Some players are wondering if world of tanks can be played with a joystick. Most gamers will say no. However, this is actually a misconception. The game doesn't see the joystick directly, so from a technical point of view it's really not possible. But, there are programs that allow you to do this. They convert the signals coming from the manipulator and the game perceives them as commands that come from a regular keyboard and mouse.
How to set up the manipulator? The most popular program that allows you to customize the gamepad is Xpadder. How to set it up?
You need to download the file, install the program to the specified path and run the installed Xpadder.
Choose a language. There are only two languages to choose from: Russian and Chinese.
Choose the path to save files with settings.
To the question to associate or not, you need to answer associate.
In the settings window, select the desired configurations.
Click the "Open" button. You need to choose images of the joystick that is most similar to your manipulator.
Now you can assign each button, stick and D-pad to a keyboard or mouse.
Click "Accept". The settings window should close.
After that, you can change the emulation speed and try out the setting.
Launch the game from the WorldOfTanks root folder. Otherwise Xpadder may not work.
Which joystick is suitable for the game?
Gamepads can differ in several ways: Wired and Wireless.
Of course, both are suitable for the game, but it will be more convenient with wireless ones. However, they have a number of disadvantages: high cost, the need to change batteries or accumulators. Manufacturers also differ: Nintendo, Sega, Microsoft, Xbox, Sony, Nvidia.
How to play Tanki Online on a computer with a gamepad or joystick? How to connect a gamepad or joystick?
What is a gamepad?
Game console (gamepad, joypad) - a type of game pad. It is a remote control that is held with two hands and at the same time you can use the gamepad, which in turn is used with one hand, thumbs are used to control its controls (in modern gamepads, the index and middle fingers are also often used).
Gamepads provide interaction between the player and the game console. However, gamepads are also used on personal computers, although users in most cases prefer to use the familiar keyboard (regular or gaming) and mouse. The standard version of the gamepad is as follows: under the left hand are the direction buttons (forward-back-left-right), under the right hand are the action buttons (jump, shoot)
Choosing and buying a gamepad
So, what are the gamepads, and how to choose a gamepad for a computer that is right for you? Initially, it is necessary to decide on the multiplatform nature of the manipulator. If you have a game console in addition to a PC, then the best option would be a gamepad that supports connection to both platforms (we played on a computer, after which, with the same gamepad, we switched to PlayStation3).
Gamepads are wired and wireless. The advantages of the latter are obvious, but they also have such an important disadvantage as the price: the cost of wireless manipulators is much higher than the cost of wired ones. In addition, such gamepads require batteries or accumulators to work, which, of course, add weight, which may not be very convenient for a small child. Therefore, before choosing a gamepad, evaluate all the pros and cons here.
Also, gamepads can be divided into two types: with analog joysticks and without them. Of course, the presence of additional joysticks adds to the price, but they are not interchangeable for tanks online (except perhaps, except for fighting games and football simulators).
Do not forget about the number of buttons. Tanks have at least 10 buttons, and it's likely that if you select a gamepad with a large number of them, the rest will never be used.
As for the manufacturer, here the choice is quite wide, and it is not easy to single out one leader. Many brands make a quality product in a convenient case. The main thing here is not to buy the cheapest gamepad in its segment, because, as a rule, the reliability of such manipulators leaves much to be desired and they “live” for no more than two or three months.
Gamepad Requirements for Tanki Online:
1. Compatible with your PC.
2. The presence of a cross (D-PAD) in the gamepad.
3. The presence of 2 sticks in the gamepad.
4. The presence of at least 10 buttons.
How to "make friends" Tanki Online with a gamepad?
Xpadder is a program for simulating keyboard keystrokes and mouse movements using a gamepad.
Installing Xpadder
2. By default, Xpadder is configured to play in Online Games, on the dendyemulator site But there is no full guarantee that all these settings will work with your gamepad.
3 . To set up control, you need to click on the joystick icon in the upper left corner. In the drop-down menu, select "Settings". As shown in the photo below.
4. The control settings window will appear:
6. Choose a joystick similar to yours. Or take a picture of your gamepad and put it in the "Controller Images" folder.
7. Set up buttons. Select the "Buttons" tab and press the desired button on the gamepad. A square representing a button will appear on the photo. Drag the button to the desired area of the controller image.
8. Having placed the buttons, click "Accept"
9. Now, you need to adjust the sticks and joystick d-pad. Open settings again.
11. Now you need the program to recognize the stick. Press the joystick first to the left then to the right.
In this article, we will analyze how you can connect a gamepad to a computer and play World of Tanks on it. Using the example of Dualshock 4, we will analyze all the settings.
Instructions for perverts
Why perverts? It's simple and there are three reasons for this:
1 - there is no special joystick for World of Tanks;
2 - I personally think that there is nothing more convenient than a keyboard and mouse for aiming;
3 - although the instruction is described in sufficient detail, some users do not understand it.
This experiment on Dualshock connection 4 to the computer and the subsequent game in WOT did it purely out of curiosity. The instruction is universal and will fit almost any controller!
How to play World of Tanks with a joystick?(on the example of a gamepad from Sony Playstation 4 - Dualshock 4)?
1) Connect the joystick to the computer via a USB cable. My Windows 7 detected it without problems and installed the driver:
2) Now we need a program xpadder. We open it, select the Russian language, the folder for saving the settings, allow the installation of the file association and skip all other messages. As a result, you should see a window like this:
3) Click on the button indicated by the arrow, in the menu that appears, select " New". This window appears:
In this window, we need to customize the appearance of the controller, as well as click on the buttons, but first things first.
4) Appearance joystick. If you are using Dualshock 4 like me, then just copy the image below (right mouse button > Copy image) and in the Xpadder window click the " Insert":
If you are using a different joystick, you can see what is in the folder controllerimages, which comes with the program - press the button " Open"For this, we are looking for the specified folder. If you didn’t find anything there, then you can search the program’s official forum in a special section.
If you didn't find anything there, then just select any controller image (the most similar one). Ultimately, this image does not affect anything.!
It should turn out like this:
5) Finding sticks- select the appropriate menu (in the left column of the open program window), put a tick next to the left stick " Included", a circle representing the left stick will appear on the screen, along with instructions. We repeat on the gamepad what is asked of us in the instructions! That is, we turn the stick in the indicated directions:
After several movements (I usually have two of them - to the left and up), drag the circle denoting the stick with the mouse to its place on the photo of the joystick. Repeat the operation for the right stick.
If you did everything correctly, then when using the sticks, indicators will work:
6) We are looking for a cross is the next menu item. Same as with the sticks after clicking the checkmark " Turn on", press on joystick D-pad buttons in sequence!
7) Finding other buttons- just press them in turn on the gamepad and they will appear on the screen, and then drag them to the desired place with the mouse. Repeated pressing of the joystick button will be accompanied by the blinking of the indicator in the program window.
To make it easier to understand, I recorded a video ( in which I forgot about the L2 and R2 buttons, but don't forget!):
9) Press the button " To accept" in the lower right corner and we see this window:
Not a single button has been assigned yet, it's time to set the correspondences.
10) Determine the mouse. Small icons of keys (settings) are visible near the sticks. Click on the right and select - " Mouse is ok".
To adjust the sensitivity, do the following: again click on key > Settings...
A window appears in which we select Mouse settings... in the lower left corner:
In the window that appears, adjust the sensitivity values vertically and horizontally (marked with arrows). For convenience, you can check the box below move together" and then the sliders will move as a whole.
On the right in the window, you can conduct tests by controlling the stick.
11) Define navigation buttons. The left stick will replace the WSAD buttons - to do this, click on the key next to the stick and select " W, S, A, D (C, S, F, V)".
By now, you should have something like this:
12) Defining the rest of the buttons. To do this, on the image of the gamepad, click on the button you need, and then press on the regular keyboard the button that the gamepad should emulate. In this case, the following window appears on the screen (in which the desired key can also be selected with the mouse):
If you want to cancel the current value of the button - click the mouse " NONE".
I advise you to assign buttons to your own taste and color. There can be no special instructions here, just do what is more convenient for you. It may not work the first time, for example, when I pressed the cross up - increase (analog = mouse wheel up), and the cross down - distance (analog = mouse wheel down), but this layout did not justify itself in battle, so I had to transfer these values to the buttons R2 and L2.
In general, experiment. After you make changes, do not forget to save the profile in the Xpadder program by clicking on the same button with which we started, selecting the "New" item (there is a screenshot at the very beginning of the article), only to save you need to click " Save as...".
List of World of Tanks control buttons
When I set up the joystick, there was no such list at hand, so I had to assign gamepad buttons from memory.
Show control buttons in World of Tanks
Naturally, the gamepad is not enough for all the buttons, so decide on the basic necessary functions that you want to assign to the joystick.
Video instruction
This video was not recorded by me, but by an unknown author. It demonstrates the setup of the joystick from the XBOX 360, but nevertheless goes through all the same steps described in this article, which once again confirms its versatility.
On my own behalf, I’ll add that controlling World of Tanks with a joystick is certainly unusual (it’s difficult to aim at Dualshock 4, but you can learn it). But here it's a matter of taste. Perhaps thanks to this article, it will be possible to attract console players to the game, who will now be able to play World of Tanks using their favorite controller.
Have you ever played tanks like this?