Demo: Joystick Info

[Gerrit]

Hey!

I took a look into joystick input today and wrote a small program to display those infos. Please don't take a look inside, it's messy in there: No comments and I guess I could have done some things in an easier way but who cares At this moment you can view 2 connected joysticks (because I didn't implant "pages" or something to scroll down) but you can still change the windows height to get more joysticks onto the page What you also should know: I only tested it with my joypad (2 axes, 8 buttons. So I don't know if it detecs analogue axes or triggers. At this moment I count all axes and divide them by 2. I should really buy that wifi thingy for my mac to use my xbox360 pad..

At this moment the program (v1) supports:
- unlimited number of joysticks (see above )
- name of the device
- about 20 buttons per joystick
- about 5 axes per joystick
- detection of viewhats & trackballs

Todo (if I ever work on this again):
- Multiple pages (for more then 2 joysticks)
- Info on viewhats & trackballs (if I ever get my hands on something that has a viewhat or a trackball)

Don't know:
- If analogue axes are supported and when, what I'll get back from them
- If analogue triggers are supported and where they are listed

This is how it looks like:

[qubodup]

Hm. it seems to have horrible problems with my xbox 360 controller, but I think this might be a driver or love problem..

The axes boxes show only white circles when I hold the axe-things at specific positions.

[mikembley]

I also tried it with my Xbox 360 controller

So it is not only specific to you qubodup, I am using Windows Vista

Can anyone else try and test this?

[Gerrit]

The axes boxes show only white circles when I hold the axe-things at specific positions.

Not sure what you mean. You know that the white circle in the middle should show the direction in which you're pressing your stick, right? Don't think that I think you're dumb. Just wanted to be clear on that one Maybe you waited for some numbers to pop up.

I also tried it with my Xbox 360 controller

So it is not only specific to you qubodup, I am using Windows Vista

Can anyone else try and test this?

I still haven't bought the wireless thingy for my controller. But I changed the code a bit and present you: joystickRaw Just start it up and post what you get. I need:

- the number of axes
- which of the axes responds to which stick / direction
- what numbers do you get if you press it all the way (say left) and half to the left.

Then I can rewrite the JoystickInfo and we all know if Löve can handle analogue sticks Oh, and if you get more then 6 axes:

- press a trigger and post which axe responds
- post what number you get if you press if half way and all the way

Thanks in advance

[mikembley]

Xbox 360 Controller consists of:

5 Axes
Axe 0 = Left Analogue Stick X-axis (-1 to 1)
Axe 1 = Left Analogue Stick Y-axis (-1 to 1)
Axe 2 = Both Triggers, 1 = Left Trigger, -1 = Right Trigger
Axe 3 = Right Analogue Stick Y-axis (-1 to 1)
Axe 4 = Right Analogue Stick X-axis (-1 to 1 )

9 buttons in all
Button 0 = A
Button 1 = B
Button 2 = X
Button 3 = Y
Button 4 = LB
Button 5 = RB
Button 6 = BACK
Button 7 = START
Button 8 = Left Analogue Stick Depressed
Buton 9 = Right Analogue Stick Depressed

1 Viewhat ( Although i couldnt get the Viewhat data so i wrote my own )
0 = Unpressed
1 = North
3 = North East
2 = East
6 = South East
4 = South
12 = South West
8 = West
9 = North West

There is no apparent button for the Xbox Logo, but i dont think that matters

[Gerrit]

Xbox 360 Controller consists of:

5 Axes
Axe 0 = Left Analogue Stick X-axis (-1 to 1)
Axe 1 = Left Analogue Stick Y-axis (-1 to 1)
Axe 2 = Both Triggers, 1 = Left Trigger, -1 = Right Trigger
Axe 3 = Right Analogue Stick Y-axis (-1 to 1)
Axe 4 = Right Analogue Stick X-axis (-1 to 1 )

So it jump right from 0 to 1? Without anything between? That sucks. Not that I need it right now but it would be nice to have And why the hell did the have to add those triggers into the middle? If I ever need more then one Axis I would have to look up the type of the controller to catch this.

1 Viewhat ( Although i couldnt get the Viewhat data so i wrote my own )
0 = Unpressed
1 = North
3 = North East
2 = East
6 = South East
4 = South
12 = South West
8 = West
9 = North West

Uhm. O.k. That's interesting. I would never guesses that the digital pad is shown as a viewhat.. THAT'S something I should have to look out for when making my game able to use a pad.

There is no apparent button for the Xbox Logo, but i dont think that matters

Right. We have enough buttons to choose from

Thanks for your effort! I guess I'm not the only one who like to have those infos now.

[mikembley]

So it jump right from 0 to 1? Without anything between? That sucks. Not that I need it right now but it would be nice to have And why the hell did the have to add those triggers into the middle? If I ever need more then one Axis I would have to look up the type of the controller to catch this.

What i meant by -1 to 1 is that it ranges from -1 to 1 ( -1.0, -0.9, -0.8 .. .. .. .. 0 .. .. .. .. 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0)

It would be rather silly that the analogue sticks wouldnt be sensitive to anything more/less

Im not sure why it has triggers in the middle, i guess they've done it as it appears on the pad from left to right, This also messes with your method of counting all axes and then dividing them by 2