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The Left Analog stick feels like an 8-way joystick and not fluid

SmashbrosThe3rd opened this issue ยท 4 comments

commented

Describe the bug
The Left Analog stick feels strongly restrictive because MidnightControls appears to only emulate WASD.
This inhibits the ability to produce precise movements and makes the controls feel unnatural to use.
This has been tested using an Original Xbox One controller (Computer 1) and the built-in controls of the Steam Deck (Computer 2).
Settings are Default with both setups.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Launch Minecraft with MidnightControls enabled.
  2. Open any World or connect to any Server.
  3. Hold the Left-stick straight up to walk forward.
  4. Slowly move the left-stick diagonally towards straight left/right to notice restriction.

Expected behavior
Fluid Left-stick movement akin to Legacy Console Edition or Bedrock Edition. Left-stick Axis precision.
The Forge Mod 'Controllable' functions this way and is my expected behavior.

Screenshots
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Desktop (please complete the following information):

Computer 1:

  • OS: Windows 10 22H2
  • Minecraft 1.19.2
  • Fabric 0.14.10
  • Version 1.7.1+1.19
  • Downloaded from Curseforge

Computer 2:

  • OS: SteamOS 3.3.2 build 20221005.1 (Steam Deck)
  • Minecraft 1.18.2
  • Fabric 0.14.10
  • Version 1.5.0+1.18
  • Downloaded from Curseforge

Additional context
Just a request: If a fix to this issue does become available, could it please be applied to older Minecraft versions (eg. 1.18.2)?

Thanks in advance.

commented

There were efforts to improve this in MidnightControls 1.7.0 and it works very well with both my DualSense and DualShock controllers, but not on my Xbox One controller.
I've realized that it might be related to me having to change the maximum stick values for that one.
Did you also change the maximum stick values?

commented

All of the settings are default from a fresh install except for the X & Y axis rotation speeds (40 --> 15) because looking around felt way too fast. No modifications at all regarding the left stick or any other settings.

commented

I can reproduce this too with what I believe is an Xbox Series controller.

commented

Could be bad deadzone checking. Checking each axis separately instead of the polar vector would cause the movement to be choppy because it could technically block small x axis movements (e.g. (0, 1) -> (-0.1392, 0.9903)) when the stick is in fact fully pushed.

Maybe we should go completely polar in terms of analog stick input?