The instructions for the hack are found here (I recommend right clicking and doing "save as" to download, as it's much less of a headache to read in Notepad with "Word Wrap" turned on). The AL Shifter program also has pre-made profiles for many popular racing games. This is perfect for people who prefer to build an H-shifter with individual switches for gears, as they can wire jumpers to the buttons on any cheap gamepad and use this program. With an easy registry hack, it can be made compatible with any joystick controller. It is actually a proprietary program created by ActLabs for their line of USB H-Shifters (which unfortunately don't appear to be available for sale anymore, except as part of a wheel). If the author would like to request it removed, please email me at the address below.ĪL Shifter is different from the other programs in that it accepts button input from a joystick or thumbpad, rather than actual X/Y analog stick input. With this in mind, I have provided it here. Normally, you have to message or email him to request the program, but he has ceased responding to YouTube messages. Kane is a Chinese gent, who created this program and has a couple videos up on YouTube. Since the the zones can be shifted and resized, this gives you some breathing room when you cut the H for your controller, in case it doesn't come out the exact size you intended. Below, you can see the same screen, with a letter H roughly superimposed, to give an idea of how the zones work. The red circle is the adjustable deadzone, which can be made as large as you like. In my setup, only the 4 gray zones are recognized as being "in gear". On the right, you can see the XPadder Settings screen, where you can choose how many zones the program will recognize. The program sends no data unless the stick physically enters one of those squares. The numbers indicate keyboard keys 1, 2, 3, & 4, which I have set up as gears 1-4. I have no idea if they're of any use to anyone but me.Ībove, you can see the main XPadder screen on the left. I've also included my (4-speed) profile and controller file for XPadder.
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This is the origiinal free version, which is freely available. The other apps may offer the same level of control, but again, I haven't tried them yet. This allows the game to ignore all input for the stick until it's been fully shifted into a particular gear, preventing accidental shifts, and preserving the realistic feel.
It has adjustable and rotatable joystick "shift" zones, and a visually adjustable deadzone "bullseye" that allows you to make it as large as you wish. I haven't tried the others yet, because this one seems to suit my needs perfectly. Xpadder 5.3 is the program I currently use. Essentially, the program sends keyboard keys to the game, or even Notepad, (like Joy2Key) in response to joystick input.įFShifter, by Andreas Panos, is another joystick to keyboard program, except it is only compatible with force feedback joysticks. Of course, most of the links are dead now. How is it working: program sends keystrokes to your game when you put joystick in position of some gear.". To download these files, you may need to right click and choose "Save Target As" ("Save Link As" in Firefox).įrom the original site: "Virtual H-Shifter is a program that enables you to use your Joystick as shifter like in a real car(you can see Joy H-Shifter made by Gaas). All files are hosted here, so they'll continue to be here too. I've had this webspace since 1998 (no kidding), so don't expect it to 404 anytime soon. Feel free to bookmark and come back any time. This page is intended to compile the various programs you can use with a homemade h-shifter, as they can sometimes be difficult to locate quickly. Any YouTube search for "H Shifter" will show that there are as many different kinds of shifter out there as there are racers. For this reason, a lot of people build their own. While there are many many good wheels out there, there aren't many multi-speed shifters that can be found at an affordable price. Racing videogame enthusiasts have a long history of DIY innovation when it comes to their driving setups.
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