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PocketPad v0.6

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@luzazzm-stack luzazzm-stack released this 18 Aug 10:10
· 20 commits to master since this release

Two sticks, presets, and a pile of input fixes. Grab both files below —
PocketPad-Setup.exe for the PC, PocketPad.apk for the phone.

3D games work now

The right stick was missing, and in any 3D game the right stick is the
camera — so you could walk but never look. Minecraft, Assassin's Creed, Metal
Gear Solid, Call of Duty and Portal 2 were all unplayable for that one reason.

  • Right stick — real analog look/aim, on its own touch capture so you can
    move and look at the same time.
  • Left stick and the d-pad now coexist instead of one replacing the other,
    so a hotbar is reachable while you walk.
  • L3 / R3 for sprint and melee (hidden by default — switch them on in the
    layout editor).

Four layout presets

A ready-made pad per kind of game, from Settings → Layout presets or the
top of the layout editor:

Layout 1 D-pad and buttons only, both larger — fighting games
Layout 2 Adds both sticks — the all-rounder
Layout 3 Left stick, no look stick, bigger face buttons
Layout 4 Everything, stick clicks included

Every control is yours

Drag, resize and hide any of the twelve controls. Tap one to select it, or
step through them with the ‹ › arrows. A STICK ON/OFF chip on the pad
itself toggles the look stick mid-game without leaving what you are playing.

Fixes

  • Presses no longer go missing. Two or three buttons at once, or quick
    taps in sequence, could light up on the phone and never reach the PC — the
    sender sampled state every 8 ms and a press that began and ended inside one
    gap was never transmitted.
  • Every button vibrates, not just the d-pad.
  • Tapping the trackpad clicks. It never did: the press and release landed
    between two samples, so the click was dropped every time. Tap anywhere on
    the pad surface now — no trip to the LEFT CLICK button.
  • The d-pad lights only the direction you press rather than both ends of
    an axis.
  • Layout editor drags actually move things.

Heads-up: the PC app now asks for administrator

Say yes to the prompt. Mouse mode moves the real Windows pointer, and
Windows blocks an ordinary program from doing that whenever a window running
as administrator has focus — which is what you hit the moment you minimise
PocketPad and something else comes forward. The gamepad half never needed it;
only the pointer does.

Your saved layout resets once on upgrade — the arrangement changed too much
to carry across. Everything after this update installs in place and keeps it.