Joystick input consistency

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Chroma (Posted 2007) [#1]

It's odd how some people's z wheel on their joystick is JoyZ() while on my joystick it's JoyU(). Same with a couple other like JoyRoll() etc. Anyone else have to combat this problem?

Pongo (Posted 2007) [#2]

Anyone that wishes to use more than the standard joyX() and joyY() will have this problem. It seems that every time a new joystick/joypad is made they decide on a different arrangement. Even within the same company things change,... I have 2 Logitech gamepads, and the second stick reads as different on each. What you need to do is remap the controls, and capture the stick settings. I wrote a little thing that does this in the code archives. http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=1592 Good luck!

Stevie G (Posted 2007) [#3]

Sorted - as above

Blitzplotter (Posted 2007) [#4]

Just used Pongo's control mapper last night for first time, sweet piece of code.