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#1 2008-01-25 05:25:42
Joystick or gamepad input sensing
In addition to the very proprietary 'Scratch board', it would be great if a standard USB joystick or gamepad could be attached to Scratch. These devices are easily available for low cost and I suppose the usage of joysticks for selfmade games would be considered as 'cool'.
In the 'middleages' the analog joystick input on soundcards was often used for DIY projects to sense slow analog voltages or switches. Today simple USB interface controlers are available [1] to have analog (voltage) and digital (switches) inputs for DIY hardware controler projects.
2 analog values (x-,y-axis) and a few (4?) buttons should be supported by almost every device, so this could be implemented as minimum standard features, avoiding problems by sharing the programs.
Roman
[1] e.g. from 'Code Mercenaries', JoyWarrior series (based on Cypress microcontroler)
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#2 2008-01-27 13:08:25
Re: Joystick or gamepad input sensing
I would like this too.
The 4 buttons and x/y axis should be setted by the user itself, not the creator.
Like some sort of "setup" for the keys. Elsewhere I think it would be too hard too implement, because there are much different types of yousticks/joypads.
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#3 2008-01-29 04:24:49
Re: Joystick or gamepad input sensing
OK, I would like to keep this topic alive.
During weekend I investigated a program called "Xpadder" (see www.xpadder.com). A small utility to convert joystick/gamepad input to mouse movements and keyboard events.
The userinterface is well done and quit flexible, and should be no problem for experienced gamers. We had some glitches to reload a perviously defined configuration. Neverthless, interaction with Scratch was fluent. By redirecting joystick movements e.g. to key up/down/left/right events, we were able to play a few jump&run games. It was fun to play Scratch with gamepad and joystick.
Next step will be to test 'Glovepie'. A program with a very comprehensive feature list for input devices like MIDI, Wii controler or data gloves.
Hopefully some good ideas come out of this new possibilities.
Roman
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#5 2010-11-26 08:53:29
- meowmeow55
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Re: Joystick or gamepad input sensing
Despite the fact that this thread is over 2 and a half years old, I support!
There's also another application which converts joystick input to keyboard and mouse actions that I use, called JoyToKey. Not sure what's happened to it, I got an old version from somewhere.
Yawn.
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#7 2012-03-15 10:58:35
Re: Joystick or gamepad input sensing
elimantor wrote:
i support
Please don't necropost.
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