[PyGame] Using joystick module from PyGame

[archieab]

Exact code with commenting can be found here, or here.

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while done==False: for event in pygame.event.get():     if event.type == pygame.QUIT:         done=True       if event.type == pygame.JOYBUTTONDOWN:         print("Joystick button pressed.")     if event.type == pygame.JOYBUTTONUP:         print("Joystick button released.")   screen.fill(darkgrey) textPrint.reset()   joystick_count = pygame.joystick.get_count()   textPrint.print(screen, "Number of joysticks: {}".format(joystick_count) ) textPrint.indent()   for i in range(joystick_count):     joystick = pygame.joystick.Joystick(i)     joystick.init()       textPrint.print(screen, "Joystick {}".format(i) )     textPrint.indent()       name = joystick.get_name()     textPrint.print(screen, "Joystick name: {}".format(name) )       axes = joystick.get_numaxes()     textPrint.print(screen, "Number of axes: {}".format(axes) )     textPrint.indent()       for i in range( axes ):         axis = joystick.get_axis( i )         textPrint.print(screen, "Axis {} value: {:>6.0f}".format(i, axis) )     textPrint.unindent()       buttons = joystick.get_numbuttons()     textPrint.print(screen, "Number of buttons: {}".format(buttons) )     textPrint.indent()       for i in range( buttons ):         button = joystick.get_button( i )         textPrint.print(screen, "Button {:>2} value: {}".format(i,button) )     textPrint.unindent()       hats = joystick.get_numhats()     textPrint.print(screen, "Number of hats: {}".format(hats) )     textPrint.indent()       for i in range( hats ):         hat = joystick.get_hat( i )         textPrint.print(screen, "Hat {} value: {}".format(i, str(hat)) )     textPrint.unindent()   pygame.display.flip() clock.tick(20)

With the help of the online PyGame documentation, I was able to produce a screen displaying values for individual Joysticks. Sadly, I'm unsure on how I could translate these values to an event that produces something like, "this button is pressed, now do this".

[Larz60+]

not a pygame expert, but it appears that in the code:

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if event.type == pygame.JOYBUTTONDOWN:     print("Joystick button pressed.") if event.type == pygame.JOYBUTTONUP:     print("Joystick button released.")

instead of just printing, call a function, for example:

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if event.type == pygame.JOYBUTTONDOWN:     process_button_down_stuff() if event.type == pygame.JOYBUTTONUP:     process_button_up_stuff()

[archieab]

not a pygame expert, but it appears that in the code:

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if event.type == pygame.JOYBUTTONDOWN:     print("Joystick button pressed.") if event.type == pygame.JOYBUTTONUP:     print("Joystick button released.")

instead of just printing, call a function, for example:

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if event.type == pygame.JOYBUTTONDOWN:     process_button_down_stuff() if event.type == pygame.JOYBUTTONUP:     process_button_up_stuff()

Hi Larz,
Thanks for the reply. What you have suggested would work, but isn’t specific to the pos and neg values. Is there a way, maybe here,

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axes = joystick.get_numaxes()         textPrint.print(screen, "Number of axes: {}".format(axes) )         textPrint.indent()

Where I could say “If joystick no.1’s axis no.3 is 1, then print ‘hello!’”?

Cheers.

[archieab]

Something similar to this,

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for i in range( axes ):     axis = joystick.get_axis( i )     textPrint.print(screen, "Axis {} value: {:>6.0f}".format(i, axis) )       if Joystick 2's Axis 3 is equal to 1:         print("Joystick 2 is pointing to the right.")       if Joystick 2's Axis 3 is equal to -1:         print("Joystick 2 is pointing to the left.")   textPrint.unindent()

[Larz60+]

I'd have to have a setup that I could try to say definitively what would and wouldn't work. Some of the moderators here use pygame and will respond sooner or later. metulburr for one.

[Windspar]

Joystick event example.

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import pygame pygame.init()   def main():     pygame.display.set_caption('JoyStick Example')     surface = pygame.display.set_mode((800, 600))     clock = pygame.time.Clock()     running = True       font = pygame.font.Font(None, 20)     linesize = font.get_linesize()     joysticks = [pygame.joystick.Joystick(i) for i in range(pygame.joystick.get_count())]     for joy in joysticks:         joy.init()       while running:         for event in pygame.event.get():             if event.type == pygame.QUIT:                 running = False             elif event.type == pygame.JOYAXISMOTION:                 print(event)             elif event.type == pygame.JOYHATMOTION:                 print(event)             elif event.type == pygame.JOYBUTTONDOWN:                 print(event)           surface.fill((0,0,0))             pygame.display.flip()         clock.tick(20)       pygame.quit()   main()

joystick states example.

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import pygame pygame.init()   def main():     pygame.display.set_caption('JoyStick Example')     surface = pygame.display.set_mode((800, 600))     clock = pygame.time.Clock()     running = True       font = pygame.font.Font(None, 20)     linesize = font.get_linesize()     joysticks = [pygame.joystick.Joystick(i) for i in range(pygame.joystick.get_count())]     print(len(joysticks))     for joy in joysticks:         joy.init()       while running:         for event in pygame.event.get():             if event.type == pygame.QUIT:                 running = False           surface.fill((0,0,0))           # joystick buttons         for j in range(len(joysticks)):             for i in range(joysticks[j].get_numbuttons()):                 if joysticks[j].get_button(i):                     print("Joystick {}, Button {} pressed".format(j, i))           pygame.display.flip()         clock.tick(20)       pygame.quit()   main()

[archieab]

I'm unsure on how to mark this post as solved, but I managed to work out a solution.