rather awe inspiring to be honest.

I dont know if this has already been said (or help at all) but i found this in the deadspace 2 folder.

Game Pad Configuration
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For game pads which do not exhibit correct behavior, a custom configuration can be used to specify the actions that each button and joystick should be associated with. The file must be called joypad.txt and be located in the Dead Space™ 2 installation directory. An example file is located in that directory named joypad_example.txt. You can use this file by renaming it to joypad.txt.

In order to change the behavior of your game pad, you will need to change the value for the button and joystick axis entries. In order to find the correct values for these entries, first navigate to the ‘Game Controllers’ item in Control Panel with the game pad connected to the computer. Next select the game pad from the ‘Installed game controllers’ list and click the ‘Properties’ button. The Properties window should be displayed which will allow you to determine what the number of each of your game pads buttons is as well as the name of each of the joystick axes.

Buttons must be assigned a value of ‘Button.#’ where # is the number of the button.
For joystick axes, they must be assigned a value from the following list:
X-Axis
Y-Axis
Z-Axis
Z-Rotation
Throttle
Rudder
X-Axis.Inverted
Y-Axis.Inverted
Z-Axis.Inverted
Z-Rotation.Inverted
Throttle.Inverted
Rudder.Inverted
This list corresponds to the common axes that are used by game pads, as well a variant of each axis which is flipped or inverted.

After setting each of the button and joystick axis values, and renaming the file joypad.txt, when you start Dead Space™ 2 the configuration will be loaded. If a mistake has been made and the value of any of the buttons or joystick axes isn’t recognized, that button or joystick axis will do nothing in game.
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Robert1986 said:
Speechless.

There needs to be a custom controller made for you and others in your position.
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Definitely. Gareth's skill just using his chin is something to behold, but there should be a more user friendly control method for his situation, say a head controlled TrackIR system to mimic mouse control/mouse look, a left foot controlled joystick for the traditional WSAD style character movement, and a right foot controlled button panel for firing, weapon switching, interaction etc.
 
Hats off to you Gareth, truly inspirational thread, nice to see people trying to help out :)

Have you posted anything like this on the website forums for dead space 2? The developers need to be aware of these sort of issues, and until its brought to their attention it will be overlooked.

Its such a simple request to allow controls to be assigned to different buttons etc

And its nice to see people banding together to help out to overcome this challenge, it makes up for all the crap thats posted about on message boards across the interenet

Good luck!
 
i have been searching the net last night for hardware to help people like myself. some of the things are like £500-900+, i for one don't have that kind of money. surely if the hardware is to help people like myself, it some be priceed at a reasonable price?

maybe i'll ask my social worker tomorrow to see if they can do anything.
 
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ljt said:
Hats off to you Gareth, truly inspirational thread, nice to see people trying to help out :)

Have you posted anything like this on the website forums for dead space 2? The developers need to be aware of these sort of issues, and until its brought to their attention it will be overlooked.

Its such a simple request to allow controls to be assigned to different buttons etc

And its nice to see people banding together to help out to overcome this challenge, it makes up for all the crap thats posted about on message boards across the interenet

Good luck!
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thanks mate..

i will post all this on the dead space 2 forum later today
 
You mentioned you got right click to move forward just once (ie presses once but not hold down) was this via AutoHotKey? If so I can try and fix it to do holds correctly.
 
Myshra said:
You mentioned you got right click to move forward just once (ie presses once but not hold down) was this via AutoHotKey? If so I can try and fix it to do holds correctly.
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yes and i tried with it's own software also

i guess my mouse is crap as button 4 (i think it's #4) doesn't work in any other mouse software :confused:......
 
I think i have a fix using autohotkey. This is a toggle script (tested in notepad - works fine but cant test ingame sorry). Make a new .ahk file and try putting this code into it:
Code: 
#InstallKeybdHook
#NoEnv
SendMode Input

bActivate := 0

;---------------------------------------
; Setup key binds
;---------------------------------------
RButton::
bActivate := !bActivate
return

RButton up::
while bActivate
{
send {w down}
Sleep 30
}
send {w up}
return

The below is !untested! because I don't know the name of the deadspace 2 executable file (guessed it was deadspace2.exe from google) - if you add this under the line "bActivate := 0" and now it should only work when deadspace2.exe is running.
Code: 
;---------------------------------------
; Create a timer to constantly check
; if game is the active process or not
; since we want our remapping to only
; be applied in-game, not outside the
; game.
;---------------------------------------
SetTimer PollForApp
return

PollForApp:
; Get the process name of the active window (i.e. Notepad.exe)
WinGet szProcessName, ProcessName, A
if szProcessName = deadspace2.exe
{
Suspend, off
}
else
{
Suspend, on
}
return

;----------END TIMER----------------

Bonus edit code - this should rebind Mouse4 / 5 to e and also make Middle click into r click (figured this would be useful for aiming / collecting ammo and stuff)

Code: 
XButton1::e
XButton2::e
MButton::RButton
put that at the end of the file for it to work.
 
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gareth170 said:
i have been searching the net last night for hardware to help people like myself. some of the things are like £500-900+, i for one don't have that kind of money. surely if the hardware is to help people like myself, it some be priceed at a reasonable price?

maybe i'll ask my social worker tomorrow to see if they can do anything.
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That's pretty steep alright matey. Maybe you can get a homemade alternative knocked together on the cheap that will do the same job? Regardless, I'd be more than happy to contribute a few quid towards some new hardware that will help you get the most out of your games. Call me crazy, but it wouldn't be the first time I've gone above and beyond to help out a fellow gamer (I've given away tons of pc parts and games over the years) and I dare say it won't be the last. :)
 
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