More than 4 Gamepads

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More than 4 Gamepads

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Hello! :3
Is there a way to allow the game to recognize more than 4 Gamepad?

Example: When I connect 5 or 6 gamepads only 4 are recognize :(

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function love.joystickadded( joystick )
     print(joystick:getName().." Connected",joystick:getID())
end
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I think its related to Xinput thing that not allow more that 4 gamepad
but is there a way to change it to DirectInput for example?
Last edited by pericles on Wed Apr 21, 2021 3:03 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: More than 4 Gamepads

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Just curious
Why do you even need more than 1 or 2 gamepads connected?
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To play more than 4 players, each one with theirs own gamepad >.<

Like Shipped, a game that can be played by 8 players local
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Re: More than 4 Gamepads

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pericles wrote: Sun Apr 18, 2021 5:47 pm To play more than 4 players, each one with theirs own gamepad >.<

Like Shipped, a game that can be played by 8 players local
Yeah, but how much people actually nowdays plays in games with local multiplayer with more then 2 players?
in our 2k21 future everyone play in multyplayer games via internet or in very rare cases via lan
so i guess 4 gamepads limit shouldn't be a problem
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Maybe he/she has lots of siblings. :)
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pericles wrote: Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:28 pm Hello! :3
Is there a way to allow the game to recognize more than 4 Gamepad?
Wow!!! Nice find! I've connected only 4 gamepads at the same time.
I had an idea there is a limit on the number of the connected joysticks.
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Re: More than 4 Gamepads

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GVovkiv wrote: Sun Apr 18, 2021 6:23 pm Yeah, but how much people actually nowdays plays in games with local multiplayer with more then 2 players?
in our 2k21 future everyone play in multyplayer games via internet or in very rare cases via lan
so i guess 4 gamepads limit shouldn't be a problem
Well, it's a problem for me otherwise wouldn't have posted

Groups of more than 4 friends aren't that weird, plus siblings as togFox said :rofl:

That kind of answer is not helpful at all.
Its like if someone ask:
- "How to use conf.lua or --console on Ubuntu?"
And people answer it with:
- "Most people use Windows nowadays, just use Windows and it shouldn't be a problem"

But thanks, I guess ^^
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Re: More than 4 Gamepads

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pericles wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 3:01 pm
GVovkiv wrote: Sun Apr 18, 2021 6:23 pm Yeah, but how much people actually nowdays plays in games with local multiplayer with more then 2 players?
in our 2k21 future everyone play in multyplayer games via internet or in very rare cases via lan
so i guess 4 gamepads limit shouldn't be a problem
Well, it's a problem for me otherwise wouldn't have posted

Groups of more than 4 friends aren't that weird, plus siblings as togFox said :rofl:

That kind of answer is not helpful at all.
Its like if someone ask:
- "How to use conf.lua or --console on Ubuntu?"
And people answer it with:
- "Most people use Windows nowadays, just use Windows and it shouldn't be a problem"

But thanks, I guess ^^
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Re: More than 4 Gamepads

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Sounds like a bug to me, though it could potentially be with your system/drivers/etc. Have you tried some of the other checks, like love.joystick.getJoystickCount, or love.joystick.getJoysticks? Have you tried different types of controllers?

You could also try reporting it on the Love2D github issues page: https://github.com/love2d/love/issues
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Re: More than 4 Gamepads

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I'd bet that this is not a Löve issue, but an upstream issue, either SDL or the OS.
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