[Bug 52039] New: js Joystick input no longer supported

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52039

Bug ID: 52039
           Summary: js Joystick input no longer supported
           Product: Wine
           Version: 6.20
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: joy.cpl
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Since WINE 6.20 js input based controllers are no longer an option, no other
method actually has a way to calibrate them making some of my joysticks drift
badly.

[Bug 52039] js Joystick input no longer supported

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52039

Olivier F. R. Dierick  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Olivier F. R. Dierick  ---
Hello,

Not a fix but try evdev-joystick (for Linux), or DXTweak2 (for Windows), or
similar.

I have an issue with my wheel w/pedals that evdev-joystick can't fix: Both
pedals are collated as a single axis with different range lengths for each side
making the center off to one direction. jscal could fix that with
min-center-max calibration. evdev cannot as it only handles min-max values: It
leaves the center at whatever raw value in the min-max range that is returned
by the device and that's what Wine sees.

Fixing that feature in evdev or implementing a tool that wraps the real device
in a virtual device with proper min-center-max mappings is too much for me and
I don't want to bother with a windows tool. So to fix my issue, I've started to
implement a calibration tool in Wine's joy.cpl on my own (reusing the test
dialog axis display). I'll keep this bug updated if I manage to implement that.
I'll then see if I can add an option to map joystick axis (bug 51908) in the
graphical tool.

Regards.

[Bug 52039] js Joystick input no longer supported

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52039

Rémi Bernon  changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Rémi Bernon  ---
It could be possible to restore a /dev/js backend in winebus.sys, if that's
really useful.

Then there's some calibration properties supported already, but that's mostly
only about deadzone and saturation, not about shifting the center point. Maybe
DIPROP_CPOINT could be an option
(http://doc.51windows.net/Directx9_SDK/input/using/devicedata/usingcpoints.ht...)
although it's marked as unsupported on more recent MSDN.