#MAPPING KEYBOARD KEYS TO A CONTROLLER HOW TO#
#MAPPING KEYBOARD KEYS TO A CONTROLLER ANDROID#

GameKeyboard can map physical buttons to touchscreen action so that user can play touch-only games with physical controller. Note 3: If you create macro with only and no, it become a simple 'text' macro which will type out the macro name when execute. Note 2: When using autofire, better use in short burst style to prevent the game/system from being overloaded with key events, which may affect control and even crash. Note 1: Every game have different key scanning interval, test and fine-tune duration for best performance. Tap 'Add Key', then select 'Gamepad Button A'Īfter macro is finished, save it and then bind it to any Virtual Button or Hardkey with the corresponding Mappers. : repeat the whole macro sequence from beginningĮxample 3: SF2 Fireball sequence (down->down_right->right+button_a) : how long the keys will be pressed, in millisecond

#MAPPING KEYBOARD KEYS TO A CONTROLLER ANDROID#

: android keycode of the keys to be pressed |||.|Įach macro step consist of 3 parts in the following format: User can either define macro by editing the macro string manually, or define with the help of provided UI.Ī macro consist of a macro name and various number of macro steps, in the following format: To define/edit macro, go to 'Settings->Macro Editor', then pick a slot. Use user-defined macro to perform autofire, combo keys and action sequence with single button hit. Load: Some app can load profile automatically upon start, otherwise, call up the UI to trigger profile loading Save: Open Edit Mode, tap on empty space, select 'Save as App Profile' Switch to Virtual Mouse mode with hot key (Mouse Middle by default), then use Right Stick to move cursor and Button A to click. Switch to Virtual Mouse mode with hot key (Mouse Middle by default). By using Virtual Mouse mode you can use Physical Mouse and Touchscreen Emulation at the same time. Physical mouse generates touch screen event which not work well with Touchscreen Emulation and can only be used in an 'interleave' style.

#MAPPING KEYBOARD KEYS TO A CONTROLLER HOW TO#

How to use Physical Mouse and Touchscreen Emulation at the same time? Tap Virtual Stick icon in Edit Mode and enable 'Input Keys', remap physical keys with 'Hardkey Mappings' if needed. How to control Virtual Analog Stick with Physical Keyboard? Please refer to corresponding section for details. Try enabling 'Settings->Use Advance Input'. How to control Virtual Analog Stick with Physical Analog Stick/Xperia Play Touchpad? Some games don't compatible with physical key, try enabling 'Settings->Alternate Key Detect'. Physical buttons not respond in some games? Note that the option may create other keypress glitches and should be disabled as soon as not needed. Try enabling 'Settings->ANR Fix' as a workaround. Games always crash with 'Application Not Responding' whenever a key is pressed.Īpparently this is an Android bug. Tap D-Pad icon in Edit Mode and fix with 'Rotation'. Some games may also need a larger drag range to register movement properly, try enlarging the virtual d-pad in 'Layout Edit Mode' or 'Set Button Size' option. Some games need 'drag' instead of 'tap' action, try enabling the 'D-Pad Drag' option. In Touchscreen Mode, D-Pad is not working while other buttons work properly. camera view continuously spin) in Joystick Mode. by tap on any text input field) before the hotkey can work. Note that you must call it up normally at least once (e.g. Make sure 'Settings->Use HotKey' is turned on, and GameKeyboard is already selected as the active input method. Method 4: Enable 'Usage Mode->Show Qwerty' from GameKeyboard Launcher, then it will show Qwerty instead of Gamepad as default. Method 3: Use 'Button Mappings'/'Hardkey Mappings' to bind a virtual/physical button to ' Swap Gamepad/Keyboard', then tap the corresponding button. Method 2: Enable 'Swipe Left/Right Action', then perform a horizontal swipe on virtual gamepad. Method 1: Set ' Key Action' to 'Show Action Menu' or 'Swap Gamepad/ Keyboard', then long press Key. How to switch between Onscreen Gamepad and QWERTY Keyboard?

Turn on 'Settings->Use HotKey' then use / as hotkeyĮnable 'Settings->Use Hotspot' then tap on hotspot screen corner Switch to GameKeyboard Launcher, tap on the 'call out keyboard after exit' button, then switch back GameKeyboard also provide other methods in case the above cannot be used: Some devices support using long pressing key to call up soft keyboard Some apps have built-in option to call up soft keyboard games)?ĭepends on device, ROM and target app there are many different ways to call up soft keyboard, e.g.: How to call up GameKeyboard in target app (e.g.

Mapping keyboard keys to a controller