Graphics tablet aiming

[Rahsennor]

Hello.

This probably sounds silly, but I'm trying to use a graphics tablet to play Nexuiz. Since it gives absolute screen coordinates, everything goes haywire. The menu cursor just slides around wildly, and aiming becomes vertigo-inducing. I couldn't find anything in the documentation (or on the forum).

Setting m_acceleration 2 and sensitivity 0.5 makes the tablet act a bit like a joystick, except it doesn't have an obvious center. Unhiding the system cursor - or better yet, making the crosshair track the system cursor - would probably do the trick.

Am I missing something?

[Rahsennor]

Oh well...

If anybody else ditches their rat for a wacom bamboo, try these:

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sensitivity 0.5
m_accelerate 2
m_accelerate_filter 0
m_accelerate_minspeed 0
menu_mouse_absolute 1 // doesn't save, force in autoexec


Be warned, it takes lots of practice and a rock-steady framerate.

Wiimote-style aiming would be fun. Anyone on that, or must I do it myself?

[AnArKiSt]

I've used a Wiimote with my computer before, and it should not be much a problem at all to get it to work with Nexuiz.

You can connect a Wiimote to your computer via Bluetooth, and you can write a script in GlovePIE which will bind buttons on the Wiimote to actions in game. You can also use a GlovePIE script to bind Wiimote postions to actions too.

The Wiimote recognizes when it is tilted downwards, upwards, and when it's rotated. It also recognizes how much the remote has been tilted, and you can use that in the Wiimote script.

http://carl.kenner.googlepages.com/glovepie_download

[Mizu Kitsune]

i use my ps3 six axis controller, joystick, and gun con as well as camspace beta. they take some getting used to.

[Rahsennor]

I meant the moving crosshair. Not just for wiimote - it would fix aiming with my graphics tablet.

Again: has anyone done this, or shall I?

[Rahsennor]

Moved to development.