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[xenonph]

 I would encourage you to read post # 5 found in this topic here..http://www.vpforums....943#entry324832

 

before trying to use the joy to key emulator. (NO NEED FOR THIS JOY TO KEY EMULATOR, AS GTXJOE HAS DESCRIBED METHOD USING VISUAL PINBALL EDITOR)                                                  

 

 

                                              FOR USE WITH DESKTOP TABLES

 

I ORIGINALLY ADDED THIS TO THE END OF MY TUTORIAL "USING DB2S FOR 1 MONITOR DESKTOP TABLE USERS" BUT FIGURED IT COULD PROBABLY HELP MORE PEOPLE WITH ITS OWN TOPIC.

 

I HAVE SEEN A FEW TOPICS ON THIS JOY TO KEY PROGRAM.

 

 

 

WHATS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS ONE?

 

 

THIS IS AN OLDER VERSION OF THE JOY TO KEY PROGRAM.

(THE NEWER VERSIONS ARE SHAREWARE, THIS ONE ISN'T)

 

I HAVE PRECONFIGURED THIS TO USE WITH VISUAL PINBALL PROGRAM.

 

(A 10 BUTTON GAMEPAD THAT LOOKS LIKE A PLAYSTATION CONTROLLER IS WHAT I USE),

 

IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT CONTROLLER, THE SETTINGS ARE EDITABLE, AND I HAVE INCLUDED EASY INSTRUCTIONS ALONG WITH ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS THAT CAME WITH JOY TO KEY PROGRAM.

 

(THIS SHOULD WORK FOR ALL CONTROLLERS)

 

IF YOU PLAY DESKTOP TABLES AND USE YOUR KEYBOARD, AND HAVE A GAMEPAD OR CONTROLLER, YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS.

 

I USE A GAMEPAD CONTROLLER TO PLAY MY PINBALL TABLES. I USE A PROGRAM CALLED JOY-TO-KEY WHICH EMULATES KEYBOARD KEYSTROKES TO YOUR GAMEPAD.

 

IN THE INCLUDED ATTACHMENT YOU WILL FIND THIS JOY-TO-KEY PROGRAM PRECONFIGURED FOR VISUAL PINBALL.

USE THIS TO USE A GAMEPAD OR CONTROLLER TO PLAY PINBALL TABLES
 

 

                                             IMPORTANT!!!!!

 

(WINDOWS VISTA AND ABOVE WILL NEED TO DO THIS FOR PROPER FUNCTIONING OF PROGRAM)

    YOU MAY NEED TO RIGHT CLICK ON THE JOYTOKEY.EXE AND GO TO PROPERTIES AND THEN CLICK COMPATABILITY AND CHECK THE BOX MAKE COMPATIBLE WITH XP SERVICE PACK 2...ALSO CHECK BOX TO RUN PROGRAM AS ADMINISTRATOR...PRESS APPLY BEFORE EXECUTING PROGRAM.


    I HAVE MADE A PRECONFIGURED PINBALL CONFIGURATION FOR EASE OF USE...AFTER DOUBLE CLICKING "JOY TO KEY.EXE" A WINDOW WILL POP UP...ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE "vpin" SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED AUTOMATICALLY (IF IT'S NOT JUST LEFT CLICK ON IT TO HIGHLIGHT)...ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS MINIMIZE THE WINDOW DOWN TO YOUR TOOLBAR AND YOU ARE READY TO PLAY PINBALL WITH GAMEPAD CONTROLLER. AFTER MINIMIZING, IF YOU WANT TO BRING IT BACK UP TO CHANGE SOMETHING, JUST DOUBLE CLICK JOYSTICK ICON BY CLOCK IN LOWER RIGHT HAND SIDE OF COMPUTER SCREEN.
 (JUST REMEMBER IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE A BUTTON, HIGHLIGHT "GOOD" BEFORE YOU CHANGE ANYTHING ..OTHERWISE YOU MAY MESS UP THE VPIN CONFIGURATION AND IT SAVES AUTOMATICALLY SO WHATEVER YOU CHANGE WILL BE THERE NEXT TIME YOU START PROGRAM)


                        HERE ARE THE CONTROLLER BUTTONS

*******************************************************************************************
    GAMEPAD BUTTONS:           ACTION:

    SELECT OR LEFT.....................INSERTS COIN

    START OR RIGHT.....................PUSHES 1 PLAYER BUTTON

                UP.....................MOVES PLUNGER FORWARD (ON SELECT GAMES)

              DOWN.....................PULLS PLUNGER BACK (ON SELECT GAMES)

        TOP BUTTON.....................PRESS TO PULL AND RELEASE PLUNGER

     BOTTOM BUTTON.....................CENTER NUDGE

       LEFT BUTTON.....................LEFT NUDGE

      RIGHT BUTTON.....................RIGHT NUDGE

         L1 BUTTON.....................LEFT FLIPPER

         R1 BUTTON.....................RIGHT FLIPPER

         L2 BUTTON.....................LEFT MAGNA-SAVE OR OTHER

         R2 BUTTON.....................RIGHT MAGNA-SAVE OR OTHER

*******************************************************************************************



    IF YOU WANT TO ASSIGN YOUR OWN BUTTONS USE THE "GOOD" CONFIGURATION BY HIGHLIGHTING "GOOD" AND THEN ASSIGNING BUTTONS BY DOUBLE-CLICKING THE BUTTON ON RIGHT SIDE OF WINDOW AND ASSIGNING KEYBOARD KEY.


    IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHAT BUTTON NUMBER CORRESPONDS TO YOUR GAMEPAD, HIGHLIGHT "MAKE TXT FILE USE TO FIND BUTTON #" ....THEN MAKE A NEW TEXT FILE IN DOCUMENTS ANYWHERE AND ACT LIKE YOUR GETTING READY TO WRITE SOMETHING ON IT...NOW WHEN YOU PRESS EACH BUTTON YOU WILL GET A LETTER....JUST FIND THE CORRESPONDING NEXT TO THE LETTER AND THAT SHOULD HELP YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT BUTTON # IS FOR WHAT BUTTON ON YOUR GAMEPAD CONTROLLER.

                     MY CONTROLLER LOOKS JUST LIKE A PLAYSTATION CONTROLLER
MY CONTROLLERS BUTTONS ARE NUMBERED AS FOLLOWS (SHOULD BE UNIVERSAL FOR ALL 10 BUTTON PADS)

        BUTTON 01..... LEFT BUTTON
        BUTTON 02..... BOTTOM BUTTON
        BUTTON 03..... RIGHT BUTTON
        BUTTON 04..... TOP BUTTON
        BUTTON 05..... L1 BUTTON
        BUTTON 06..... R1 BUTTON
        BUTTON 07..... L2 BUTTON
        BUTTON 08..... R2 BUTTON
        BUTTON 09..... SELECT BUTTON
        BUTTON 10..... START-PAUSE BUTTON




       TO EXIT JOY TO KEY PROGRAM...RIGHT CLICK JOYSTICK ICON DOWN BY CLOCK IN LOWER RIGHT HAND OF YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN AND CLICK EXIT

 

CHECK OUT TUTORIAL ON USING BACKGLASS PROGRAM FOR 1 MONITOR DEKTOP TABLE USERS.

 

HOPE THIS HELPS PEOPLE!!!

 

CONTENTS OF ATTACHMENT:  THE JOY-TO-KEY 3.7.4 PROGRAM AND INSTRUCTIONS.

(THIS IS AN OLDER VERSION OF JOY-TO-KEY 3.7.4 (NOT SHAREWARE).

NEWER VERSIONS OF JOYTOKEY ARE SHAREWARE.

 

Also gtxjoe has provided valuable info on configuring joypad keys to work without any gamepad to keyboard emulator through the Visual Pinball Editor. Check this post...

http://www.vpforums....943#entry324829

Attached Files

•  (TO USE GAMEPAD CONTROLLER).zip   314.39KB   734 downloads

Edited by xenonph, 18 November 2015 - 11:45 PM.

[dan123]

Thank you for taking the time to post this controller setup Xenonph.