Hey, i'm currently trying to add gamepad support.
I don't want to rely on directx/xna so i was looking for a native approach. i found joyGetPosEx() and there's a bunch of examples how to p/invoke it correctly.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4416 ... ey-capture // Instructions
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd757108.aspx // Method documentation
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd757112.aspx // JOYINFOEX structure documentation

http://codepaste.net/tpmgas // My own code paste

The method returns 0, so no error is occuring. Axis info is correctly read into the struct and it's getting displayed accordingly.
However, there is no button info whatsoever.

The windows joystick configuration window recognizes the gamepad alright and the buttons work in the interface there, s the gamepad works fine.

Any ideas on what the problem might be?

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Why the heck didn't they include support for windows gamepads in XNA? Very irresponsible.

I found this link that may help:
http://forums.create.msdn.com/forums/t/45983.aspx

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Thanks, but that is dependant on directx/xna. Since i'm not utilizing those libs in my engine, i would rather not resort to that option :|

Gamepad/joystick support seem rather terrible natively on windows.. weird

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I finally found the problem!
The dwflag was not set properly(JOY_RETURNALL) so the button data was not returned.

The values can be found here
http://perforce.openwatcom.org:4000/@md ... msystem.mh

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Not at all. XNA isn't a generic framework. It's meant to be more Xbox than anything else and since Xbox controllers work on the PC...

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Still kind of sad, since a lot of (commercial) windows only projects exist.
Anyways, winmm.dll finally utilized. Gamepad hoooooo

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They sure do! I added xbox controller support for Tankz just this morning. Including rumble! Works nice

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yeah, since you're using xbox controllers, of course it is working! That was the whole point of it.
not everyone has one of those, or even likes them all that much. i much prefer using the ps2, or any controller above it so xna would just not work out for me

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Really?

I was used to a PS3 controller over at my friend's place.. when i saw the XBOX controller, i figured i wouldn't like it, wouldn't find it comfortable.. but infact, i find it 10x more intuitive/comfortable than the PS3 controller. There's no way I would go back.

And in terms of just gaming.. buying that controller has seriously made my computer more fun. I sit on my comfy chairs infront of my 42" LCD screen and play games with a controller as though i was playing XBOX (Except with all the quality/graphics options that come from playing on PC).. best of both worlds, baybee!

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