Button mapping enabled games for the disabled

I generally don't do petitions since most of them are either a little silly or just rather pointless given how most corporations generally just don't care what their customers say so "lol internet petitions" comments aside, here's the gist of it (courtesy of Tom Senior from PCGamer.com) 
 

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I generally don't do petitions since most of them are either a little silly or just rather pointless given how most corporations generally just don't care what their customers say so "lol internet petitions" comments aside, here's the gist of it (courtesy of Tom Senior from PCGamer.com) 
 

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I can approve of this petition. 
 
I just approve in button mapping in general, not just because it benefits the disabled.

Not to sound awful, but I don't think that this really warrants a petition or a patch. Yes, it sucks for a few disabled individuals, but there's a reason games have predefined control layouts. Sure, PC games should let you go nuts with customization, but expecting devs to program mouse movement controls into an action game is a little absurd.

I already signed this... like a long time ago or something. I'm bummed it hasn't done anything since then.

My thoughts are absent from my own mind. I don't know how I do it!!

Yeah that's pretty terrible.  It's trivial to add customization to game controls.  Really once the team has done it once it takes almost no effort to add it to the next game.  But they don't.  Because every dev hour is $$ and they don't really care about the tiny minority that wants or needs them.
 
Maybe he could work out a system with custom HID drivers for the mouse and keyboard?  I haven't heard of anything out there but I really haven't looked either.  It would solve the problem in all games.  Might even be able to sell it.

" Not to sound awful, but I don't think that this really warrants a petition or a patch. Yes, it sucks for a few disabled individuals, but there's a reason games have predefined control layouts. "

" expecting devs to program mouse movement controls into an action game is a little absurd. "

Signed this a long time ago but It still makes me smile a little when I see it.  
Then it makes me sad when I realize that nothing has been done so far

I just don't understand how it's not a feature in all games by default. It drives me nuts when I play games where I just want to remap one or two buttons and can't! Although this is mostly just a problem with console games and bad PC ports, but it's still annoying never the less.  
 
The instance of this that sticks out in my mind the most is with Killzone 2. I recently played it for the first time, and it took me until about half way through the game before I felt even remotely comfortable with the controls. Even by the end of the game I just felt like I was starting to get my head around them, but then the game was over and it was too late. Though to be fair, I'm a PC guy and as a general rule of thumb hate playing all shooters on a controller, but I never had this much of a problem when I played MW and Halo for the first time.

" Why is he sitting inside playing games when he should be out making the most of what time he has by seeing the world? "

It should be standard that you can remap all of your controls.  There are a lot of people with movement injuries in the world and spending a bit fo time to makes games just a 'tiny bit easier' to control would be well worth it for ALL gamers.  This isn't a question of can't be done, it being too hard, or too expensive...this is just a case of developers not thinking about it.

Here is the thing: I think such a petition is valuable, but it really should be directed at the creators of the OS, not just the game makers. A lot of input mappings issues could be solved trivially in the OS itself, but instead of providing solid remapping support for input devices from the ground up, Windows depends on third party mouse and joystick drivers to add that functionality  in, which I consider rather stupid, since its such an easy thing to fix and hardware specific drivers are always a mess (sometimes buggy, often not supported by newer OS versions, etc.).
 
Now of course there are some input issues neither the OS nor driver can fix, you can't play say the mouse-driven Mass Effect with a gamepad and get the same experience as you would get on the console, the UI is just to different for that and that is an area that the game makers have to fix, but simply remapping is really trivial to do at the OS level.
 
Speaking of which: Does anybody have a complete list of homebrew software out there that attacks the issues? Joy2Key, XPadder, GlovePie, etc.?

PS: I have written such a (not yet as generic as it should be) input remapper for Linux, in case anybody needs one.

" @1nfinitum said:

" @RiotBananas: Just because he has Cerebral Palsy doesn't mean he's not a human being without personal preferences and opinions.  Why don't you spend your life traveling?  Probably because you don't have the money or you don't want to.  He's just another gamer who enjoys him some vidja gaems; seeing the world is probably something he doesn't care to do, just like most gamers. "

Even as a gamer, if I had Cerebral Palsy and my fucking brain was failing me, I'd want to go and see everything before I died. You have plenty of money too what with the benefits and shit. "

" Why is he sitting inside playing games when he should be out making the most of what time he has by seeing the world? "

" @RE_Player92:  I didn't say his life was meaningless anywhere. I merely said if I was at deaths door I wouldn't be playing games. I already think I'm wasting my time playing games, so playing them when I have a life threatening illness is just even more of a waste. In my opinion. I'd do as much stuff as possible, assisted sky diving, all that cliché stuff. Not complaining about Dead Space 2 controls. "

I'm not disabled, and hopefully I never will be, but I often wish that more games offered button mapping, because there's really no excuse not to in this day and age. 

Seriously guys, I don't see anywhere in the story where it says this guy is dying. Cerebral palsy isn't necessarily a fatal disorder.

Just an update. Visceral Games are already hard at work at a patch so kudos to them. Cheers to Slaker117 for the heads up. Also, Gareth is aware of this in case anyone was wondering. 
 
Either way, the petition is still valid considering it covers all games rather then DS2 specifically. In other words, sign it if you want to.

" @Juno500: Yeah I know, I guess RiotBananas assumes he's dying. People can live long lives with cerebral palsy.  "

" Again, I'm not telling him how to live his life you morons. I'm just saying that's not how I'd do things if I was in his condition. Christ, just because I didn't say "I signed, he's such an inspiration" don't tell me I'm insinuating things I'm not. "

" Why is he sitting inside playing games when he should be out making the most of what time he has by seeing the world? "

" @RE_Player92 said:

" @RiotBananas said:

" Again, I'm not telling him how to live his life you morons. I'm just saying that's not how I'd do things if I was in his condition. Christ, just because I didn't say "I signed, he's such an inspiration" don't tell me I'm insinuating things I'm not. "

Really cause your first post sounded like you were confused to why he plays game and isn't living his life?  
 
@RiotBananas said: 

" Why is he sitting inside playing games when he should be out making the most of what time he has by seeing the world? "

"

But that's MY view? and I stated my OWN opinion, which is perfectly acceptable no matter what you think it means. So get off your high horse and shut the fuck up. "

" @CL60 said: 

You clearly stated that he shouldn't be playing games. You're in the wrong on this one. "

BUT THAT'S MY VIEW! JUST BECAUSE I THINK HE SHOULD BE DOING MORE AWESOME THINGS THAN COMPLAINING ABOUT A FUCKING GAME HE CAN'T PLAY DOESN'T MEAN I'M WRONG.  An opinion cannot be wrong.  Sometimes I wonder why I bother. I should just stick to saying "Duder" and "<>" and "Batman derp"    Urgh.     "

" @CL60 said: 

You clearly stated that he shouldn't be playing games. You're in the wrong on this one. "

BUT THAT'S MY VIEW! JUST BECAUSE I THINK HE SHOULD BE DOING MORE AWESOME THINGS THAN COMPLAINING ABOUT A FUCKING GAME HE CAN'T PLAY DOESN'T MEAN I'M WRONG.  An opinion cannot be wrong.  Sometimes I wonder why I bother. I should just stick to saying "Duder" and "<>" and "Batman derp"    Urgh.     "

" I give up, I'm going on Killing Floor. I don't care what you think about what I said anymore, consider this a rage quit.  "

Bah ha ha at RiotBananas saying this guy should be doing more "awesome things" than playing video games, while he is on a video-game website. Yeah bro cause if it aint a physical act it can't be AWESOME, right!
 
In all seriousness, I give a hearty respect to Gareth; i've always felt the inconsistency of certain options in games has just ruined the market for certain disabilities (I mean I almost never see movies with no subtitle option so why games without customizable controls), and the fact this guy is standing up to show us really speaks to me.

welt i signed it. i think they should have let this done a long time ago. i enjoy sometimes changing the buttons for the game.