Hi All,
I know this is quite fresh but if anyone wonders do Steam Controller works with PyGame?
Well answer is a NO at the moment. I have tested it on Win and on Linux. Results are the same.
>>> import pygame
>>> pygame.init() Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ÂÂ
(6, 0) Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
>>> pygame.joystick.init() Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
>>> pygame.joystick.get_count() Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ÂÂ
0
Some of Linux dmesg
[ 3144.851372] usb 7-3: new full-speed USB device number 6 using ohci-pci
[ 3145.005095] usb 7-3: New USB device found, idVendor=28de, idProduct=1142
[ 3145.005103] usb 7-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 3145.005108] usb 7-3: Product: Steam Controller
[ 3145.005111] usb 7-3: Manufacturer: Valve Software
[ 3145.012350] input: Valve Software Steam Controller as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.0/usb7/7-3/7-3:1.0/0003:28DE:1142.000F/input/input14
[ 3145.012525] hid-generic 0003:28DE:1142.000F: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Valve Software Steam Controller] on usb-0000:00:13.0-3/input0
[ 3145.018076] hid-generic 0003:28DE:1142.0010: hiddev0,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Device [Valve Software Steam Controller] on usb-0000:00:13.0-3/input1
[ 3145.025307] hid-generic 0003:28DE:1142.0011: hiddev0,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Device [Valve Software Steam Controller] on usb-0000:00:13.0-3/input2
[ 3145.032304] hid-generic 0003:28DE:1142.0012: hiddev0,hidraw3: USB HID v1.11 Device [Valve Software Steam Controller] on usb-0000:00:13.0-3/input3
[ 3145.039105] hid-generic 0003:28DE:1142.0013: hiddev0,hidraw4: USB HID v1.11 Device [Valve Software Steam Controller] on usb-0000:00:13.0-3/input4
Looks like drivers for controller are provided with Steam client as controller kind of works when you are logged into Steam. This mimics keyboard and mouse which sort some of the problems.
I have full controller support in my game and as long as gamepad is recognised by system then pygame can make use of it. Seems like we need to wait for OS level support for it as i got nothing on system level for it.
I have tested also on Super Meat Boy (standalone, non-steam, Linux) and gamepad works only if Steam is running as well, so this is broader issue and not just pygame.
Thought I share my findings.
Cheers
Bart