A5 joystick

no-reply@allegro.cc (KeithS) — Wed, 18 May 2011 04:31:53 +0000

So, how does it work?

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  ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK *joy = NULL;
  2
  al_install_joystick();
  
  event_queue = al_create_event_queue();
  joy = al_get_joystick(0);
  7
  al_register_event_source(event_queue, al_get_joystick_event_source());
  9
  while(1)
  {
     ALLEGRO_EVENT ev;
     al_wait_for_event(event_queue, &ev);
 14
     if(ev.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_JOYSTICK_AXIS)
     {
          if(ev.joystick.stick == 0)
          {
              if(ev.joystick.axis == 0)
              {
                  col = ev.joystick.pos;
              }
 23
          }
     }
 }

Above just one cut down code example of several attempts to get some response from the joystick. Nothing. What's the trick, please, anyone?

no-reply@allegro.cc (Edgar Reynaldo) — Wed, 18 May 2011 04:39:55 +0000

Use code goes here... tags for posting code :

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  1ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK *joy = NULL;
  2
  al_install_joystick();
  
  event_queue = al_create_event_queue();
  joy = al_get_joystick(0);
  7
  al_register_event_source(event_queue, al_get_joystick_event_source());
  9
  while(1)
  {
     ALLEGRO_EVENT ev;
     al_wait_for_event(event_queue, &ev);
 14
     if(ev.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_JOYSTICK_AXIS)
     {
          if(ev.joystick.stick == 0)
          {
              if(ev.joystick.axis == 0)
              {
                  col = ev.joystick.pos;
              }
 23
          }
     }
 }

What did you expect that code to do? It doesn't create a display or do anything with the 'col' variable, so there's no visible output from the program.

What do you want to do with the joystick?

Monitor joystick events and respond accordingly.

no-reply@allegro.cc (KeithS) — Wed, 18 May 2011 04:47:22 +0000

So I am retrieving the axis data from the joystick correctly?

What's there is only the code pertaining to that end. Displays and such are suppressed. Let's assume that 'col' is a heading modifier variable, for example, like then;

heading += col;

Both col and heading would be float type, BTW.

no-reply@allegro.cc (Edgar Reynaldo) — Wed, 18 May 2011 05:02:02 +0000

KeithS said:

So I am retrieving the axis data from the joystick correctly?

It looks like it. Is your 'heading' changing when you move the joystick?

Show your full code, and tell us what you expect to happen, and what is or isn't happening.

no-reply@allegro.cc (Evert) — Wed, 18 May 2011 05:02:26 +0000

Look at the ex_josystick_events example (included in the manual entry for al_get_joystick_event_source()).

no-reply@allegro.cc (KeithS) — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:00:19 +0000

Thanks guys, it is working as expected now. Rough, functioning mock up here. I am still not sure what I was doing wrong to start with.

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  1#include 
  2#include 
  3#include 
  4#include 
  5
  6int main(int argc, char *argv[])
  7{
  8    al_init();
  9    al_install_joystick();
 10    al_init_font_addon();
 11    al_init_ttf_addon();
 12
 13    ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE *event_queue = NULL;
 14    ALLEGRO_DISPLAY *display = NULL;
 15    ALLEGRO_TIMER *timer = NULL;
 16    ALLEGRO_JOYSTICK *joy = NULL;
 17    ALLEGRO_FONT *ttf_font = NULL;
 18    ALLEGRO_COLOR clear_color;
 19    float col = 0, heading = 0;
 20    char output[100];
 21
 22    clear_color = al_map_rgb(20,50,80);
 23
 24    display = al_create_display(800, 600);
 25    timer = al_create_timer(1.0 / 60);
 26    event_queue = al_create_event_queue();
 27
 28    ttf_font = al_load_ttf_font("FreeMono.ttf",24,0);
 29
 30    joy = al_get_joystick(0);
 31
 32    al_register_event_source(event_queue, al_get_display_event_source(display));
 33    al_register_event_source(event_queue, al_get_timer_event_source(timer));
 34    al_register_event_source(event_queue, al_get_joystick_event_source());
 35
 36    al_start_timer(timer);
 37
 38    while(1)
 39    {
 40       ALLEGRO_EVENT ev;
 41       al_wait_for_event(event_queue, &ev);
 42
 43       if(ev.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_JOYSTICK_AXIS)
 44       {
 45            if(ev.joystick.stick == 0)
 46            {
 47                if(ev.joystick.axis == 0)
 48                {
 49                    col = ev.joystick.pos;
 50                }
 51
 52            }
 53       }
 54       else if(ev.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_DISPLAY_CLOSE)
 55       {
 56            break;
 57       }
 58
 59       heading += col;
 60
 61       sprintf(output, "Heading %f", heading);
 62
 63       if(ev.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_TIMER && al_is_event_queue_empty(event_queue))
 64       {
 65            al_clear_to_color(clear_color);
 66            al_draw_text(ttf_font, al_map_rgb(255,255,255), 400, 300, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTRE, output);
 67            al_flip_display();
 68       }
 69
 70    }
 71
 72    al_destroy_display(display);
 73    al_uninstall_joystick();
 74    al_shutdown_ttf_addon();
 75    al_shutdown_font_addon();
 76    al_uninstall_system();
 77    return 0;
 78}

All the best.