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I keep breaking every joystick i have so i want buttons

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe the Steam controller, mapping the touch pads to joystick input, if that would reduce impact.
Xbox's Adaptive Controllers and Sony's Leonardo both look really cool, if expensive.

First-party Nintendo Switch controllers have all gone bad on me with their flawed joysticks, but the 8Bit-do pro controllers I've used have been great, joystick-wise, and work over Bluetooth for PC games on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have the xbox adaptive controller

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How is it? I've read complaints about required parts coming separately, and at additional costs. Are there any third-party add-ons or customizations that are compatible?
Edit: looks like it's a very open system: https://learn.adafruit.com/diy-adaptive-game-controllers/interfacing-buttons-and-switches
but I don't know where to begin looking for vendors. Might be a custom job.
Looking further, Logitech has a kit for extending the XAC but it doesn't include any joysticks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, that's fantastic.
I have to say, I assumed Xbox would use some proprietary connector nonsense but I'm impressed that they went with an extensible model.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I asked warfighter to make me buttons