I play ETS2, (Euro Truck Simulator 2) and I don't have a controller. So I made a virtual controller setup for my phone using Flutter and python.
Find the interesting parts:
- Main entry point of the app:
lib/main.dart - Main entry point of the backend:
backend/main.py
This is NOT production-ready software. This was built in a day just to allow me to play the game a bit more comfortably. Feature requests are unlikely to be merged in.
The flutter app and the python backend communicate using websockets. I use for the emulation of the joystick (currently a XBox 360 controller)
Each time a input changes on the app (ex: if you move the joysticks or click a
button), the app sends a message to the backend, which then uses the vgamepad
library to emulate the joystick.
Tested on Android + Linux.
NOTE: The frontend app needs a bit of customisation features (such as the websocket URL and accent colors). For now you need to manually set the URL of the backend in the ./lib/main.dart file
const websocketUrl = 'ws://HOSTNAME:8000/ets2';
where host name is the IP address at which you can reach the backend (both devices need to be on the same network)
flutter run
# backend
cd backend/
pip install -r requirements.txt
uvicorn main:app --reload --host 0.0.0.0Licensed under the MIT License