Wavelflack
01-13-2005, 11:46 PM
I have a problem. I got used to playing FPS games by playing Q3A on Dreamcast, as well as Bond on N64. I grew accustomed to aiming with my left thumb, and moving with the right.
Up until recently, this hasn't been a problem. Most games let you reconfigure your controls, or at least offer a "southpaw" option. Keep in mind, I'm not left handed, I only play that way.
Anyway, the problem now is that games are coming out (on Xbox at least) that only offer a single control option...which is right handed. Mechassault 2, Tron 2.0, etc.
I emainled BVI and Day 1 about their games and the lack of control options. Day 1 said they were aware of the problem and would address it in a patch ASAP, but BVI (Tron) said that they had no plans to fix the oversight and offered a refund instead. I don't want a refund on Tron, and I don't really want to wait a month or more for a Mechassault 2 patch.
Is anyone aware of "left handed" Xbox controllers, or even programmable controllers that let you reconfigure the sticks? I tried altering one of my own (cutting and retracing/ soldering new leads), and managed to swap the functions of the sticks. The problem was that, due to the physical orientation of the stick mountings (which are reversed from each other), the resistance values were now inverted from what the console expected and resulted in both sticks having reversed controls in all axes!!
Anyone have any ideas? All I need to do is have a left stick look/ right stick move option. More customization would be nice, but not imperative. Without a solution, I'll have to unlearn and relearn controls...and that would suck.
Up until recently, this hasn't been a problem. Most games let you reconfigure your controls, or at least offer a "southpaw" option. Keep in mind, I'm not left handed, I only play that way.
Anyway, the problem now is that games are coming out (on Xbox at least) that only offer a single control option...which is right handed. Mechassault 2, Tron 2.0, etc.
I emainled BVI and Day 1 about their games and the lack of control options. Day 1 said they were aware of the problem and would address it in a patch ASAP, but BVI (Tron) said that they had no plans to fix the oversight and offered a refund instead. I don't want a refund on Tron, and I don't really want to wait a month or more for a Mechassault 2 patch.
Is anyone aware of "left handed" Xbox controllers, or even programmable controllers that let you reconfigure the sticks? I tried altering one of my own (cutting and retracing/ soldering new leads), and managed to swap the functions of the sticks. The problem was that, due to the physical orientation of the stick mountings (which are reversed from each other), the resistance values were now inverted from what the console expected and resulted in both sticks having reversed controls in all axes!!
Anyone have any ideas? All I need to do is have a left stick look/ right stick move option. More customization would be nice, but not imperative. Without a solution, I'll have to unlearn and relearn controls...and that would suck.