Xbox 360 Pad

[scranusesscrunya]

Hi gameex nuts!

Ever since i first downloaded (and subsequently) registered gameex i have been on an eternal mission to turn my front room into a gaming haven (and also piss off my girlfriend although she wasn't complaining when i fired up Pandemonium!)

Anyways since i am using my PC primarily as a gaming machine i am finding it increasingly difficult to justify having a keyboard and mouse on my lap when i could just use my Xbox 360 pad. So i was wondering if there was a way to map the alphabet to one button of my gamepad for text input (similar to how a mobile phone handles text input with one key representing 3 letters) so i can take advantage of the great search feature that Tom has introduced.

I had a go at trying to map keys using Xpadder but as far as i know that only supports cycles and that doesn't really work for me. I was thinking maybe autohotkey could offer the solution although i must admit that i am absolutely useless at scripts, i had a go but just ended up with gibberish.

If there is anyone out there with a knowledge of scripts that could point me in the right direction i would be really grateful as i think this would be a great addition to gameex in general (until microsoft finally lives up to its promises and releases the drivers for the chatpad )

Thanks for reading my ramblings and i hope that there is someone who can take pity on a computer illiterate gameex user!

P.S Maybe an on-screen virtual keyboard would be a good idea for the next release? Just thinking out loud!

[Brian Hoffman]

Hi gameex nuts!

Ever since i first downloaded (and subsequently) registered gameex i have been on an eternal mission to turn my front room into a gaming haven (and also piss off my girlfriend although she wasn't complaining when i fired up Pandemonium!)

Anyways since i am using my PC primarily as a gaming machine i am finding it increasingly difficult to justify having a keyboard and mouse on my lap when i could just use my Xbox 360 pad. So i was wondering if there was a way to map the alphabet to one button of my gamepad for text input (similar to how a mobile phone handles text input with one key representing 3 letters) so i can take advantage of the great search feature that Tom has introduced.

I had a go at trying to map keys using Xpadder but as far as i know that only supports cycles and that doesn't really work for me. I was thinking maybe autohotkey could offer the solution although i must admit that i am absolutely useless at scripts, i had a go but just ended up with gibberish.

If there is anyone out there with a knowledge of scripts that could point me in the right direction i would be really grateful as i think this would be a great addition to gameex in general (until microsoft finally lives up to its promises and releases the drivers for the chatpad )

Thanks for reading my ramblings and i hope that there is someone who can take pity on a computer illiterate gameex user!

P.S Maybe an on-screen virtual keyboard would be a good idea for the next release? Just thinking out loud!

Ive posted and AHK hot key script that always runs. Id check it out. Ill see if i can dig up the link... Some one did recently so it shouldn't be to hard.

EDIT: http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?s=...ost&p=27487

[Tom Speirs]

If you just want to use the search feature, you should be able to cycle through the alphabet by pressing up and down, is that not working?

[bkenobi]

I'm not sure what the goal is exactly, but if you are trying to have multiple key presses enter a text letter via joypad button presses, this could be done via AHK. It would require a timer and a set of checks for button presses. If the timer expires or a different key is pressed, it moves on to the next letter. If it hasn't expired, it would increment the previous letter.

I don't know how useful this would be compared to either an on screen keyboard (like Brian posted a link to) or the built-in joystick text entry system for search that Tom already included in GameEx. Just wanted to throw the idea out there.

[BrutalDeluxe]

If there is anyone out there with a knowledge of scripts that could point me in the right direction i would be really grateful as i think this would be a great addition to gameex in general (until microsoft finally lives up to its promises and releases the drivers for the chatpad )

Does anyone know if the Xbox chatpad now works with Windows XP?

[gonzo90017]

Does anyone know if the Xbox chatpad now works with Windows XP?

As far as a few weeks ago it doesn't.

[gonzo90017]

I just found this interesting program. Looks like the guy needs some beta testers.

http://www.twostick.org/

[kenclops]

Got tired of waiting for a driver that will never come.

Buy a Di Novo Mini. Works great with my home theater setup. Plus it has a built in mouse.

[bkenobi]

Nice solution! It's not exactly on the same order as using an XBox controller since those don't cost nearly as much ($29.99 MSRP versus $149.99 MSRP), but a good solution none the less.