[PoE2] Is controller supported?

[AnnanFay]

I'm trying to get item info popup working on PoE 2 when using the controller UI, but does not seem to work. It's not listed under features, so assume it's completely broken?

Tried:

• [default] middle mouse
• "replace m-mouse with" set to P, 0, Numpad0

Related #231 is for PoE1, but seems to suggest some part was working.

Environment: Windows 10, XBox controller, Steam version of PoE2.

[Lailloken]

I can look into it again. Personally, I'd like the omni-key to be rebindable to controller-input, but last time I tried that AutoHotkey started acting up (the script was generating higher CPU-load and lost responsiveness for no apparent reason). I didn't like a hypothetical hybrid approach of playing with a controller and having to use mouse/kb for the tool, so I didn't look any further into it.

[AnnanFay]

Not sure how it is on other systems, but it seems easy to remap controller keys to keyboard keys over steam - maybe that is an avenue to get it working. Even if not possible, having just the keyboard keys work would be useful.

[Lailloken]

Some observations from initial testing:

• I can make the omni-key work by disabling the inventory screen-check in controller-mode (mainly because I don't really feel like setting up and verifying an alternative inventory-check for 8 resolutions)

• overlays activated by the omni-key appear next to the mouse-cursor, and it doesn't follow the "controller-cursor," so one would have to manually position the mouse-cursor somewhere and don't move it, and/or remember to put it back there every time it is used

You can do some testing by recalibrating the inventory-check on the "character screen," where you access the inventory, skilltree, etc. This should make the omni-key work again, but only on that specific screen and not while interacting with vendors or the stash (the inventory-check scans three pixels in the top-right corner of the client-window). Please let me know if anything else (usability-wise) would need to be altered in controller-mode.

[AnnanFay]

Inventory recalibration worked.

manually position the mouse-cursor somewhere and don't move it

It would be good to have a configuration place, can manually specify X=700, Y=400 or whatever.

I generally keep my mouse on my second monitor to use the browser. It also tends to disappear-reapear at distracting moments if I keep it over the game window.

[Lailloken]

I have opened a dev branch with some minor changes:

• the "general" section of the settings menu now shows if the client is running in controller-mode (it should detect changes on-the-fly, without having to restart the tool):
  

• in controller-mode, the tool no longer performs the inventory-check when pressing the omni-key

• the item-info tooltip and omni-key context-menu are "anchored" to the left edge of the inventory in controller-mode:
  

  • they're currently offset by height/2, let me know if that behavior (or the positioning in general) should be tweaked

Feel free to download the branch and copy it over your current install. I am open to enabling additional features in controller-mode, on a case-by-case basis, so let me know if you run into anything that doesn't currently work.
EDIT: these changes are now live in v1.56.7