Joystick button 'pressed'/released(GM)

[Ironrind]

I've been having trouble with programming a joystick for some time. What I want to do is create a code that will recognize if the the joystick button has been pressed since the last frame or not. Reason is, the insta-shield is executing as soon as the the player jumps. If the player is still holding jump after jumping, I want the jump button to have to be presses again to execute the instashield.

Also, I have the same problem for joystick 'key released' rather than 'not being pressed'.

I'm using Damizean and McDizzy's Sonic 360 Engine

Any ideas/techniques?

[justin123]

try this:

Begin Step:

global.gamepad_button=input function; too lazy to look it up

global.gamepad_button_pressed=0;

global.gamepad_button_released=0;

if global.gamepad_button

{

if global.gamepad_button_pressed{global.gamepad_button_pressed=0 button_not_active=1};

}

else

{

global.gamepad_button_pressed=0;

button_not_active=0;

}

if global.gamepad_button_pressed && !gamepad_button

{global.gamepad_button_released=true;}

EDIT:

if your using gm7+, download tahnok's "gamepad extended" extention. It has the functions you need.

[FanGameRevolver]

This thread is pretty useful for using joystick support. http://gmc.yoyogames.com/lofiversion/index.php/t22469.html

[Ironrind]

Thanks guys! I got it working just fine. Joystick/Gamepads are so much more comfortable.

Rep++

[Godmaster]

It's possible to remap joystick buttons in GM? Would like a good idea for different kinds of joypads.

[Ironrind]

Yeah, that's pretty sweet. Now I want experiment with acceleration based on the degree that you move the joystick. May have to change things up a bit.

[justin123]

Yeah, that's pretty sweet. Now I want experiment with acceleration based on the degree that you move the joystick. May have to change things up a bit.

That pretty easy.

In my game I did this in the step event:

max_x_speed=24*abs(joystick_xpos(1));

[Ironrind]

For some reason, I thought it'd be sort of tricky. Thanks for the help and this works pretty good too for acceleration:

hsp+=acc*abs(joystick_xpos(1))