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Joystick configuration dialog released

sfsim · published 28 Jul 2025, 12:26 UTC

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Hi,

I finally got the first version of the joystick configuration dialog working. One can configure axes and buttons in the dialog. There also is a common dead-zone setting for all joystick axes. The configuration can be saved using the save button. The config gets saved in the ~/.config/sfsim directory under GNU/Linux. Under windows the configuration directory is %APPDATA%/sfsim.

See keyboard shortcut page for up-to-date keyboard bindings.

Edit: Thrust key is not space any more, sorry!

Enjoy!

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