Gamepad demo examples?

#1 Yes it is possible. The first thing you'll need to do is put these lines in your startGame function.

$enableDirectInput = true;
   activateDirectInput();
   enableJoystick();

Then you can set keybinds for it like:

moveMap.bind(joystick0, "xaxis", "stuff");
moveMap.bindCmd(joystick0, "button0", "otherStuff(1);", "otherStuff(0);");

You can say "joystick1" and that will reference the second joypad plugged into the computer. You use "x/yaxis" for the left anlogue stick and "rx/ryaxis" for the right analogue stick. "zaxis" and "rzaxis" are the triggers on a 360 controller. Any of the other buttons will be a button. The only thing I haven't figured out is the d-pad...

#2 The D-Pad is recognized just like a joystick, but I did'nt get it to work (on a ps2-pad adaptator).

I would really like to know how to use the D-Pad/Joystick.
Because all the results I'm getting with it right now are craps :/

#3 Thanks Paul it does say thay device joystick0 has been created, but it wont do anyting when I press a button Is supposed to do a command when button1 is pressed.

update: Oh sorry It was a problem with my command sintaxis, it does work ! thanks!

#4 Why do I get -1.5 as the center of the Xaxis? how can I calibrate that?

#5 That's a matter of calibrating the joypad in Windows. Go find the "Game Controllers" option in the Windows Control Panel or something. However it will likely always have _some_ miniscule input. Tom Spillman wrote a nice little function to filter the joystick axis data in the adventure pack. I dunno if I can post the actual function, but it's pretty easy to replicate.

#6 Joystick is one of the most basic features of game engines, I don't think it's a bad thing to tell us how to use it, you know.

#7 The dpad is "dpov", "upov", "rpov", "lpov".
I think you could also set it up as "xpov" and "ypov". -not sure didn't test it.

#8 Well on the meanwhile heres the code I used on the miniplatformer to get the character moving with the joystiq ;)
First on game.cs startgame use this:

$enableDirectInput = true;
   activateDirectInput();
   enableJoystick();

then on the bindings in player.cs add :

moveMap.bind(joystick0, "xaxis", xaxis);
          moveMap.bindCmd(joystick0, "button0", "playerJump();", "");
	  moveMap.bindCmd(joystick0, "button2", "playerAttack();", "");

And finally the code itself

function xaxis(%val){
	if (%val==-1.5259e-005){
		%val=0;
		playerLeftStop();
		playerRightStop();
		$pGuy.setLinearVelocityX(0);
		$xval=%val;
		return;
	}

 $xval=%val;

	if (%val>0.3){
		playerLeftStop();
		playerRight();
	}


	if (%val<-0.3) {
		playerRightStop();
		playerLeft();
	}

	
}

That 1.5 something value is what I get when the joystiq is at rest. Im not sure if you get the same value.

p.s. Any ideas on how to send vibration feedback?