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#1 2009-12-02 23:54:22

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Joysticks

It would be really good if you could use a joystick with Scratch. It could work kind of like a pico-board or something. Some basic things it could sense are X axis/Y axis, slider, Z rotation, point of view hat, and of course, button sensing. I would like to see this new feature more than any other one.


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#2 2009-12-03 00:26:55

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Re: Joysticks

If you really can't wait then you could look up a program called joytokey which maps joystick buttons to keys. But yeah, native joystick support would be neat, not high on the to do list though.


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#3 2009-12-03 03:37:39

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Re: Joysticks

Have you looked at the Sensor Boards forum? It's about programs or devices that you can use with Scratch.


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#4 2009-12-03 23:00:09

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Re: Joysticks

archmage wrote:

If you really can't wait then you could look up a program called joytokey which maps joystick buttons to keys. But yeah, native joystick support would be neat, not high on the to do list though.

I know that, but then it will only support people that have Joy2Key.


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#5 2009-12-06 00:38:54

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Re: Joysticks

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#6 2009-12-06 06:38:46

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Re: Joysticks

I have a Thrustmaster joystick/jet controller thingy, which I can use for everything from Flanker 2.5 to the emulator Project64, to Need for Speed Carbon. I really want to use it for Scratch......
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#7 2009-12-07 01:23:30

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Re: Joysticks

RacerZmanx1 wrote:

I have a Thrustmaster joystick/jet controller thingy, which I can use for everything from Flanker 2.5 to the emulator Project64, to Need for Speed Carbon. I really want to use it for Scratch......

You know there is a software made by ManaUser called Joytail that allow to connect joysticks to scratch? View topic here http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=270112


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#8 2009-12-08 23:25:27

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Re: Joysticks

RacerZmanx1 wrote:

I have a Thrustmaster joystick/jet controller thingy, which I can use for everything from Flanker 2.5 to the emulator Project64, to Need for Speed Carbon. I really want to use it for Scratch......
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I have a jet controller thingy too. It's a Microsoft SideWinder Precision 2 Joystick.


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#9 2009-12-08 23:30:34

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Re: Joysticks

Scratch412 wrote:

RacerZmanx1 wrote:

I have a Thrustmaster joystick/jet controller thingy, which I can use for everything from Flanker 2.5 to the emulator Project64, to Need for Speed Carbon. I really want to use it for Scratch......

You know there is a software made by ManaUser called Joytail that allow to connect joysticks to scratch? View topic here http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=270112

There's two problems with it though:

1. You have to download it
2. It doesn't include very many functions. Just X/Y Axis and button sensing.


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#10 2010-12-31 05:27:20

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Re: Joysticks

i have made a joystick project for scratch that you can use but please give credit :http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/GUIK/1449750

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#11 2011-01-04 23:16:07

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Re: Joysticks

Cool, but that doesn't have to do with an actual joystick function in Scratch.


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#12 2011-01-05 05:05:10

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Re: Joysticks

You can use Joytail, that lets you connect to a Joystick using Remote Sensor Connections.

EDIT: Oh... Someone already mentioned it... Meh...  tongue

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#13 2011-01-31 13:54:03

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Re: Joysticks

You might want to start a new topic.


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