Small controller issue

Engines, Libraries and Tools JInput
#1

I’ve got a 360 controller here - and the good news is that it works perfectly.

I’ve also got a Saitek controller here - a pretty standard looking wired USB gamepad with two analogue sticks etc. etc. The problem is the getRXAxisValue()/getRYAxisValue() methods don’t work, when really I’d expect them to work. The hack I’m using to cope with it looks like this:


	float fireXaxis = Game.getControllerType() == ControllerType.XBOX360 ? c.getRXAxisValue() : c.getAxisValue(2);
	float fireYaxis = Game.getControllerType() == ControllerType.XBOX360 ? c.getRYAxisValue() : c.getAxisValue(3);

where I detect the controller type by checking the axis names with the following lame hackery:


	Set<String> axes = new HashSet<String>();
	for (int i = 0; i < controller.getAxisCount(); i ++) {
		axes.add(controller.getAxisName(i).toLowerCase());
	}
	if (axes.contains("y axis") && axes.contains("x axis") && axes.contains("y rotation") && axes.contains("x rotation")) {
		controllerType = ControllerType.XBOX360;
	} else {
		controllerType = ControllerType.GENERIC;
	}

This all looks like hax to me. Can I do this better?

Cas :slight_smile:

#2

What happens when you run the JInput controller text test or controller read test?, it should show you what the device name and what axis it thinks it has.

Endolf