Re: [pygame] joystick example

[altern <altern2@xxxxxxxxx>]

hi again

I put together this code below from different sources. But I am only 
getting JOYAXISMOTION events, i mean the conditional never branches into 
joybuttonup or joybuttondown etc...
I am using two USB gamapads like the ones from playstation. My system is 
OSX 10.3.9

any tips?

######
import pygame
from pygame import locals

pygame.init()

pygame.joystick.init() # main joystick device system

try:
	j = pygame.joystick.Joystick(0) # create a joystick instance
	j.init() # init instance
	print 'Enabled joystick: ' + j.get_name()
except pygame.error:
	print 'no joystick found.'

while 1:
	for e in pygame.event.get(): # iterate over event stack
		print 'event : ' + str(e.type)
		if e.type == pygame.locals.JOYAXISMOTION: # 7
			x , y = j.get_axis(0), j.get_axis(1)
			print 'x and y : ' + str(x) +' , '+ str(y)
		elif e.type == pygame.locals.JOYBALLMOTION: # 8
			print 'ball motion'
		elif e.type == pygame.locals.JOYHATMOTION: # 9
			print 'hat motion'
		elif e.type == pygame.locals.JOYBUTTONDOWN: # 10
			print 'button down'
		elif e.type == pygame.locals.JOYBUTTONUP: # 11
			print 'button up'
 #####





Pete Shinners(e)k dio:
> On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 13:34 +0200, altern wrote:
>
> > has anyone have a good example or tutorial where joystick funcitonality 
> > is explained in detail? I havent used joysticks so far so the 
> > terminology is a bit weird for me
>
>
> The "alien" example that comes with pygame supports a joystick. (hmm, I
> think, it's been awhile since I looked). You can also play with the
> "eventlist" example which will report all events from the joystick.
>
> A basic joystick generally has two axis and a few buttons. Axis 0 is
> always left/right and axis 1 is up/down. There are also advanced flight
> simulator joysticks which have a lot more gadgets on them. First, the
> big joysticks will have more axis on them. Things like twist, throttle
> control, and even foot rudders will be counted as additional axis. The
> "hats" are miniature joysticks on the joystick, They are usually
> controlled by the thumb. Lastly, there are also "balls" on the joystick
> which are like little trackballs on the joystick. These work sort of
> like mice, but controlled with one finger. Also note that little
> gamepads will still use the first two axis for the direction pad, even
> though it's not really an analog axis. This is good since it keeps the
> analog joysticks and gamepads somewhat similar for software.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B00030GSJY/ref=dp_product-image-only_0/102-0809929-0151342


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altern