Gamepad Look Up/Down Inversion Option

[string6]

Hello all.
First off, what a great FPS!
I am a casual 'lounge console' gamer (not pro or hardcore), but I do enjoy a blast here and there.
setup is Core2Duo E8400, Nvidia integrated gfx/sound, 4GB DDR2 RAM and Samsung 46" HDTV.
All input devices are wireless. My gampad is a Logitech Rumble 2 and the operating system is Linux
(Sidux/Debian)

I am pleased that a joystick/gamepad enable option is in the menu system, but a 'look
up/down invert' option is sorely missing!
I accept that the vast majority of FPS gamers on PC prefer mouse/keyboard, but this
game is **such a good example** of Linux gaming goodness, that the above omission
is really sad..

This game would happily replace my Xbox Halo cravings if look up/down was fixed.
I have tried various console/config options from this forum but none appear to work.
For now, my gamepad is in bits until I go back to work (electronics) where I can rewire
the appropriate pot to work as needed.

Here's hoping..

[esteel]

I'm quite sure its possible but i do not have a joystick to test right now..
Try

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cvarlist joy

that will list all the ingame options regarding joysticks. The next version will have a nice menu list for this too.
I suppose the option for what you want could be joy_sensitivityyaw. I guess if you just change the sign of its value from -1.8 to just 1.8.

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joy_sensitivityyaw 1.8

in the console should do the trick.

[string6]

Thanks for your (yaw?) reply

Sadly, I don't believe this should/would work because Yaw is the wrong axis.
see link:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaw_axis

I already tried 'pitchsensitivity' (the more obvious choice), but it didn't seem to work...
I have also tried various joystick CLI tools too
I will wait until the next release of Nexuiz to solve this. In the meantime I will mod my
stick to work as required.

[esteel]

No, i just meant that the next version will have a nice interface for setting such variables.. not an interface for joysticks. Really so far only 4 people including you asked about such a thing.. compared to the million downloads thats really too few to warrent putting too much energy into such a menu control i guess.

But i guess you are right about the yaw/pitch thing. I'm not a native english speaker and was not sure about both meanings, must have picked the wrong one. Strange that pitch did not work then. It just just work the same by changing the sign.. I have no other idea atm then

[string6]

No worries
I knew this wouldn't be a 'must have' feature as you've just confirmed. I am quite
handy with a soldering iron and will modify the stick (Nexuiz is the only reason I bought it).
I can use the mouse/keyboard combo, but a) I'm not great with it and b) It's not very good
using the arm of a sofa for the mouse surface! lol

Basically, I don't use the classic computer workstation setup (imagine that with a 46" monitor, not! )

[Alien]

You won't be comfortable with stick cause nexuiz unlike console games requires precision (nex, camping rifle, uzi).

[morfar]

To invert up/down looking with gamepads:

Press shift+esc to get the console.

For regular Nexuiz type:
joypitchsensitivity -0.9

If you use Nexuiz-SDL type:
joy_sensitivitypitch -0.9

[esteel]

For regular Nexuiz type:
joypitchsensitivity -0.9

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So far i thought thats only for the windows version.. but maybe you are right..

[string6]

@Morfar

I tried that, didn't work. I even tried adding to .cfg file too. Are you sure this works with
Debian (Linux) version?

p.s. I looked at other forum posts, tried them but my pad is in bits at the mo..

[morfar]

Worked for me. And I have the same gamepad as you. Using Ubuntu 8.10 which is based on debian.