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EVETroller - Controlling EVE Online with a joystick, but now much improved.

Author
Gryphe Griffin
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-06-15 13:41:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Gryphe Griffin
Greetings and salutations, my fellow capsuleers.

Roughly four years ago I released my first EVE Online 3rd party program, EveJoy, which died a rather sad death due to inactivity on my own end. Today I present the much improved version to you, better known as EVETroller.

EVETroller, much like EveJoy, allows you to control your ship with your joystick. The main difference is that I switched to C# which gave me the power to optimize the experience for the game we both love and hate so very much. That and the fact it finally has a proper configuration screen now.

You can map your buttons to the various functions and use the POV hat to control both the overview and your target cycling. It's pretty darn awesome if I may say so myself.

Last but not least, I also implemented keyboard flight. Instead of the joystick you can use your arrows keys to steer your ship all over the universe.

Despite all the features I just described it is not quite finished just yet. I need your (yes, you!) help. I need beta testers.

What do you need to do?
Send me an EVEmail. That is all.

What do you get?
A link to the latest development version.

What do I want in return?
Feedback. Positive and negative. Give me the chance to improve it even further.

ZOMG WHY!?!?
Why, you wonder? Because I can. And because it's fun!

I need proof!
Some quick and dirty footage can be seen here.
Gryphe Griffin
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2012-06-16 12:47:50 UTC
I would like to thank the handful of capsuleers who assisted me thus far. Your feedback is helping an awful lot!

I have added right-click menu support and finally found the time to upload a video.

For those wondering what the program itself looks like, click here!