LÖVE

Hello,

So, xboxlove facilitates the implementation of the xbox360 controller, on Windows and OSX.
You will be able to access, via friendly named constants, the value of each sticks/triggers/buttons of the xbox360 controller.

Left Stick :
xboxlove.Axes.LeftX (>= -1 and <= 1)
xboxlove.Axes.LeftY (>= -1 and <= 1)
xboxlove.Axes.LeftAngle (> -pi and <= pi)

Right Stick :
xboxlove.Axes.RightX (>= -1 and <= 1)
xboxlove.Axes.RightY (>= -1 and <= 1)
xboxlove.Axes.LeftAngle (> -pi and <= pi)

Triggers : (On windows, you can't use both triggers at the same time)
xboxlove.Axes.Triggers (>= -1 and <= 1)
or
xboxlove.Axes.LeftTrigger (>= 0 and <= 1)
xboxlove.Axes.RightTrigger (>= 0 and <= 1)

Dpad : (booleans except Direction)
xboxlove.Dpad.Direction
xboxlove.Dpad.Centered
xboxlove.Dpad.Up
xboxlove.Dpad.Down
xboxlove.Dpad.Right
xboxlove.Dpad.Left

Buttons : (booleans)
xboxlove.Buttons.A
xboxlove.Buttons.B
xboxlove.Buttons.X
xboxlove.Buttons.Y
xboxlove.Buttons.LT
xboxlove.Buttons.RT
xboxlove.Buttons.LB
xboxlove.Buttons.RB
xboxlove.Buttons.Back
xboxlove.Buttons.Start
xboxlove.Buttons.LeftStick
xboxlove.Buttons.RightStick


Methods :
xboxlove:update(dt) (Need to be in love.update)

xboxlove:setJoystick(joystick) (return a boolean)
xboxlove:getJoystick()
xboxlove:setDeadzone(axes,deadzone) (Set a deadzone for one or more axes. (axes(str) can contain "LX","LY","TRIG","TLEFT","TRIGHT","RX","RY" or just "ALL") )
xboxlove:isDown(button) (Use a friendly string ("A","Start",etc) to know if a button is down)

Constructor : xboxlove.create(joystick) (Return a xboxlove object and set the joystick (if omit joystick = 1 and if the joystick doesn't exit or is unplugged return nil) )


Edit :
(Jul 30) I added xboxlove:bind
(Aug 01) Work on OSX ! (with this driver)
(Aug 03) Now the value of the sticks stay between 0 and 1 even with a dead zone, so the angles value is more precise

I don't own an Xbox, but if this does what I think it does(add Xbox controller support to LÖVE wirelessly), then this will be awesome!!!

I don't own a Xbox neither but I have usb controller.
Love already support xbox controller with love.joystick.
With my code, it's just easier.

Well still, that's so awesome! It's a great module!

Thanks !

You can't have wireless support without Microsoft's own wireless dongle for PC. The wired USB controllers work well, however, and make very nice gamepads.

From the title I thought you came up with a way to overcome default driver and actually utilize controller's full capabilities (separate axis for triggers, axis for battery status and a key for "home" button), but it turned out to be just a simple wrapper. I don't even need to look at the source.

raidho36 wrote:I don't even need to look at the source.

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function xboxlove.isDown ( self, button )
    return love.joystick.isDown ( self.joystick, button ) and true or false
end

No. Re-read the OP.

Keep in mind that drivers used in other operating systems map the Xbox controller inputs to different values, so this will likely only work in Windows.

Curse you, slime! I actually dig into the source, and just you check this out: This is the worst case of all, but still half thing is quite sub-optimal in one way or another.

raidho36 wrote:Curse you, slime! I actually dig into the source, and just you check this out:

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function xboxlove:isDown(button)
	for k,v in pairs(self.Buttons) do
		if k == button then return v end
	end
	return false
end

This is the worst case of all, but still half thing is quite sub-optimal in one way or another.

I was actually referring to the fact that the buttons are friendly strings ("A", "B", "X", "Y", etc.) instead of the normal unintuitive joystick button numbers.