Well... I figured out how to add a Z mouse axis to MW3 and make it work. I have added the Z axis to the default config file and it actually shows up and allows you to have control. I have not figured out how to constrain it... yet. The Z mouse axis is very unruly and sensitive, but it actually works. "Reasoning is to eliminate all physical mouse controls and use virtual joystick for all commands with ZERO (or extremely small) dead zones (dead zones are completely annoying and unacceptable in DX mode)."
The difference between DX and mouse control is like night and day. Mouse is very much superior with very little dead zone and great control (in X, Y, axis). Still working on it...
You can't play the greatest MW game ever without using a joystick
Below is a script I found to force Joy to mouse: X, Y, axis only.Program needed:
AutoHotKeyInstall AutoHotKey.
Right-click an empty spot on your desktop.
In the menu that appears, select New -> AutoHotkey Script.
Type a name for the file, ensuring that it ends in .ahk. For example: MW3.ahk
Right-click the file and choose Edit Script.
On a new blank line, copy and paste the script below.
Save and close the file.
Double-click the file to launch it. A new icon appears in the taskbar notification area.
To exit or edit the script, right-click the green "H" icon in the taskbar notification area.
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; Increase the following value to make the mouse cursor move faster:
JoyMultiplier = 0.30
; Decrease the following value to require less joystick displacement-from-center
; to start moving the mouse. However, you may need to calibrate your joystick
; -- ensuring it's properly centered -- to avoid cursor drift. A perfectly tight
; and centered joystick could use a value of 1:
JoyThreshold = 3
; Change the following to true to invert the Y-axis, which causes the mouse to
; move vertically in the direction opposite the stick:
InvertYAxis := false
; Change these values to use joystick button numbers other than 1, 2, and 3 for
; the left, right, and middle mouse buttons. Available numbers are 1 through 32.
; Use the Joystick Test Script to find out your joystick's numbers more easily.
ButtonLeft = 1
ButtonRight = 2
ButtonMiddle = 3
; If your joystick has a POV control, you can use it as a mouse wheel. The
; following value is the number of milliseconds between turns of the wheel.
; Decrease it to have the wheel turn faster:
WheelDelay = 250
; If your system has more than one joystick, increase this value to use a joystick
; other than the first:
JoystickNumber = 1
; END OF CONFIG SECTION -- Don't change anything below this point unless you want
; to alter the basic nature of the script.
#SingleInstance
JoystickPrefix = %JoystickNumber%Joy
Hotkey, %JoystickPrefix%%ButtonLeft%, ButtonLeft
Hotkey, %JoystickPrefix%%ButtonRight%, ButtonRight
Hotkey, %JoystickPrefix%%ButtonMiddle%, ButtonMiddle
; Calculate the axis displacements that are needed to start moving the cursor:
JoyThresholdUpper := 50 + JoyThreshold
JoyThresholdLower := 50 - JoyThreshold
if InvertYAxis
YAxisMultiplier = -1
else
YAxisMultiplier = 1
SetTimer, WatchJoystick, 10 ; Monitor the movement of the joystick.
GetKeyState, JoyInfo, %JoystickNumber%JoyInfo
IfInString, JoyInfo, P ; Joystick has POV control, so use it as a mouse wheel.
SetTimer, MouseWheel, %WheelDelay%
return ; End of auto-execute section.
; The subroutines below do not use KeyWait because that would sometimes trap the
; WatchJoystick quasi-thread beneath the wait-for-button-up thread, which would
; effectively prevent mouse-dragging with the joystick.
ButtonLeft:
SetMouseDelay, -1 ; Makes movement smoother.
MouseClick, left,,, 1, 0, D ; Hold down the left mouse button.
SetTimer, WaitForLeftButtonUp, 10
return
ButtonRight:
SetMouseDelay, -1 ; Makes movement smoother.
MouseClick, right,,, 1, 0, D ; Hold down the right mouse button.
SetTimer, WaitForRightButtonUp, 10
return
ButtonMiddle:
SetMouseDelay, -1 ; Makes movement smoother.
MouseClick, middle,,, 1, 0, D ; Hold down the right mouse button.
SetTimer, WaitForMiddleButtonUp, 10
return
WaitForLeftButtonUp:
if GetKeyState(JoystickPrefix . ButtonLeft)
return ; The button is still, down, so keep waiting.
; Otherwise, the button has been released.
SetTimer, WaitForLeftButtonUp, off
SetMouseDelay, -1 ; Makes movement smoother.
MouseClick, left,,, 1, 0, U ; Release the mouse button.
return
WaitForRightButtonUp:
if GetKeyState(JoystickPrefix . ButtonRight)
return ; The button is still, down, so keep waiting.
; Otherwise, the button has been released.
SetTimer, WaitForRightButtonUp, off
MouseClick, right,,, 1, 0, U ; Release the mouse button.
return
WaitForMiddleButtonUp:
if GetKeyState(JoystickPrefix . ButtonMiddle)
return ; The button is still, down, so keep waiting.
; Otherwise, the button has been released.
SetTimer, WaitForMiddleButtonUp, off
MouseClick, middle,,, 1, 0, U ; Release the mouse button.
return
WatchJoystick:
MouseNeedsToBeMoved := false ; Set default.
SetFormat, float, 03
GetKeyState, joyx, %JoystickNumber%JoyX
GetKeyState, joyy, %JoystickNumber%JoyY
if joyx > %JoyThresholdUpper%
{
MouseNeedsToBeMoved := true
DeltaX := joyx - JoyThresholdUpper
}
else if joyx < %JoyThresholdLower%
{
MouseNeedsToBeMoved := true
DeltaX := joyx - JoyThresholdLower
}
else
DeltaX = 0
if joyy > %JoyThresholdUpper%
{
MouseNeedsToBeMoved := true
DeltaY := joyy - JoyThresholdUpper
}
else if joyy < %JoyThresholdLower%
{
MouseNeedsToBeMoved := true
DeltaY := joyy - JoyThresholdLower
}
else
DeltaY = 0
if MouseNeedsToBeMoved
{
SetMouseDelay, -1 ; Makes movement smoother.
MouseMove, DeltaX * JoyMultiplier, DeltaY * JoyMultiplier * YAxisMultiplier, 0, R
}
return
MouseWheel:
GetKeyState, JoyPOV, %JoystickNumber%JoyPOV
if JoyPOV = -1 ; No angle.
return
if (JoyPOV > 31500 or JoyPOV < 4500) ; Forward
Send {WheelUp}
else if JoyPOV between 13500 and 22500 ; Back
Send {WheelDown}
return