How to Use Profile Shifting to Enhance Access to Games

0:02 This video shows some simple examples of what is known as profile shifting.

0:08 This is a method of changing the nature of your available controls to access things

0:13 that you couldn’t otherwise. Those available controls may be as basic as a

0:17 single button to a conventional joypad to all manner of hybrid mishmash systems.

0:24 The profile shifting examples shown tend to focus on changing the function of the

0:29 left stick, imagining that the user perhaps cannot access the right stick at

0:34 all. There are a range of methods to achieve these kinds of things. This can

0:41 be directly through an adapter such as a Titan 1 or Titan 2 straight into a

0:45 console. It can also be achieved through software such as “UCR” known as

0:50 “Universal Control Re-mapper” which would link PC controls across to a games

0:55 console. This game is Pure Pool and it’s showing the ability to swap the left stick

Swapping the Stick

1:04 to act as the left or right stick using the shift button of L1. This is showing

1:11 that you can use a single stick and a button to get extra functions on most

1:18 game controllers. At the moment this is showing the stick acting conventionally

1:23 as the left stick for aiming and if I hold this button (L1) and press right I

1:31 can change to the right stick mode and take a shot.

1:42 So here I am in left stick mode aiming and then moving across the right stick

1:49 mode and taking a shot with minimal movement.

Flower

2:07 This game is called flower and conventionally this is a sixaxis game. We have to physically move the

2:11 controller around to play. This uses a special mode which allows you to put the

2:17 sixaxis motion onto a single stick enough to play this game. You pollinate

2:22 everything. You’re the wind and the idea of the game is to bring back nature.

2:30 It’s a lovely game.

Everybodys Gone to the Rapture

2:37 This is a walking simulator called “Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture” but this

2:43 method can also apply to first-person shooters and this shows a method of

2:48 merging left and right stick together onto a single stick where by using the

2:55 left stick you can move but whilst holding it in a position such as up if

3:00 you tap L1 (your shift control) you can lock that motion on and quickly switch

3:05 the stick over to the right stick which enables you to look and move at

3:11 the same time. At the minute I’m in left stick mode but if I walk and then tap a

3:21 special button, in this case L1 (it doesn’t have to be), I moved to right

3:25 stick mode and I can walk and look at the same time to explore freely. These

3:34 are the sort of spirits that are in separate parts of the area and there’s

3:40 associated story with them. If you want to stop you just tap L1.

3:52 I can walk backwards and then if I tap the special button, L1 in this case,

4:02 I’m holding whatever that direction was and it will constantly walk until I tap L1

4:10 again. Again I’m in left stick mode. I’m looking forward, tap L1 and I’ll

4:19 quickly dart into the right stick mode.

4:30 In this game if you hold trigger you get a sprinting action.

4:49 This game shows a method of using just the left side of the controller to access the basic

4:53 controls of the driving game. You have left and right steering conventionally,

4:58 if you pull down you’ll reverse and in this case pressing the left trigger will

5:03 accelerate. It’s also possible to use the left stick alone for accelerate, reverse

5:08 left/right steering, but in this instance accelerations on the left trigger and

5:15 braking and reversing is on the down action of the left stick. All of these

5:28 options can be reached through one side of the controller if needed and using

5:35 other software connected to a PC it’s possible to access all these using

5:39 speech or other methods.

Universal Control Ring

5:44 This is another method of getting more controls on a

5:49 reduced number of buttons and joysticks. This is using some software called UCR

5:55 Universal Control Re-mapper. At the minute I’m in left stick mode mode. If I

6:04 use the shift button L1 and press right, now I’ve got control of the right

6:11 stick. This ability to change controls on the

6:16 fly is very helpful and with UCR all manner of controls can be combined to be

6:23 seen as a single controller that could include speech, keyboard controls,

6:28 switches, a mix of joysticks. All sorts is possible. If this seems complicated

6:38 please do get in touch and we can help more.