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PixelDud
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Been thinking about what the best way to control a mech would be recently. Keeping options realistic, so no brain-computer interfacing. The puppeteering methods used by the actual Kuratas mech and Ganker toys are the most interesting to me.

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PixelDud
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I'd imagine movement like walking would be best handled by some automated system. You give direction and speed inputs, foot placement is done on the fly.

PixelDud
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Dual joysticks seems like it might be neat too, but you wouldn't have direct control over the arm movements in that scenario.

PixelDud
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Hm, maybe both with a mode toggle. Puppeteering for melee combat and precision object manipulation, dual joysticks for gunfights and the like. That'd cover ground operations quite well, joysticks could probably do space nicely too.