What does the "Override" button do in joy.cpl?

[Alex Henrie]

While looking at the new messages to translate for Wine 8.0, I noticed
several like this:

"No user detected on slot #0, make sure your gamepad is plugged in,
and not overriden for DInput in the Joysticks tab."

Leaving aside the misspelling of "overridden" in English, I want to
make sure that I translate this text intelligibly into Catalan. I
assume that the message is related to the "Override" button in
joy.cpl. What exactly does that button do?

-Alex

[Rémi Bernon]

On 12/13/22 08:25, Alex Henrie wrote:
> While looking at the new messages to translate for Wine 8.0, I noticed
> several like this:
>
> "No user detected on slot #0, make sure your gamepad is plugged in,
> and not overriden for DInput in the Joysticks tab."
>
> Leaving aside the misspelling of "overridden" in English, I want to
> make sure that I translate this text intelligibly into Catalan. I
> assume that the message is related to the "Override" button in
> joy.cpl. What exactly does that button do?
>
> -Alex

Hi Alex,

The button "overrides" an XInput compatible device to make it DInput only.

Normally XInput compatible gamepads are exposed to DInput through a 
compatibility interface, which has a specific behavior, like for 
instance with a combined trigger axis (LT / RT will control the same Z 
axis).

This button allow a gamepad to be exposed directly to DInput instead, 
and bypass this compatibility interface. The gamepad will also not be 
available through the XInput interface anymore when it is overridden.

Cheers,

[Alex Henrie]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 2:40 AM Rémi Bernon  wrote:
> On 12/13/22 08:25, Alex Henrie wrote:
> > While looking at the new messages to translate for Wine 8.0, I noticed
> > several like this:
> >
> > "No user detected on slot #0, make sure your gamepad is plugged in,
> > and not overriden for DInput in the Joysticks tab."
> >
> > Leaving aside the misspelling of "overridden" in English, I want to
> > make sure that I translate this text intelligibly into Catalan. I
> > assume that the message is related to the "Override" button in
> > joy.cpl. What exactly does that button do?
>
> The button "overrides" an XInput compatible device to make it DInput only.
>
> Normally XInput compatible gamepads are exposed to DInput through a
> compatibility interface, which has a specific behavior, like for
> instance with a combined trigger axis (LT / RT will control the same Z
> axis).
>
> This button allow a gamepad to be exposed directly to DInput instead,
> and bypass this compatibility interface. The gamepad will also not be
> available through the XInput interface anymore when it is overridden.

Ah, so it puts the "direct" in "DirectInput" ;-)

In all seriousness, that was a very helpful explanation. Thank you!

-Alex