[APP] DredSensor - Allow you to disable 'Home' and 'Back' keys while playing games

[Dredger97]

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If you have tried to play a game needing left and right key on an HTC Touch Diamond, you noticed that they are 2mm wide and if you click next to it, you get back to home page or to dialing menu etc...

So I've written a prog allowing you to lock these 4 keys actions and replace it by classical key event (VK_LEFT, VK_RIGHT, ...).
In that way you can play tetris, and use "Pick-Up" and "Hang-Up" keys for going left and right.

Link ->: DredSensor

To use it, you need:
1) An HTC Touch Diamond (it's the only one i have so i can't test it on other models)
2) Install the .cab
3) Reboot your HTC
4) Run a game (or app or ...)
5) Get your stylus out and back-in, in less than 1 second
6) Click "Yes"

----- A config window opens:

7) Check that Type = "HardKeySimul"
8) Click "Ok"


Now you can use (and eventually assign) your 'Home', 'Back', 'Pick-Up' and 'Hang-Up' keys in that game/app.
Actually, the 'Pick-Up' and 'Hang-Up' keys are always defined as Left and Right events.


Have fun.


Ps:

For people interested, the other "Type" in the config window are:
- "Launcher": allow you to quicklaunch 4 app (that you define in the config wnd) when you double tap (not click, just tap) on one of those 4 keyz
- "Scroll": allow you to scroll the current window by tapping those 4 keyz panel
- "KeySimul": allow you to send left/right/up/down events by tapping those 4 keyz panel

[palmbluetooth]

Sounds Great, will give a try....
If you can make this buttons to be assinged to other apps the whole time you'll be a hero

[Dredger97]

Originally Posted by palmbluetooth Sounds Great, will give a try.... If you can make this buttons to be assinged to other apps the whole time you'll be a hero

In fact if you launch /Program Files/DredSensor/DredSensorCfg.exe, you can edit the "Default" config that applies every time no other config matches...

So if you set the Default config in "Launcher" mode, you can quicklaunch app from everywhere...

Actually, the Launcher mode works with "double tap" rather than click. But i can update it quite easyly to make it work on click if you want.

[stpete111]

Dredger, can't wait to try this. This is my biggest gripe when playing games, and I didn't even think to post on here to see if someone could come up with something. I'll test today and let you know how it works!

[palmbluetooth]

Very Nice App, really works well.
The only thing is that I don't know how to add 'start', 'ok', answer and hang up to the buttons, do you have any suggestions?

Thanks, I'm loving it.

[herg62123]

not able to download. all it gives me is a lot of squares and nothing else.

[superpc]

clever idea, finally i can play racing game on my diamond, thanks!

[aBE-One]

A very nice and welcome idea. Unfortunately, it doesn't work with my Raphael. Tried it with Kevtris: succesfully installed, soft-reset, started the game, and configured DredSensor for the game, but when I push e.g. the phone up key, it still brings up the phone application. I didn't change any of the settings in the DredSensor config screen (I did check that "HardKeySimul" was selected).

Hope you can make it work for Raphael too, it is so annoying trying to play games with the d-pad, when you accidentally press the home/phone/etc. keys all the time.

[pinele]

Work perfect on Diamond but... it doesn't work on Touch HD... (error.. Unable to load HTC API DLL)

[Dredger97]

Originally Posted by aBE-One A very nice and welcome idea. Unfortunately, it doesn't work with my Raphael. Tried it with Kevtris: succesfully installed, soft-reset, started the game, and configured DredSensor for the game, but when I push e.g. the phone up key, it still brings up the phone application. I didn't change any of the settings in the DredSensor config screen (I did check that "HardKeySimul" was selected). Hope you can make it work for Raphael too, it is so annoying trying to play games with the d-pad, when you accidentally press the home/phone/etc. keys all the time.

Originally Posted by pinele Work perfect on Diamond but... it doesn't work on Touch HD... (error.. Unable to load HTC API DLL)

Sorry, i only have an HTC Diamond so unless you offer me a Raphael or HD, it's quite hard for me to check anything.

For the touch HD, maybe you should download HTCAPI.DLL somewhere, put it in /Windows and try again.

For the Raphael, on the related article on gadgetmix.com (see 1st post for the link), it seems it works on HTC Touch Pro so it should work on yours.