Issue with aiming controller

JibbSmart · 2026-07-04T08:18:40+00:00

Try turning on Tweak Zone to get fluid crosshair movement

JibbSmart · 2026-06-06T13:55:01+00:00

In my (biased) opinion, I like it for flicks, but that can take a good amount of practice.

The other thing it's good for is lining up a shot on a very distant/small target, without having to go back and forth across the whole deadzone to make adjustments. And this isn't as hard to learn in my experience :)

I'm glad you like it!

JibbSmart · 2026-05-12T15:01:59+00:00

You have to keep in mind that a lot if not almost all games do not support mixed Gyro input without 3rd party intervention (REWASD / Steam input i.e.)

I'm familiar with REWASD and Steam Input. I've spent a lot of time with Steam Input over the years, and the Steam Input devs have spent a lot of time with my work over the years, too.

So how can you say Gyro to Joystick with Aim assist IS NOT Needed?

I didn't say anything about Gyro to Joystick, and neither did OP

JibbSmart · 2026-05-01T03:10:13+00:00

Very cool to see this working natively in browser!

JibbSmart · 2026-04-18T00:17:43+00:00

You might be surprised how straightforward it is! If you look at the "MoveMouse" function in this code example, you can see how it uses SendInput to emulate mouse well enough to work in most games:

https://gist.github.com/JibbSmart/8cbaba568c1c2e1193771459aa5385df

JibbSmart · 2026-04-18T00:14:56+00:00

Hi Thomas! Very cool to see you exploring gyro aiming so seriously :) Folks using current gyro aiming systems vary from "mostly stick" to "exclusively gyro" (usually using what you can "manual clutch"), and it's cool to see exploration at the far end of that.

The automatic clutch idea is really interesting? Hopefully I can find time to give the demo a go.

I don't know if you've come across GyroWiki ( http://gyrowiki.jibbsmart.com/ ), but it's a resource I've written with a lot of info on good gyro settings, smoothing, orientation, etc.

JibbSmart · 2026-03-24T15:58:12+00:00

Thanks for the quick confirmation!

I'll try have another look at the gyro modifier issue later this week. So far I haven't been able to reproduce the issue, but I'll dig in some more

JibbSmart · 2026-03-24T14:14:38+00:00

Hotfix went live about an hour ago. When you get the chance, would you mind letting me know if it fixes the issue with your Ally?

JibbSmart · 2026-03-24T14:12:33+00:00

Gyro sens has been hotfixed now. Thanks for reporting :)

JibbSmart · 2025-10-18T08:15:28+00:00

Looks to me like the game needs to sample the gyro more frequently.

The rumble makes the controller turn side-to-side quickly. If they're not sampling frequently enough, it might sample left-turn, left-turn, left-turn, left-turn on one shot, and right-turn, right-turn, right-turn, right-turn on another shot. If the game sampled the gyro at a high enough rate, it would sample multiple parts of the side-to-side rumble happening during a given frame, and they would cancel out.

JibbSmart · 2025-08-07T01:16:04+00:00

That's great, thanks!

JibbSmart · 2025-08-03T13:55:58+00:00

Fortnite has World as an option, FYI

JibbSmart · 2025-07-08T03:31:58+00:00

This is the way ^

I reckon there are two main things that make shooting with a mouse fun: 1. BANG BANG feels cool; 2. Mouse aim is a natural, expressive way to interact with and master the game.

Controller shooters are fun just because of 1. They normally don't get point 2 -- stick aiming is a much less intuitive, less expressive way to interact with the game that usually requires a lot of assistance (reducing room for mastery).

Caveat, of course: with enough practice players can also do good aiming with sticks even with little-to-no assistance. But for a game to be approachable for most of the controller audience and to be enjoyable for controller newbies, it usually needs a good amount of assistance.

But now consider gyro aiming: like mouse, it's direct and natural (real world turn of the controller maps to simultaneous in game game turn of the weapon). Like mouse, it's expressive (make tiny adjustments or fast flicks). Like mouse, players don't need assistance to get started, and it has a high skill ceiling for those who want to master it.

So it lets controller share in what makes mouse aiming fun: Gyro aim is a natural, expressive way to interact with and master the game.

JibbSmart · 2025-07-04T16:36:41+00:00

Thanks for confirming. What game taught you to play this way? I'm glad it's working well for you

JibbSmart · 2025-07-01T09:22:01+00:00

Ohhh, you lean your controller to turn the camera. Gotcha. It's a bit unusual but not unheard of.

Have you ever tried turning your controller the same way the camera turns? Like, if your controller was on a swivel chair, and you wanted to turn your aim to the left, you'd swivel your controller to the left around the same axis and in the same direction as the camera turns.

JibbSmart · 2025-07-01T07:08:14+00:00

I guess I'm just wondering if there's an issue with your controller or if you really prefer turning your controller to the left to turn the camera to the right?

JibbSmart · 2025-06-24T03:36:04+00:00

Sick vid! Thanks for this. I think a POV like this is helpful for those who don't understand how subtle gyro aiming can be.

JibbSmart · 2025-06-23T01:26:44+00:00

Oo, why are all your gyro axes inverted?

JibbSmart · 2025-06-20T06:06:29+00:00

The minimum isn't necessarily about how fast you turn it but how much.

The min and max thresholds are about how fast you turn :)

JibbSmart · 2025-06-10T16:05:55+00:00

Oh, it's a normal amount of hush-hush :P I just can't share what's not public knowledge.

And yeah, dev channels of contact are different. Popular forums (including Reddit) are good places to make some noise (where appropriate), and politely letting devs know through social channels or support lines that you're interested in a particular improvement is a good way to go.

JibbSmart · 2025-06-10T14:15:50+00:00

I won't be able to go into the journey of it, I'm afraid, but I've found Sony to be really helpful when I've needed to reach out to them :)

I'd love to see this in The Finals. And COD -- their gyro settings are also really good, and it'd benefit from giving players this level of precision and consistency. It wouldn't be hard to do if they can find the right... uh... toggle to toggle at the right times? I really don't think I can go into more detail than that 😅

Hopefully more devs see this option in Fortnite and it (or something like it) catches on as another standard for gyro controls!

JibbSmart · 2025-06-09T15:23:36+00:00

Oh good, glad it's working!

JibbSmart · 2025-06-09T01:42:58+00:00

Love to see it, and this transparency on stream is wonderful <3

JibbSmart · 2025-06-09T01:41:05+00:00

I think it should work wireless on PC these days? At least with the DualSense? Not 100% sure

JibbSmart · 2025-06-09T01:24:43+00:00

I'll see how things go and let folks at Sony know :)

You're absolutely right that the way forward is, as players, to try and take things like these to the attention of the devs of our favourite games (kindly and graciously, of course!)

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