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• supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Mainly I use them for more keybindings but they are essential for that.

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  • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s so cool to play the old X-Wing and TIE Fighter games and be able to control them with some custom HUDs.

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    • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The cyberpunk thing is, if we were actually fighting in a resistance and you needed to practice flying TIE Fighters to know how to steal one or fight against them, you would probably be playing an emulator of an empire TIE fighter simulator on a third party device :)

      Rebel af

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      • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Its much more real than you think.

        … What do you think an FPV aerial drone control set up looks like?

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• TedZanzibar@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Conversely I bought a Steam Deck specifically because of the trackpads but I find I only ever use them on the rare occasion that I need to go to desktop mode. I love my Deck but I’ve discovered that could easily live without the trackpads if they weren’t there.

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  • uniquethrowagay@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I can’t and won’t play any first person perspective game with a regular controller. Track pad + gyro is so much fun! It love to at least see capacitive touch sticks + gyro adopted by other manufacturers.

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    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I end up using the stick for movement, the pad for aiming.

      And, due to a hand/wrist injury… switched the aiming to the left pad, and movement to the right stick, and then the right trigger is still fire, and the right track pad is a 4 way gated set of ‘buttons’.

      In desktop, ive got the left pad moving the mouse, up click on the right pad is left click, down click on the right pad is right click… and then any kind of click on the left pad is screen zoom.

      Yep, its weird, but I love it lol.

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    • TedZanzibar@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I tried so hard to make that combo work for me, but ended up back with the sticks. Maybe I need to try something other than Half-Life 2.

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• D06M4@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Can’t look back since I got my first Steam Controller. Once you get used to them trackpads are way more comfortable (and durable) than joysticks. I’d be happy with a controller with no joysticks too. Much easier to throw in a bag and take for a trip.

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