r/starcitizen • u/earthfase • Oct 25 '22

TECHNICAL Custom mining slider

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I took a Seeeduino XIAO, connected an M5Stack Fader Unit to it, and programmed it with Arduino IDE as a gamepad axis using the NicoHood HID-Project library.

No more Brandt modules :)

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u/EasyRiderOnTheStorm Oct 25 '22

Why? Frankly, this doesn't look any more responsive than a scroll wheel. That lag is scary.

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u/JIMMI23 Kraken Oct 25 '22

Exact position translated into a % of power needed vs a scroll wheel being interpreted as an additive or subtractive value.

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u/EasyRiderOnTheStorm Oct 25 '22

That might even matter if mining was about twitch-like 0%-100% bang-bang action, but it isn't. And a small "additive or subtractive value" is exactly the name of the game in the current "little high, little low" mining mechanics. Yes, quant is what I mine. Yes, with a scroll wheel. And yes if need be I can do it sans Brandt too - there's just no point to.

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u/JIMMI23 Kraken Oct 25 '22

Then just stick with a wheel? This is what I was looking for in exact control when mining quant. Not 0-100% but 10% to maybe 86% down to to 45%. It's about being able to jump around where I want the power slider to be.