Instead of using the keyboard, if you don't have a joypad, you can take advantage of your smartphone, be it a Samsung, a Huawei, any Android touchscreen phone or even an iPhone and use it as a Josystick or Gamepad . To use the smartphone as a controller for computer video games, including online games, you must install an application on the phone and a program on the PC and make sure that PC and mobile phone are connected to the same Wifi network, via wireless connection.
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JoyPad app For Android
There are several Android applications capable of transforming the mobile phone into a video game controller.Among these, one of the best is Mobile Gamepad, free, which works well on Windows 32 and 64 bit PCs.
Mobile Gamepad allows you to control video games wirelessly via any Android smartphone or tablet.
The application is based on the client-server module, so you need to install the app on the mobile phone downloadable from the Play Store and the server program on the PC (the download link is in the description of the application).
The server is an executable file contained in a zip archive to extract to a folder and run. After installing the server, run it and then open the Android application and type the IP address of the computer to manually connect the devices together. Make sure both devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network for everything to work. Once the devices are connected, you will see a real gamepad on the mobile screen. Before you can start playing, however, you need to map each of the keyboard keys to the controller buttons. Press the Add button and specify which keys the application keys are equivalent to
Also for Android it is possible to install an alternative app like Monect Portable .
The application connects to computers with Windows operating system where the relative server program is installed.
The app also supports the accelerometer of the mobile phone, to be able to play racing games on the computer using the smartphone by tilting it like a steering wheel. Monect server is a portable application that does not install any drivers on your computer, which runs as a Windows service. Not only does it use the phone as a classic gamepad controller, but also as a mouse to control the computer.
JoyPad For iPhone and Android
To use the iPhone as a joystick or gamepad of computer games, playing wirelessly using the Apple smartphone screen, you must use Unified Remote .
The application works on both Windows and Mac and is completely free, downloadable from the official website. After installing the application on the iPhone and the program on the computer, start Unified Remote on the PC or Mac and connect it to the iPhone app.
The app does not install additional drivers for the joystick, but acts as a keyboard remote control. So each button on the virtual keyboard must be associated with a key on the keyboard. To play you can associate the arrow keys to move up down left and right and the other keys to shoot or jump depending on the game. For optimal configuration results, open the game settings (the one that opens on the computer) and map the keys during the game. Now launch the Unified Remote application on the iPhone and wait for it to connect automatically making sure that the devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network and try, in case of problems, to manually enter the IP address.
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