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Glitch1336
Up and Coming
April 13, 2013

Hydra in TF2 or other FPS tested yet?

It seems to me like using the right hand Hydra controller as your gun might be pretty cool with the Rift. I might even make an attachment for that stick that makes it feel more like a gun and trigger.

The left hand would be used like a console controller for movement, changing weapons, reloading, etc., etc.

Has anyone tried this with a Rift and Hydra yet? If so please post feedback! I'm trying to decide whether or not to invest in a Hydra.

Ray R.

    2 replies

    jarederaj
    New Participant
    April 25, 2013
    It doesn't seem like the Hydra is going to be the official controller for the Rift, but it's only $40 on Woot right now.

    http://www.woot.com/offers/hydra-pc-gaming-controllers-2

    Even if the Hydra isn't the official controller something like it probably will be. If you're developing, it's probably worth having it at whatever price.
    KuraIthys
    Up and Coming
    April 26, 2013
    Seems like TF2 is a pretty good tesbed here.

    I heard it was pretty broken, but TF2 is on the list of games that has 'proper' Hydra support. (You know; Actual motion sensing integrated directly into the game code, rather than just a game profile written for it to map certain control functions to mimic keyboard/joystick or mouse commands.)

    I don't know what exactly it's configured to do in TF2 though... But you should have a look if you can find the hydra patch for it...
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