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[bowdown2q]

So I recently rediscovered my Logitech Wingman EXTREME joystick

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And though, "Hey, I bet I could play Dwarf Fortress with this."

And so, after about 3 hours of mapping the buttons, I was doing this

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But what are the benefits of playing DF via joystick, you may ask? Ah, well, now it gets interesting. The rocking D-pad functions as the arrow keys, as does the axis- I couldn't find a way to map one of them to Shift+direction- the paired switches on the top are mapped to + and - and Z+ and Z-. The throttle and twist axis are unmapped, as I couldn't find any command worth putting on them - and I tried, but it seems that they're both a bit too sensitive to use reliably.

I find it actually a whole lot easier to control the cursor with the joystick than with the arrow keys, and Z+/- mapped to a single key make moving the camera much easier.

[Peteł]

That is one hell of a Toblerone bar right there.

[Grimlocke]

If only I knew a way to get a commodore 64 joystick to work with my pc, it would be awesome.

They might actualy be more suitable for DF key bindings, as they only have on/off states.

[calrogman]

That is one hell of a Toblerone bar right there.

That's Toblerone OneByOne.

[ILikePie]

That's awesome, though, nothing will ever replace my precious keyboard. Its just too hard getting used to using something else.

That's Toblerone OneByOne.

Haha, the name seems quite fitting. Where do you get of these godly creatures?

[bowdown2q]

Oh man, I only have the 4 variety pack
BJs is where I got mine. I'm sure you could order them, lol. Try Costco or BJs or BigLots or Sam's Club; any of those big box stores should have them.

[PhilbertFlange]

BJs is where I got mine.

Man I read that wrong. 

[CobaltKobold]

What, no similarly-massivelybuttoned throttle?

[Blargityblarg]

Now solder a keyboard onto the side of it, and you win forever.

[CobaltKobold]

Actually, someone I know was working on making a (5?) key keyboard, to be activated in combinations while being handheld.

[monk12]

Now add MACROS

[Keevu]

Nice empty powerade bottle. You need to keep energized to get yo Dwarf Fortress on!

[ein]

Nice empty powerade bottle. You need to keep energized to get yo Dwarf Fortress on!

At one point, I had about ten empty glass Pellegrino bottles and 3 empty glass Martinelli's sparkling cider bottles in my room.

That empty Powerade bottle is nothing.

[Itnetlolor]

Nice empty powerade bottle. You need to keep energized to get yo Dwarf Fortress on!

At one point, I had about ten empty glass Pellegrino bottles and 3 empty glass Martinelli's sparkling cider bottles in my room.

That empty Powerade bottle is nothing.

Ever reuse them all as water bottles as well as powedered drink bottles? Best use for spares I can think of for them so far.

Yeah, 1 powerade is nothing.

[ein]

Nice empty powerade bottle. You need to keep energized to get yo Dwarf Fortress on!

At one point, I had about ten empty glass Pellegrino bottles and 3 empty glass Martinelli's sparkling cider bottles in my room.

That empty Powerade bottle is nothing.

Ever reuse them all as water bottles as well as powedered drink bottles? Best use for spares I can think of for them so far.

Yeah, 1 powerade is nothing.

Old glass bottles make the best water bottles.
Not for carrying around though, just for drinking at your desk.