[Bug 42358] New: Improve wine control game controllers with background pictures

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42358

Bug ID: 42358
           Summary: Improve wine control game controllers with background
                    pictures
           Product: Wine
           Version: 2.0
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

I just started wine control and then Game controllers. I am a bit confused how
this is supposed to work.

I was thinking it would be cool to have some generic background on some
joysticks that can be recognized.

I did some googling and I found this site.

https://www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/joystick

It would require some work, but it would look a lot better with joystick
background.

[Bug 42358] Improve wine control game controllers with background pictures

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42358

Bruno Jesus  changed:

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           Severity|normal                      |enhancement

--- Comment #1 from Bruno Jesus  ---
Wine does not favor any joystick so the handling is as generic as is in
Windows. It is not possible to predict what button index is what in the
physical controller (unless for well known controllers like ps3,xbox...) so it
is basically impossible to do this right like for example in x360ce.

Currently Wine relies on the joystick names passed up by their drivers so you
do get PS3 and Xbox controller names, for generic HID controllers you have
their generic name as expected.

What was the problem you had?

[Bug 42358] Improve wine control game controllers with background pictures

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--- Comment #2 from [e-mail] ---
I was thinking about having this feature only on most commong and easily
recogniced gamepads.

For some reason I have 2 joysticks. The only thing that seperates them is name
event and js.

The name is "Logictech Logictech Cordless Rumblepad 2" (event or js)

[ 3650.985346] usb 1-12.2: new full-speed USB device number 9 using xhci_hcd
[ 3651.096167] usb 1-12.2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c219
[ 3651.096173] usb 1-12.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=0
[ 3651.096176] usb 1-12.2: Product: Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2
[ 3651.096179] usb 1-12.2: Manufacturer: Logitech
[ 3651.143043] input: Logitech Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2 as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-12/1-12.2/1-12.2:1.0/0003:046D:C219.000A/input/input23

It seems to double the name?

The ball at X/Y axel should be centered? Right? For me it's constantly at top.

Changing the controller on and off moves the ball either top or center.

So far using arrow key top or bot doesnt seem to recogniced at all.

[Bug 42358] Improve wine control game controllers with background pictures

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[e-mail] changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Bruno Jesus  ---
On Linux the dinput implementation offers the same joystick using 2 flavors:
- Using the older kernel joystick interface - (js) postfix
- Using the newer event input interface - (event) postfix

You can check which works best for you and disable the other. The (event) one
is the only that supports force feedback.

If you move the joystick does it auto center after you release it? Does it also
stays in the top using native apps? eg jstest-gtk.

I have generic joysticks that also start at the top and require a first input
to auto-center.

If the problem is not present in jstest-gtk please open a new bug attaching a
+dinput log.

[Bug 42358] Improve wine control game controllers with background pictures

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--- Comment #4 from [e-mail] ---
I don't see any autocentering and the issue seems to be the same with that
program, the ball stays up. Also up and down arrow key has no impact. But you
can move up and down with the 2 black big buttons in the mid.

The joystick looks like this

http://gaming.logitech.com/assets/47831/f710-gaming-gamepad-images.png

Logitech f710

[Bug 42358] Improve wine control game controllers with background pictures

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--- Comment #5 from Bruno Jesus  ---
A gamepad is divided (generally) in axes and buttons.

The left analog stick handle the axes X/Y movement while the right analog stick
handle the axes rX/rY. In generic controllers the D-Pad (the four arrows for
left/up/right/down) are recognized as buttons, sometimes as what is called a
hat.

You can use jstest-gtk to remap the buttons/axes to whatever you want and that
will reflect in Wine.

[Bug 42358] Logitech Ff710

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42358

[e-mail] changed:

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            Summary|Improve wine control game   |Logitech Ff710
                   |controllers with background |
                   |pictures                    |

[Bug 42358] Logitech F710 joystick Y-axel is at it's max by default

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[e-mail] changed:

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            Summary|Logitech Ff710              |Logitech F710 joystick
                   |                            |Y-axel is at it's max by
                   |                            |default

--- Comment #6 from [e-mail] ---
I changed title. This is more important to fix now.

I opened Kde's joystick configuration. And this is how it looks default. I was
about to calibrate the joystick but I don't what I should do when it asks these
questions.

What position should I press the joystick for minimum? Center is the mid and
maximum is the opposite of minium.

Steps 1 and 2 for x and y axel, but how about the next steps?

[Bug 42358] Logitech F710 joystick Y-axel is at it's max by default

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--- Comment #7 from [e-mail] ---
Created attachment 57154
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=57154
forgot to add from kde screenshot

[Bug 42358] Logitech F710 joystick Y-axel is at it's max by default

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--- Comment #8 from [e-mail] ---
Hmm I am starting to think that the joystick is broken or kernel has some bug.
I haven't been able to get the y-axel work. It's always the maximum at some
direction and don't respond.

[Bug 42358] Logitech F710 joystick Y-axel is at it's max by default

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--- Comment #9 from Bruno Jesus  ---
Do the buttons and other axes work? If the controller does not work in native
OS there is nothing we can do.

Does it work in Windows? If yes it could be a kernel bug.

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[e-mail] changed:

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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #10 from [e-mail] ---
Other buttons and axes work. And it has worked before (for example steam big
picture). Solving for now as invalid.

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Austin English  changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #11 from Austin English  ---
Closing.