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35 - Handheld Controller Setup in Flair 7

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so with Flare you can actually connect so with Flare you can actually connect any USB device here I have a wired uh any USB device here I have a wired uh any USB device here I have a wired uh game controller um we do generally game controller um we do generally game controller um we do generally recommend wired game controllers or wied recommend wired game controllers or wied recommend wired game controllers or wied devices as opposed to wireless uh for devices as opposed to wireless uh for devices as opposed to wireless uh for safety we've had some issues with safety we've had some issues with safety we've had some issues with wireless ones uh causing rigs uh to move wireless ones uh causing rigs uh to move wireless ones uh causing rigs uh to move on their own so a wide game control is on their own so a wide game control is on their own so a wide game control is fine but any could be a a joystick it fine but any could be a a joystick it fine but any could be a a joystick it could be a flight Sim controller uh we could be a flight Sim controller uh we could be a flight Sim controller uh we also have a range of kind of handheld also have a range of kind of handheld also have a range of kind of handheld boxes specifically made for motion boxes specifically made for motion boxes specifically made for motion control that are USB as well um and I'm control that are USB as well um and I'm control that are USB as well um and I'm going to show you in flare how to going to show you in flare how to going to show you in flare how to configure it how it's used and also um configure it how it's used and also um configure it how it's used and also um controlling the rig with it in controlling the rig with it in controlling the rig with it in flare we go to setups handheld flare we go to setups handheld flare we go to setups handheld box okay and it may come up uh looking box okay and it may come up uh looking box okay and it may come up uh looking like this instead when you start it up like this instead when you start it up like this instead when you start it up uh this is one of our Uh custom motion uh this is one of our Uh custom motion uh this is one of our Uh custom motion control handle boxes but this time I control handle boxes but this time I control handle boxes but this time I have plugged in this game have plugged in this game have plugged in this game pad so once you have this screen uh pad so once you have this screen uh pad so once you have this screen uh because a USB device uh a game pad or because a USB device uh a game pad or because a USB device uh a game pad or joystick any device could be configured joystick any device could be configured joystick any device could be configured anyway uh there isn't a pretty picture anyway uh there isn't a pretty picture anyway uh there isn't a pretty picture but there is this these analog inputs but there is this these analog inputs but there is this these analog inputs and buttons display and when I move my and buttons display and when I move my and buttons display and when I move my joystick on the game pad you'll see the joystick on the game pad you'll see the joystick on the game pad you'll see the analog inputs change and when I press analog inputs change and when I press analog inputs change and when I press buttons you'll see different things buttons you'll see different things buttons you'll see different things light up so this allows you to find what light up so this allows you to find what light up so this allows you to find what button it is that you're pressing and button it is that you're pressing and button it is that you're pressing and then assign a function to it and the way then assign a function to it and the way then assign a function to it and the way you assign a function to it is you you assign a function to it is you you assign a function to it is you basically you have a list here of basically you have a list here of basically you have a list here of different functions this is for different functions this is for different functions this is for controlling your different axes of controlling your different axes of controlling your different axes of motion this is for uh like adding a motion this is for uh like adding a motion this is for uh like adding a forward run or back run button many forward run or back run button many forward run or back run button many different functions within the software different functions within the software different functions within the software uh this is for toggling things like uh this is for toggling things like uh this is for toggling things like Target tracking on and off or things on Target tracking on and off or things on Target tracking on and off or things on that um then you've got store uh undo that um then you've got store uh undo that um then you've got store uh undo redo uh some of these things are more redo uh some of these things are more redo uh some of these things are more useful than others um but basically useful than others um but basically useful than others um but basically there's a whole bunch of different there's a whole bunch of different there's a whole bunch of different things you can choose from to assign um things you can choose from to assign um things you can choose from to assign um so for example if I want this analog so for example if I want this analog so for example if I want this analog input to do my input to do my input to do my tilt I would select tilt and tilt I would select tilt and tilt I would select tilt and and highlight this one and it assigns it and highlight this one and it assigns it and highlight this one and it assigns it okay now because this is an analog okay now because this is an analog okay now because this is an analog joystick that can go positive and joystick that can go positive and joystick that can go positive and negative it automatically has used both negative it automatically has used both negative it automatically has used both both of these so both of these are now both of these so both of these are now both of these so both of these are now assigned to this analog input if I do my assigned to this analog input if I do my assigned to this analog input if I do my pan My Pan on that same joystick pan My Pan on that same joystick pan My Pan on that same joystick actually is up there um so I'm going to actually is up there um so I'm going to actually is up there um so I'm going to choose my choose my choose my pen and assign it to that pen and assign it to that pen and assign it to that one okay one okay one okay um similarly if I want to let's say uh um similarly if I want to let's say uh um similarly if I want to let's say uh use it to store or use it to forward run use it to store or use it to forward run use it to store or use it to forward run uh I can assign a button so let's say uh I can assign a button so let's say uh I can assign a button so let's say this one I'm going to assign that to be this one I'm going to assign that to be this one I'm going to assign that to be forward run okay so I'm going to go down forward run okay so I'm going to go down forward run okay so I'm going to go down here find forward run and then that's that button so run and then that's that button so assign it okay and then I'm going to assign it okay and then I'm going to assign it okay and then I'm going to make make make this this this one back one back one back Run Okay so press it it's that one so I Run Okay so press it it's that one so I Run Okay so press it it's that one so I going to go and assign it now one thing going to go and assign it now one thing going to go and assign it now one thing that's always very useful on any that's always very useful on any that's always very useful on any handheld controller is to also add a handheld controller is to also add a handheld controller is to also add a stop okay so we have for example a stop stop okay so we have for example a stop stop okay so we have for example a stop up here okay and okay I'm going to use and okay I'm going to use uh this as my stop so I'm going to uh this as my stop so I'm going to uh this as my stop so I'm going to assign assign assign that to no to that one which is there that to no to that one which is there that to no to that one which is there okay so now I've assigned it to stop now okay so now I've assigned it to stop now okay so now I've assigned it to stop now these things none of these will have any these things none of these will have any these things none of these will have any effect while this display is open okay effect while this display is open okay effect while this display is open okay for safety reasons none of the joystick for safety reasons none of the joystick for safety reasons none of the joystick inputs uh buttons anything will have any inputs uh buttons anything will have any inputs uh buttons anything will have any effect while this screen is open so you effect while this screen is open so you effect while this screen is open so you can safely press them okay so now that can safely press them okay so now that can safely press them okay so now that I've assigned these I have to make sure I've assigned these I have to make sure I've assigned these I have to make sure I apply it or if I want to make sure I apply it or if I want to make sure I apply it or if I want to make sure that it's there next time I start flare that it's there next time I start flare that it's there next time I start flare I have to save it okay I have to save it okay I have to save it okay so um first I'm going to apply it okay so um first I'm going to apply it okay so um first I'm going to apply it okay before I save it and just to show you before I save it and just to show you before I save it and just to show you what it does so I've applied it I close what it does so I've applied it I close what it does so I've applied it I close it if I now press my forward run it if I now press my forward run it if I now press my forward run button says ready to go to I should have button says ready to go to I should have button says ready to go to I should have added a go-to button to the displays to added a go-to button to the displays to added a go-to button to the displays to the handle box as well or the gamepad as the handle box as well or the gamepad as the handle box as well or the gamepad as well but I didn't so I'm going to go well but I didn't so I'm going to go well but I didn't so I'm going to go press go to here okay and it's going to press go to here okay and it's going to press go to here okay and it's going to go to the go to the go to the start if I press stop now it start if I press stop now it start if I press stop now it stopped okay so my Stop's working my stopped okay so my Stop's working my stopped okay so my Stop's working my forward runs is working now I'm happy forward runs is working now I'm happy forward runs is working now I'm happy with that let's save it so I'm going to with that let's save it so I'm going to with that let's save it so I'm going to go Hannah box okay now the way this go Hannah box okay now the way this go Hannah box okay now the way this works is that it's designed so that you works is that it's designed so that you works is that it's designed so that you have your default values but you can have your default values but you can have your default values but you can also create uh presets for specific also create uh presets for specific also create uh presets for specific people or different applications okay so people or different applications okay so people or different applications okay so but I'm just going to save this as the but I'm just going to save this as the but I'm just going to save this as the new default for this Gamepad so I'm new default for this Gamepad so I'm new default for this Gamepad so I'm going to press save okay says device going to press save okay says device going to press save okay says device saved if I go save as and give it a saved if I go save as and give it a saved if I go save as and give it a preset name so I'm going to say this preset name so I'm going to say this preset name so I'm going to say this is uh is uh is uh John's favorite okay favorite okay this is now storing this as John's this is now storing this as John's this is now storing this as John's favorite preset and I'm going to go to favorite preset and I'm going to go to favorite preset and I'm going to go to my game my game my game pads and save this pads and save this pads and save this as my John's favorite Gamepad as my John's favorite Gamepad as my John's favorite Gamepad settings all settings all settings all right if if I make a mistake and I need right if if I make a mistake and I need right if if I make a mistake and I need to unassign any of these the way you do to unassign any of these the way you do to unassign any of these the way you do that is you click here unassign and then that is you click here unassign and then that is you click here unassign and then whatever you press it removes whatever you press it removes whatever you press it removes okay now if I don't press Supply it okay now if I don't press Supply it okay now if I don't press Supply it doesn't actually make that change so if doesn't actually make that change so if doesn't actually make that change so if I close it and then come I close it and then come I close it and then come back and go to back and go to back and go to my John's my John's my John's favorite and game pad it's still there I favorite and game pad it's still there I favorite and game pad it's still there I didn't save it so I didn't make that didn't save it so I didn't make that didn't save it so I didn't make that change change change okay so that is the handheld box setup