A game extremely well-suited to AMS2HID is
Neverball, in which you
"tilt the floor to roll the ball through an obstacle course before time runs out". In this case, the physical tilting of the computer closely matches the virtual tilting required in the game to result in a very immersive and enjoyable gaming experience. Neverball is available for Mac OS X, among other platforms. Its source code is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
The following is a rough sequence of steps needed to play Neverball through AMS2HID:
- Ensure that the PowerBook is stationary and level, ideally on a flat surface. It is desirable that the PowerBook is stationary and level whenever you need to generate events from a physical mouse or a keyboard while AMS2HID's target application is the "front" application. Once you get used to AMS2HID, you may find that this is not a requirement, and you can normally use the physical HIDs in most cases.
- Launch Neverball.
- Launch AMS2HID. Note that Neverball automatically suspends gameplay when it is not the current application.
- Select the keyboard personality using the "Select HID" pop-up button.
You should also try Neverball with the mouse personality. It is possible that you find that the mouse offers finer-grained control in the game.
- Select Neverball as the target application using the "Select An Application" pop-up-button.
- Optionally, adjust any keyboard settings. If this is the first time that you are attempting to use AMS2HID with Neverball, select "Test Mode" using the pop-up button that says "Normal Mode" by default. At this point, switching to Neverball will activate AMS2HID's event generation core.
- Switch to Neverball, and select any game options if necessary (as you normally would). Finally, start a new game.
- Pick the PowerBook up and start playing, using the PowerBook itself as the game controller.
