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A type of game controller held in two hands

A gamepad (also called joypad or control pad), is a type of game controller held in two hands, where the fingers (especially thumbs) are used to provide input. Gamepads generally feature a set of action buttons handled with the right thumb and a direction controller handled with the left. The direction controller has traditionally been a four-way digital cross (also named a joypad, or alternatively a D-pad), but most modern controllers additionally (or as a substitute) feature an analog stick.

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Is the HTML5 Gamepad API limited to only 4 Controllers?

I'm correctly able to get input from 4 controllers through using the HTML5 Gamepad API within a browser. https://www.w3.org/TR/gamepad/ What I'm having trouble with is getting input from 8 controllers. These being all Xbox 360 controllers, I know…
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How to tell Siri Remote button presses and gamepad button presses apart?

I wrote an override for pressesBegan(_ presses: Set, with event: UIPressesEvent?) on my ViewController. open override func pressesBegan(_ presses: Set, with event: UIPressesEvent?) { #if os(tvOS) for press in presses { …
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tvOS - game control via non-Siri remote

I'm working on a game in Objective-C. The Siri remote works great via GCMicroGamepad and real MFi controllers work well via GCGamepad. However, third-party IR remotes do not work at all in-game (and neither does the Remote App on iPhone or an older…
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How does one handle input from a character device/gamepad directly in Linux systems?

I am developing a program in C that uses a USB SNES controller for input on a RPM based distribution. Is there a library anyone knows of that makes this easier to interact with, or some tool (joydev?) that allows to properly read input from the…
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How to detect gamepad triggers both pushed with USB HID API?

I use RawInput + Windows USB HID API to receive WM_INPUT message when a gamepad button is pressed and retrieve gamepad state. There's a problem: two triggers work on same axis which means you can't figure out if two triggers are pressed at the same…
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Detect volume and home button presses on the Siri Remote

It's relatively straightforward to detect some button presses on the tvOS Siri Remote: the pause/play button, the touchpad area, and with marginally more effort, the MENU button. But there seems to be no way detect or override the function of the +…
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Can I use gamepads with Node-Webkit (NW.js)?

I am building a NW.js (Node-Webkit) dashboard app which I want to be able to control with a game controller (for example: XBox 360 controller or Logitech controller). I'm calling the following onready but when I debug its not recognizing any…
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pygame: detect Joystick disconnect, and wait for it to be reconnected

I'm using a pygame.joystick.Joystick object and want to be able to print a message asking the user to reconnect a usb joystick once it's been unplugged. right now I have (roughly): js = pygame.joystick.Joystick(0) #... some game code and…
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Rumble support with Gamepads?

I have read through both the MDN Gamepad API page and the W3C Gamepad API page, and I have found nothing about any rumble features with Gamepads. I found one page that referenced rumble support in FireFox with an android phone, but only had one…
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How to differentiate a D-pad movement from a Joystick movement?

I need to have two different behaviors, one for D-pad and another for the analog Joystick (on the same gamepad). The problem is that on the onGenericMotionEvent callback, both have the same information on the MotionEvent and I am not able to…
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Gamepad required - android tv - releasing app

I have uploaded app on android tv which supports gamepad but it's not required. Unfortunately google play store shows that pad is required. I know it's something with manifest but it looks good to me. This is important part i guess uses-feature…
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XNA show xbox onscreen keyboard in PC

I need to show, and input some text in xbox-like onscreen keyboard. Sadly, when I call Guide.BeginShowKeyboardInput, there is only some funny textbox shown, and i must fill it via keyboard. I know, that on PC iv very normal to use keyboard, but in…
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IOKit: Not receiving HID interrupt reports from DualShock 4 controller connected with Bluetooth

Introduction I am working on getting full support for the PlayStation 4 Controller using the HID interface in IOKit. The controller is connected over Bluetooth. I can open a connection to the controller and start receiving reports, however, once I…
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Unity 5 doesn't see my PS4 controller

I've been seeing people use XBOX, PS3 and PS4 controllers for awhile now but haven't had a reason to mess with them until now. Today I purchased a PS4 Dual Shock 4 wireless controller. I'm running Unity 5 on a MacBook Pro with latest OS X version.…
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gamepad force feedback (vibration) on windows using raw input

I'm currently writing a cross platform library in C which includes gamepad support. Gamepad communication on windows is handled by both raw input and xinput, depending on the specific gamepad. While xinput facilitates force feedback on xbox360…
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