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I'm glad to see people are enjoying PrBoom. To address some questions: i have looked into the music problem a couple times and have no idea where to start to fix that. I would really like to have it work but lack the background and desire to dig into linux multimedia issues. It's like getting involved in a land war in Asia.

Originally Posted by slender View Post
I would like to ask that is it hard to implement controls like this to prboom:

Accel-control left and right turning (only x-axis) (preferable user accessible sensitivity control)
Tap screen to shoot (or key from right side of keyb)
back & forward from keyboard (left side of keyb)
strafe button close to back and foward so that you can easily use it with accel.

Because right now all the FPS i have tried are bit too hard when played on this little keyboard. After 10 minutes I star to dream on full size keyboard and remember how easy it was with those and then i get frustrated and close game

Imo the way that i suggest the control might be close to the best way of implementing control in fps.
The other thing i discovered is that PrBoom's joystick support is very poor. It was added as an afterthought and the implementation is not good and not flexible. I found one person's custom improvements online and would most likely incorporate those into it if more flexible controls are needed. Whether i will actually spend the time to do so i can't comment on at the moment.

Given both those problems i might look into porting a different version of the engine but again it's low on my list because prboom is about 95% as much as most people will want or need. Diminishing returns and all that.

I might surprise you all at some point but don't hold your breath.


Edit: I have updated accelemymote to use the proximity sensor as a button so it gives you more options when setting up your controls for PrBoom.
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Accelemymote: make your accelerometer more joy-ful

Last edited by Flandry; 2010-06-01 at 14:16.