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Terence Doerksen edited this page Sep 17, 2019 · 20 revisions

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Gaming Interface Client (Android)

Video Guide

How to video

Installation

Importing an existing screen

I've included three sample screens that will work with Star Citizen for you to start with. To Import a screen:

  1. Download the screen onto your device:
  2. Open up GIC, tap on the Screen Manager button.
  3. Tap Import.
  4. Browse to where you saved it and tap. The phone will be added to your list of screens.
  5. Choose the screen on the Main screen of GIC, and Click Start!

Creating your Screen

After opening the GIC App, tap on the Screen Manager, then Edit to open the Editor. By default you'll have a gray background with some buttons at the bottom

  • Edit Mode (bottom left corner) - This toggles between modifying a Control/Button, and allowing you to drag and drop them.
  • Settings - allows you to change the background color
  • Save - tapping this will save your changes
  1. Double tap on the screen to add a new Control.
  2. Adjust sizes - You'll see 3 reddish scroll bars. The top most adjusts the width of the control, the side bar adjusts the height, and the bottom line adjusts the font size.
  3. Edit Control - Tap on the control/button once to select, and again to open the Edit window. From here you can adjust:
  • Text to show on the button
  • Key to send
  • Modifiers (Alt, Ctrl, Shift)
  • Font Color
  • Button Primary Background color
  • Button Secondary Background color
  • More depending on the control type
  1. Save your options by clicking Save.
  2. To remove a control, press Delete
  3. Move the Control - From the main Edit window, tap on Edit Mode to switch to Drag and Drop. You can then move the control exactly where you want. Tap Edit Mode again to return to edit mode.
  4. Exiting the Screen - Tap on your device back button (you may need to swipe down from the top initially to make the buttons appear)

Connecting to the Server and Using GIC

  1. First ensure the server is running - see the GIC Server Help for more details.
  2. From the Main screen, you'll need to enter 3 pieces of information:
  • Address: This is the IP Address where the Server is running. See the GIC Server Help for more details.
  • Port: This is the port the server is running at. The GIC Server has the same field, these numbers need to match!
  • Password: This is the password to prevent just anyone from connecting to the server. The GIC Server has the same field, these numbers need to match! The password needs to be at least 6 characters and although I secured it as best I could please do not use any important existing passwords here!

Click Start to begin!

Control Notes

Switch vs Button

"Switches" work by sending both a Key Press and then a Key Unpress command 5ms later. "Buttons" work by sending a Key press on when you press it, and a Key unpress on button up. Because of lag between the tablet command and the server processing it (and issues with Ctrl/Alt/Shift - see below) this results in issues with games like Star Citizen that uses the same key as a toggle and a long press type command. Also, before I did this, the server would crash pretty regularly.

Left Right Ctrl/Alt/Shift

Originally I had separate commands for Left and Right modifier keys (ctrl/alt/shift). However using these keys I found with the 3rd party keyboard library I'm using it would send the Press Down command, but not Press Up. So for example if I had a button to get out of the Pilot Seat (Alt-F) it would work, but my computer acted like Alt was still pressed afterwards. So pressing Tab would exit the game, etc etc. The only fix, for now, is to only treat them as the same key :(

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