Multiple Gamepads

Engines, Libraries and Tools JInput
#1

Hi,

I am trying to use two gamepads with JInput (basically player 1 and player 2). I have both pads hooked upto a Belkin USB hub. Everything seems to work, but the gamepads switch order every so often (never when I am running the program). One gamepad will be player 1 on one app start, and then it will be player 2 on another start.

I tried looking at the Controller.getPortNumber, but its always 0. Is there any otherway to consistantly identify one controller as player 1? I checked the controller variables at runtime and ipQueue and ipDevice always seem to be different.

Thanks for any info.

#2

It would help to know which OS you are under.

#3

I am using Mac OSX. Anyother info that would be usefull?

#4

Hmmm.

Unfortunately Mac is probably the paltform that has the least active support at the moment. (Mac game hackers are kinda hard to come by.)

My guess is that there is a race in the implementation of the hub hardware such that which pad is “seen first” by the hub is non-deterministic.

if so there is probably no software solution.