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About this mod
Play FF7 Crisis Core: Reunion as if it was a Wii game! Attack and use Materia with a pair of Joy-Cons. It's intuitive, a lot of fun and more healthy.
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
The way it works is as follows:
Note that you should switch the triggers and bumpers in the in-game settings so that LT is used to trigger Materia instead of LB. I also suggest that you try to map your materia to a direction that makes sense. If the animation of a materia sees your character spin to the right, it might make sense to map it to the right face button (B) so you have to swing your arm to the right to trigger it. The game is a lot more engaging this way.
All the other functions of the game use normal controls as they would on an Xbox controller, so imagine that your Joy-Cons are two halves of an Xbox controller. Do not look at the letters on your Joy-Cons. When the game asks you to press A, press the bottom/south button as you would on an Xbox controller. Do not press the button on the right/east. All the buttons for the motion attacks still work, so you can also attack and use Materia with buttons if you want. I played the entire game with motion controls and greatly enjoyed it!
Please note that this mod does not edit any game files. It uses my app BetterJoyMotion to emulate an Xbox 360 controller with a pair of joy-cons and implement motion controls. It should work on any version of the game, and basically any game that accepts Xbox controller inputs. You can find it on GitHub to configure yourself, but the package I upload here is already configured for Crisis Core Reunion.
Install instructions
If you find certain moves too sensitive or not sensitive enough or want to make other changes, you can open the .config file in a text editor and read the instructions for how to configure motion controls and then make the adjustments you want to make.
About this project
The BetterJoyMotion application is a modified version of the popular app BetterJoy and adds the ability to map various motions to press buttons. Because I am not a programmer, it took a lot of work and it is not as user friendly or expansive as I might like. I will share configurations for games that I feel already work very well with the current functions of my app. If anyone else is interested in bringing motion controls to PC and has the programming experience that I lack, please reach out to me. I will try to add functions over the years, but progress will be slow and infrequent.
- Swing your right hand to attack
- Swing your left hand to activate a Limit Break (special attack)
- Hold the left trigger and swing your left hand in the direction of the Materia you want to activate (up, down, left or right)
- Hold the left trigger and thrust your left or right Joy-Con straight forward to use the fifth or sixth Materia once unlocked.
Note that you should switch the triggers and bumpers in the in-game settings so that LT is used to trigger Materia instead of LB. I also suggest that you try to map your materia to a direction that makes sense. If the animation of a materia sees your character spin to the right, it might make sense to map it to the right face button (B) so you have to swing your arm to the right to trigger it. The game is a lot more engaging this way.
If you swing the Joy-Cons while a cutscene is paused, you may accidentally turn off rumble. Simply turn it back on again.All the other functions of the game use normal controls as they would on an Xbox controller, so imagine that your Joy-Cons are two halves of an Xbox controller. Do not look at the letters on your Joy-Cons. When the game asks you to press A, press the bottom/south button as you would on an Xbox controller. Do not press the button on the right/east. All the buttons for the motion attacks still work, so you can also attack and use Materia with buttons if you want. I played the entire game with motion controls and greatly enjoyed it!
Please note that this mod does not edit any game files. It uses my app BetterJoyMotion to emulate an Xbox 360 controller with a pair of joy-cons and implement motion controls. It should work on any version of the game, and basically any game that accepts Xbox controller inputs. You can find it on GitHub to configure yourself, but the package I upload here is already configured for Crisis Core Reunion.
Install instructions
- Unpack the compressed file (it's just 6.36 MB).
- Go into the Drivers folder and install VigemBus if you don't have it already. This driver is used to create virtual Xbox 360 controllers on PCs. You can also download the driver elsewhere if you prefer.
- Run BetterJoyForCemu.Exe.
- Connect your right Joy-Con first, wait for it to be recognized and only then connect your left Joy-Con. It is important for them to be listed in this order. Of course you should have already paired them with your PC before. While pairing them with your PC for the first time, if you pair the right joy-con first, BetterJoyMotion will usually connect them in the right order by default.
- When both joy-Cons are connected (right first, then left), simply leave it open and run Crisis Core. Make sure you don't have other controllers connected, because they might take priority and block out your joy-cons.
- Have fun!
If you find certain moves too sensitive or not sensitive enough or want to make other changes, you can open the .config file in a text editor and read the instructions for how to configure motion controls and then make the adjustments you want to make.
About this project
The BetterJoyMotion application is a modified version of the popular app BetterJoy and adds the ability to map various motions to press buttons. Because I am not a programmer, it took a lot of work and it is not as user friendly or expansive as I might like. I will share configurations for games that I feel already work very well with the current functions of my app. If anyone else is interested in bringing motion controls to PC and has the programming experience that I lack, please reach out to me. I will try to add functions over the years, but progress will be slow and infrequent.