Unfortunately, OD Beta has a major regression with SDL joystick support,
as it always reports buttons as keyboard keys instead of actual buttons.
This partially breaks external keyboard support, where e.g. space no
longer acts as expected.
However, on balance, OD Beta is better than the 2014 firmware at this
point.
1. Makes START a modifier key.
2. Main modifier actions are now displayed as hints while the modifier is pressed.
3. Mouse simulation now available on all controllers:
SELECT + D-Pad to move mouse
SELECT + Left/Right should button to click
START + | Action
---------- | ------
SELECT | Menu
UP | Menu
DOWN | Map
LEFT | Character info
RIGHT | Inventory
B (Bottom) | Spell book
Y (Left) | Quest log
This makes all actions available on controllers without sticks and ZL/ZR.
Initial game controller support.
Actions are based on the Switch branch but the controller code itself is
implemented differently, allowing for easy remapping and minimizing
changes to the Source/ directory.
Many subtle and not so subtle controller bugs have been fixed
in this implementation, including:
1. Smoother & more responsive movement with the joysticks.
2. Consistent controls for all the menus in the game (stores, quest log,
etc).
3. Cursor appearance / disappearance at appropriate times.
Low-level controls are abstracted and 3 SDL interfaces are supported:
game controller, joystick, and keyboard. See SourceX/controls/ for more
details on this.
Wishlist for the future:
1. Primary button and use button should attack continously.
This is hard as it requires checking the cooldowns / attack speed.
2. Quick spell menu navigation is very buggy. It is also buggy in the
switch branch. I haven't had a change to investigate.
Gleb Mazovetskiy
staphen
Anders Jenbo
Yuri Pourre