Using controllers with two analog sticks...

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SuperRoboFan

(Posted 2009) [#1]

If you are using a joystick with two analog sticks, is it possible for a Blitz3d game to be programmed so that it used both of them? If so, how is it done?

Ginger Tea

(Posted 2009) [#2]

yes blitz can use both analog sticks at the same time, they vary from controller to controller but are normally x and y axis

there is an excelent example of dual stick controller method posted here a while back, one stick controlling the left and the other right thrusters of a hover vehicle
edit:
http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=77308

and a util by pongo
http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=1592

GIB3D

(Posted 2009) [#3]

Try this joystick example, move both joysticks around and see what values change.

While Not KeyDown(1) 

; Get various joystick values 
ju#=JoyU() 
judir=JoyUDir() 
jv#=JoyV() 
jvdir=JoyVDir() 
jyaw#=JoyYaw() 
jpitch#=JoyPitch() 
jroll#=JoyRoll() 

; Output joystick values 
Text 0,0,"Move joystick to output values onto screen" 
Text 0,20,"JoyU(): "+ju# 
Text 0,40,"JoyUDir(): "+judir 
Text 0,60,"JoyV(): "+jv# 
Text 0,80,"JoyVDir(): "+jvdir 
Text 0,100,"JoyYaw(): "+jyaw# 
Text 0,120,"JoyPitch(): "+jpitch# 
Text 0,140,"JoyRoll(): "+jroll# 

Flip 
Cls 

Wend

SuperRoboFan

(Posted 2009) [#4]

To GIB3D:

Are you using Biltz3D SDK? Because my Blitz3D didn't recognize a lot of the commands in your snippet of code...

Guy Fawkes

(Posted 2009) [#5]

to robofan: can u post the control stick code please? ^^

SuperRoboFan

(Posted 2009) [#6]

Control stick code?

Guy Fawkes

(Posted 2009) [#7]

i meant the dual analog stick code.

Stevie G

(Posted 2009) [#8]

I'm not sure where GIB3d got those commands but most of them are indeed nonsense ...

Replace them with these commands ..

JoyX( Port )
JoyY( Port )
JoyZ( Port )
JoyPitch( Port)
JoyRoll( Port )
JoyYaw( Port )
JoyU( Port )
JoyV( Port )
JoyHat( Port )

On a PS2 controller

L stick = JoyX for left/right , JoyY for up/down
R stick = JoyRoll for left/right, JoyZ for up/down

Note that you must divide the output from JoyRoll by 180.0 to get a valid result between -1 and 1.

Stevie

GIB3D

(Posted 2009) [#9]

I got them straight out of the JoyV example in the help documents. It's the same example for JoyU, JoyYaw, JoyPitch, JoyRoll and some of the other ones.

Edit:

I'm not sure where GIB3d got those commands but most of them are indeed nonsense ...

If I made the example I wouldn't have done it like that either, I just copied and pasted.

SuperRoboFan

(Posted 2009) [#10]

I just updated my Blitz3D, and now I can use both joysticks! Thanks for the help!

Guy Fawkes

(Posted 2009) [#11]

@superrobofan, can u release the source for the joysticks?