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Lennell2
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« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2011, 01:09:37 AM » |
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So I recently discovered a program called JoytoKey. It's a program that allows a gamepad or joystick to press mapped keys on the keyboard. What this means is that any game that only accept input from a keyboard can still be played with a gamepad, if the mechanics allow. Fortunately, there are plenty of USB Xbox 360 controllers in the house which worked perfectly.
I tried it on League of Legends, of course. The game was unnecessarily difficult, but still a lot of fun.
As for controls, I had to map the most important functions from League onto the limited number of buttons available. The d-pad and the triggers aren't considered buttons, apparently, so I couldn't use those.
I mapped QWER to ABXY, the mouse to the left joystick, left and right clicks to the left and right joystick buttons, summoner spells to left and right shoulder buttons, recall to the back button, and the shop to the start button. I turned on camera locking so I didn't have to worry about stupid camera controls. Perhaps someone can suggest a better layout?
I played a practice game against bots with Udyr, with ghost and heal, so that I didn't have to target anyone except to right click. The game wasn't unplayable, and the new challenge made it quite entertaining.
I'm posting this to tell you about what I've done, but also because I think it'd be awesome to play a practice game with 9 other people doing the same thing. If you want to play a game with me using this brand new interface, let me know! All you need is a USB controller, but the ones with sticks work best. I'll try to get a game together tomorrow night.
Try it! It's fun.
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