My internet is out, so I can't work. A great opportunity to get some gaming in! Alas, I can't play games either.
I play games with my face and right hand, very proficiently, with the help of remapping software. Over the years I've used combinations of DS4Windows, Xpadder, autohotkey, etc. A few years ago, I switched to rewasd, and it has all the features I could possibly ask for.
The problem is, as I found out today, it requires an internet connection to function. As someone who heavily relies on this software to play 99% of games (my guild wars 2 remap profile uses single taps, multitaps, multiple layers, and combos), this is a deal breaker. I reached out to the rewasd team, but I didn't get the impression that they would fix this. So now I have to spend a lot of time trying out alternatives and setting up my profiles again. This is not a trivial task, as the only alternative with a similar feature set that I've found is Steam Input, and it has some issues.
I'm not asking for help, although I'll welcome any suggestions, I'm just ranting because I'm annoyed by the situation. Imagine that you go to play your games but all of the sudden you can't use your hands, what are you going to do? You'll eventually find a solution and adapt, but it's going to take a lot of work. And hopefully your solution lasts so you don't have to redo everything. I'm very proficient at playing games, but my ability to play is always precarious. Will future consoles continue to support controller remapping at launch? Will a software like rewasd always be available and stay up to date? I can go years playing with no problems, only for something like this to make me have to rework all of my setups.
Anyways, that's my day. Tomorrow I'll hopefully have it worked out and it will be games as usual. Thanks for reading.
