Key Mapping

What is Key Mapping

Key mapping is the way we translate the keys you press on your device to actual keyboard and mouse commands on your Hoot server.
The input-mapping configuration file of Hoot is in *Hoot Installation Directory*\config\*application name*.xml
Typically, for Sims, for example this will be:
C:\Program Files\Hoot\config\sims.xml

Why do i need to know this?

The key maps you are currently using were made by us.
When we tested hoot we found our own personal configurations, you might find something that you would find more comfortable.

How do i choose a key map?

Key maps are chosen by 2 variables:
1) Name of the game that was chosen.
2) Device ID you entered when logged in to the java client

How is the file built?

The XML is made out of 2 main component:
1) commands - general game command like screen zoom or mouse jumps
you can set those to do specific things as you like (for example in a press of a button the mouse jumps to a position on the screen and clicks)
2) Device maps - for each device ID you can create a mapping that will suite your needs.
*A Key map can contain a few devices and for each device you can have many maps linked so you can change a map in a click of a button

Help file for Building/Editing XML

The Help file will be added once the new Beta Version is up and will be located on the Downloads page