Pandora Joysticks

[Minion]

OK... I give up ;( Has anyone else been able to read the joypad/nubs/buttons on the Pandora ?

Ive tried everything to get the data from them and nothing is coming back. I can get the info back from a standard usb joytick on the PC, but for the life of me I can get nothing back on the Pandora (barr the left nub, and thats all ;( )

Anyone else had any luck with this ?

[MrTAToad]

Post a bug report, although users with a Pandora are rarer than a hen with doggy dentures.

[Minion]

Cant repost a bug report as it doesnt thro up any errors ;(

Im using the following code just to get feedback on the controls...and I get nothing.

Code (glbasic) Select Expand


LOCAL n,n$,x,y,z,rx,ry,rz,b,dx,dy,n


WHILE TRUE
n$ = GETJOYNAME$(n)
x# = GETJOYX(n)
y# = GETJOYY(n)
z# = GETJOYZ(n)
rx# = GETJOYRX(n)
ry# = GETJOYRY(n)
rz# = GETJOYRZ(n)
dx# = GETDIGIX(n)
dy# = GETDIGIY(n)

PRINT n$,0,0
PRINT "x#  "+x#,0,32
PRINT "y#  "+y#,0,48
PRINT "z#  "+z#,0,64

PRINT "rx# "+rx#,0,96
PRINT "ry# "+ry#,0,112
PRINT "rz# "+rz#,0,128

PRINT "dx# "+dx#,0,160
PRINT "dy# "+dy#,0,176

FOR m=0 TO 15
b = GETJOYBUTTON(n, m)
PRINT "b"+m+"  "+b,400,(m*16)+32
NEXT

SHOWSCREEN

WEND


[MrTAToad]

The fact that it may not be working could mean its a bug 

[Kitty Hello]

Are you sure the nub is working properly? There's a test porgram installed and some (mine e.g.) right nubs are broken.

[Minion]

Both nubs work fine, but I can only get the data back for the left nub ;(

I can get all the data back for the buttons, l/r sholder buttons and the d-pad by using KEY(#) tho, so its not a total disaster, it just made more sense to use the joystick commands. I just cant use the nubs ;(

[Kitty Hello]

I was told you have to set the nub in joystick mode. Then the right nub should be joystick #3 from GLBasic.
(There's a switch: right nub=mouse/joystick somewhere IIRC).

[Minion]

Cheers, I`ll look into that.

For the time being the KEY() will be fine tho as I only need the d-pad and buttons for what Im doing next ... a slew of the old VFD tabletop games I thinky Pandy is ideal for that

[Kitty Hello]

Oh, I never heared of the VFT games. Had a quick look, was not well known in Gemany. Or I'm too young. Bright idea to port!

[Minion]

Bit rough and ready, but this is the basic idea (for the first). As Ive got lots of these it shouldn`t be too hard to "sim" the rest

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[Kitty Hello]

awesome!
Maybe placing the icons not on a rectangular grid, but move the topper ones a bit closer to the center will look even better.

[LineOf7s]

Just had to chime in lamely and say:  I had that game!   

[quangdx]

Oh, I never heared of the VFT games. Had a quick look, was not well known in Gemany. Or I'm too young. Bright idea to port!

Great simulation of a classic
http://www.pica-pic.com/#/caveman/

[Minion]

I dont know how many other people here use GL for coding on the Pandora, but I`d like to know if there is any. Im giving up on this. 1 sprite on screen and I cant get it over 3fps ;(

*edit* Ah...it would appear that pandy doesnt like CREATESCREEN/USESCREEN ... without it I get a rock steady 60 fps with hundreds of sprites !

* * Edit * * Im an arse .... please excuse my inability to code atm. USESCREEN 0 works fine on my PC so didnt see my error, which was I should be using -1 .... I`ll go and sit in a corner somewhere and shoot myself. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[Minion]

Just thought I`d post an update screenshot now ive finally got it all working




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