And even without reboot, I later went on to play Shadow Of The Comet, which requires a different set of keys to operate and I had to remap again.Īnother solution is something like Mode buttons in the C64 core - but that's a bit more cumbersome and requires a good memory to remember all the combos. But now when I reboot the core it's all gone and has to be redone everytime. Mapped cursor keys to the analog stick, Enter to Circle, Space to Cross, Esc to Square - works a treat. Case in point: yesterday I was playing Alone in the Dark on ao486 with Dualshock4. You could then define the needed keys once with 'Button key/remap for game' and it'd always work. It's really meant for console and computer controllers, not keyboards.Īnd that's why permanent per-game configs would be awesome. If you try it's very hit and miss, and even if it has worked well it'd still have the aforementioned limitations. This is irrelevant because you can't really map keyboard keys in this menu. Keysticks comes with ready-made profiles for. If you need to stay away from the keyboard, you might like to try typing with thumbsticks or buttons instead. If you find clicking a mouse difficult, squeezing a controller trigger might be a good alternative. You are refering to the Button/Key remap function. Dont trust a third-party developer The easiest way to remap your keyboard is through Microsoft PowerToys, a set of utilities (including keyboard customization). Keysticks lets you use a comfortable controller instead of the mouse and keyboard. You can and have to define the buttons for each core because the autobind doesn't work super well. It'd be a massive functionality boon for microcomputer games.

I've been actually just thinking about making a request for this, so it'd work on permanent basis - most likely with saving individual game configs. So you need to re-do your keybinds with every cold reboot, and also during game changes. The big downside though is that it is not permanent (and also core-wide). There's a in-core 'Button/Key remap for game' option which is quite great, and allows to make changes in particular games. Define Joystick Buttons is a global choice, so I suppose different keybinds could not work on different cores? The button number is also rather limited, even on more advanced gamepads.

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