I'm using my Steam controller with sc-controller to emulate a gamepad for GIMX. I've got it connected to my PS3 via bluetooth. It's all working very well except for sc-controller's trackball. Normal mouse movement with the right pad works great, it's only when I swipe and release to activate the trackball that the input starts to stutter.
I think I've exhausted all configuration options and I can't get the trackball to behave well with GIMX. I believe the issue is that GIMX's refresh rate is too fast to play well with the emulated output of sc-controller when the trackball is activated.
When running GIMX with the `--curses` option I can see that when the trackball is activated the crosshair will blink between the direction I moved and dead centre. It should smoothly go towards the direction I swiped and back to the center. Hopefully this output when running with `--status` will help to illustrate:
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0 1577716761.752663, rstick x (12), rstick y (-12)
0 1577716761.763918, rstick x (19), rstick y (-8)
0 1577716761.775203, rstick x (35)
0 1577716761.786429, rstick x (40), rstick y (-4)
0 1577716761.797684, rstick x (51), rstick y (-3)
0 1577716761.808939, rstick x (70), rstick y (-5)
0 1577716761.820175, rstick x (125), rstick y (-16)
0 1577716761.831437, rstick x (156), rstick y (-26)
0 1577716761.842677, rstick x (184), rstick y (-32)
0 1577716761.853948, rstick x (213), rstick y (-41)
0 1577716761.865171, rstick x (276), rstick y (-58)
0 1577716761.876430, rstick x (290), rstick y (-61)
0 1577716761.887675
0 1577716761.898957, rstick x (321), rstick y (-68)
0 1577716761.910171
0 1577716761.921448, rstick x (350), rstick y (-74)
0 1577716761.932670
0 1577716761.943947, rstick x (376), rstick y (-79)
0 1577716761.955126
0 1577716761.966440, rstick x (400), rstick y (-84)
0 1577716761.977596, rstick x (422), rstick y (-89)
0 1577716761.988950
0 1577716762.000202, rstick x (443), rstick y (-93)
0 1577716762.011442
0 1577716762.022694, rstick x (462), rstick y (-97)
0 1577716762.033903
0 1577716762.045189, rstick x (479), rstick y (-101)
0 1577716762.056432
0 1577716762.078944, rstick x (495), rstick y (-104)
0 1577716762.090192, rstick x (509), rstick y (-105)
0 1577716762.101416
0 1577716762.112703, rstick x (518), rstick y (-111)
0 1577716762.124036
0 1577716762.135170, rstick x (526), rstick y (-113)
0 1577716762.146445, rstick x (531), rstick y (-115)
0 1577716762.157664
0 1577716762.168940, rstick x (503), rstick y (-109)
0 1577716762.180167
0 1577716762.191419, rstick x (478), rstick y (-103)
0 1577716762.202662
0 1577716762.213918, rstick x (431), rstick y (-90)
0 1577716762.225203
0 1577716762.236441, rstick x (413), rstick y (-86)
0 1577716762.247666
0 1577716762.258943, rstick x (395), rstick y (-82)
0 1577716762.270160
0 1577716762.281440, rstick x (376), rstick y (-78)
0 1577716762.292633, rstick x (381), rstick y (-79)
0 1577716762.303884
0 1577716762.315207, rstick x (337), rstick y (-70)
0 1577716762.326440
0 1577716762.337687, rstick x (316), rstick y (-66)
0 1577716762.348927
0 1577716762.371412, rstick x (295), rstick y (-61)
0 1577716762.382662, rstick x (273), rstick y (-57)
0 1577716762.393955
Interestingly, running GIMX in test mode and forcing the refresh period to 30.00ms seems to fix the stuttering. The problem with this is that the `--refresh` option doesn't seem to work when GIMX is actually connected to my PS3. The curses interface reports approximately 33Hz in test mode with `--refresh 30.00`, but when connected to the console it's more like 88Hz and that's when I get stuttering.
Is there anyone who can help me running GIMX with sc-controller? I'd like to use the configuration options available in sc-controller, specifically the trackball mouse. Is there a way to have GIMX run consistently at a specific refresh period when connected to a console?
Thanks