Spring RTS Engine

So my mate has a gamer pad and is wondering whether the joystick could be set to control camera movement in spring?

Edit: It's a logitech G13

No, due to some old code that hasn't been updated, there are a lot of deficiencies in how Spring handles input.

So, not directly... you'd need to use some kind of joystick-to-keyboard mapping software (maybe your G13 comes with this?) and then assign the appropriate keys to the appropriate joystick movements.

A place to start would be Pinnacle Game Profiler. You can get a 30 day trial to see if having joystick input is useful to you, at least. I haven't found any high-quality free alternatives.

you don't need any external program, but the joystick input is only available to lua ( so you'll have to make a small script that controls the cam ):
http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=20214

Does that mean conflicts between mouse and keyboard inputs have been resolved as well? Or just joysticks?

Brain Damage wrote:you don't need any external program, but the joystick input is only available to lua ( so you'll have to make a small script that controls the cam ):
http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=20214

I never got clarification on this issue... does it support all the connected joysticks as separate entities? That is, can I have several players connected to a single Spring instance, each using a joystick?