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XBox Controller for Windows and GamePads

by Bill Gower · in Hardware Issues · 03/07/2008 (4:10 pm) · 1 replies

If I want my game to run using a controller or GamePad, are they pretty much interchangeable in the sense that the buttons are programmable and as long as the player sets the proper buttons for jump and go left and go forward and go right and shoot etc it works or do I have to specifically program for an XBox Controller or a GamePad?

Bill
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Torque Owner Cinder Games
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03/07/2008 (5:26 pm)
Well, torque sees a button as button0-button10 or something. and each manufacture will lay them out differently. I've tested torque with a couple pads, they're pretty much interchangable, but the button layout is different. You'd probably be fine as long as you can allow the player to remap the actions to whatever buttons they want.