Uploaded July 2018 | Updated September 2026, 18 hours ago
this is a "dead zone" on the right touch pad on the edge near the BY buttons in the abxy diamond.
VSCView clearly sees my thumb and can track it, but as that feature says the software will intentionally ignore input from that spot. Presumably that is to make pressing the B or Y buttons without sending touch pad input easier.
I've never had an issue with the abxy diamond personally, even when I do physically use. Of course, these days I tend to play "pads only", so even though that spot is clearly quite small it actually kind of irks me that my touch pad isnt "whole".
I really wish this was a configurable setting. Seems as if either some people never had an issue or this was masking the issue, OR it straight up doesnt work for some people because I have read about complaints through the years on reddit on the like about abxy being annoying to use because they still trigger the pad.
It also proves a point I'll be making in an upcoming video: the "Outer Dead Zone" setting in some of the touch pad modes is incorrectly named. That slider simply means "where the maximum output is reached".
The fact that this zone exists proves that a true "outer dead zone", ie "no input beyond this point is sent out", is possible. As such, it should 100% be user configurable in ALL touch pad modes.
This will allow people who do have the abxy issue to increase the dead zone to their liking, while allowing power users like myself and others to reclaim that area to make our pads "whole"
this is a "dead zone" on the right touch pad on the edge near the BY buttons in the abxy diamond.
VSCView clearly sees my thumb and can track it, but as that feature says the software will intentionally ignore input from that spot. Presumably that is to make pressing the B or Y buttons without sending touch pad input easier.
I've never had an issue with the abxy diamond personally, even when I do physically use. Of course, these days I tend to play "pads only", so even though that spot is clearly quite small it actually kind of irks me that my touch pad isnt "whole".
I really wish this was a configurable setting. Seems as if either some people never had an issue or this was masking the issue, OR it straight up doesnt work for some people because I have read about complaints through the years on reddit on the like about abxy being annoying to use because they still trigger the pad.
It also proves a point I'll be making in an upcoming video: the "Outer Dead Zone" setting in some of the touch pad modes is incorrectly named. That slider simply means "where the maximum output is reached".
The fact that this zone exists proves that a true "outer dead zone", ie "no input beyond this point is sent out", is possible. As such, it should 100% be user configurable in ALL touch pad modes.
This will allow people who do have the abxy issue to increase the dead zone to their liking, while allowing power users like myself and others to reclaim that area to make our pads "whole"
