Random Hardware topics

[Colif]

IIRC They used to use those L3/R3 buttons for run in COD/BF and stuff in the PS3 era, it sucked because its a bit awkward to do in a pinch. They work fine as a lock on button in Souls likes, otherwise I'd rather have stuff mapped to the back paddles than there.

in slormancer left stick button mapped to the map and I couldn't work out why the map would randomly show up during combat, so I looked in the key maps but didn't know where the buttons were. Pifan showed me.

I am yet to play another game.

If I play a racing game I will probably use the xbox elite 2 as it would be a complete waste of money for me to buy a wheel. I don't play enough racing games, and well, controller just seems natural after so many consoles.

Damn, they've put my monitor back to 25th February again.

today only day so far this week I haven't looked. By time it hits Thursday night I stop looking at new things until weekend as nothing I buy online would show up tomorrow so might as well just wait. Its a new rule as the amount of times I have spent looking for things on Thursdays is too many

 

[Zed Clampet]

Asus have a new controller but from one review I watched its sticks are really loose and you can't tighten them. Its also expensive, almost 200 USD.

You need loose sticks for driving. In fact @Kaamos_Llama this reminded me of the Playstation controller (I have the DS4, too), and the sticks were too stiff. You need to be able to make a lot of micro-adjustments when you race, and if the sticks are too tight, you can accidentally push too hard and end up swerving back and forth.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

in slormancer left stick button mapped to the map and I couldn't work out why the map would randomly show up during combat, so I looked in the key maps but didn't know where the buttons were. Pifan showed me.

I am yet to play another game.

Theyre too easy to click on accident on every controller I think.

If I play a racing game I will probably use the xbox elite 2 as it would be a complete waste of money for me to buy a wheel. I don't play enough racing games, and well, controller just seems natural after so many consoles.


today only day so far this week I haven't looked. By time it hits Thursday night I stop looking at new things until weekend as nothing I buy online would show up tomorrow so might as well just wait. Its a new rule as the amount of times I have spent looking for things on Thursdays is too many

I'm half considering cancelling the order, theres other fun stuff I can get right now. If it goes any later than end of month Ill get a new monitor in the autumn instead.

My 8BitDo Pro2 has Hall effect sticks and the Ultimate 2c has TMR and Hall Effect triggers but Im damned if I can tell the difference from potentiometer sticks in the games Ive played. Its nice they should last longer anyway.

Having said that I dont think I ever had a controller drift until I bought a Nintendo Switch, the JoyCons from Switch 1 are awful.

You need loose sticks for driving. In fact @Kaamos_Llama this reminded me of the Playstation controller (I have the DS4, too), and the sticks were too stiff. You need to be able to make a lot of micro-adjustments when you race, and if the sticks are too tight, you can accidentally push too hard and end up swerving back and forth.

I think you can change the sensitivity and dead zone of the sticks with the new ones I have through software, but I seem to remember the DS4 was barely compatible with Steam a lot of the time so maybe it wouldnt work with them.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Theyre too easy to click on accident on every controller I think.


I'm half considering cancelling the order, theres other fun stuff I can get right now. If it goes any later than end of month Ill get a new monitor in the autumn instead.

My 8BitDo Pro2 has Hall effect sticks and the Ultimate 2c has TMR and Hall Effect triggers but Im damned if I can tell the difference from potentiometer sticks in the games Ive played. Its nice they should last longer anyway.

Having said that I dont think I ever had a controller drift until I bought a Nintendo Switch, the JoyCons from Switch 1 are awful.



I think you can change the sensitivity and dead zone of the sticks with the new ones I have through software, but I seem to remember the DS4 was barely compatible with Steam a lot of the time so maybe it wouldnt work with them.

With Forza, you can change all that in-game. But no matter what settings you change, the sticks will always be tight. There's only so much you can do with dead zones.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

With Forza, you can change all that in-game. But no matter what settings you change, the sticks will always be tight. There's only so much you can do with dead zones.

Got you, its been so long since I played a driving game I was using the dpad. I should pick something up again one day and see if I can get into it.

 

[Colif]

i don't think i ever noticed stick drift on any controller yet.
I don't play the right sort of games to notice.

youtube thinks I want to see controller videos now... I blame you both

 

[Zed Clampet]

i don't think i ever noticed stick drift on any controller yet.
I don't play the right sort of games to notice.

youtube thinks I want to see controller videos now... I blame you both

The only time I ever had drift was in the Duke. I emailed the company and they sent me a link for a firmware update. I had to download the code and then press a bunch of buttons. What gets me is they are still selling them in a state that requires you to decide to contact them and get the fix.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Got you, its been so long since I played a driving game I was using the dpad. I should pick something up again one day and see if I can get into it.

The Horizon series is fantastic. I'm trying to get Colif into it. The only problem is that the driving line is inaccurate. Maybe they'll fix it this time. The one in Motorsport is practically a cheat code.

 

[Colif]

What gets me is they are still selling them in a state that requires you to decide to contact them and get the fix.

Sounds to me like they don't have an update page on website? Otherwise, why isn't it on there.

Since heatsink on the GPU is black, I might as well go with flow

if I had been able to foresee future I would have ordered 2 black fans to make more items black. Will have to think about PSU cables.