[Recommendation] Use AntiMicro for D-Pad support

[Peter Kerényi]

With the 1.7 patch we got many new mappable functions. AC however doesn't support D-Pads on wheels. The recommended software to overcome this issue was always X-Padder. While I could make it work for Win10, with each startup I had to reconfigure it, it didn't start with Windows despite set up to, etc. Furthemore, it's a payware program, although it's last freeware version 5.3 is available to download, but you might run into compatibility issues depending on your system. So I started looking for alternatives.

The best one I found is AntiMicro. It's free, it's got a simpler, cleaner interface, starts with Windows, perfect for the job. Just set it up to start automatically and close to tray.

https://github.com/AntiMicro/antimicro/releases

I hope I could help

Just map a keyboard button to the D-Pad buttons in the software, like I have Up/Down/Left/Right Arrows on the picture, in the game menu map e.g. MGU-H to Right Arrow and by pressing the D-Pad button which is associated with Right Arrow will switch your MGU-H mode in game. Same method as X-Padder.

Edit: Don't forget to enable combining keyboard and wheel input in the game controls settings

If you tried this and like the results, please comment so the thread doesn't get lost into oblivion and more people can see it and improve their AC experience

Edit 2: About the "freewareness" of Xpadder

 

[Peter Kerényi]

Edited the OP, added info about the freewareness of X-Padder 5.3 as it has been pointed out.

 

[Jebus]

Just to make it clear, I'm not anti Antimicro or pro Xpadder. Just pointed out an obvious mistake to keep options open to people looking for these kind of programs.

 

[schnipp]

Edit: Nevermind.
Solved the problem that made me ask about a workaround with antimicro...

 

[Dave R]

This worked like a charm. Thanks so much. I never could get xpadder to work correctly.

 

[schnipp]

I just installed Win10 yesterday, but Antimicro is giving a little trouble.

Sometimes it forgets that I set it to load on Windows start, though it seems running it as admin and setting this option again works so far.
But it's not starting minimized to the tray (option selected) but starts the program as a normal window which I need to close to tray.

Anybody had this issue too? Any thought on how to solve this?


Solved: Well, kind of.
Made a batch file to launch it and added --hidden to it:

start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\AntiMicro\antimicro.exe" --hidden

and linked the .bat file with a shortcut into the Win Autostart.

 

[Stefan Sparco]

I've been using "JoyToKey" for apps like SideKick in AC for ages.
I'm making a Windows app that runs on a different screen while playing AC but can still be controlled with controller buttons.
"JoyToKey" didn't work unless the app was in focus.
I tried "AntiMicro" and it worked . So I'm happy .