gamepad controllers

  1. Adriano_ppaula

    Android Help with gamepad Bluetooth support and questions with analogue sticks button press

    Hey guys, how are you? Guys, I've been using a very old button system for a while now, but it's always worked, but for some time now, I believe that with GM's updates this system is causing problems. I noticed that some players were complaining about compatibility with the Bluetooth gamepad...
  2. Funny Paradox

    How to know what type of controller the player is using

    Hi, i'm doing the controller controls and the problem is that the Nintendo Switch and the XBOX controllers have their X / Y and A / B button switched. So if i show on screen "press X", and i optimse for XBOX controllers someone with Joy-cons would have to press Y instead (to support...
  3. R

    Question - IDE Controller does not work in GameMaker

    Hello, I have a problem, I just startet using GameMaker so i mostly follow turturials, but no matter what I do it doesn`t even seem to recognise my gamepad . It`s a step event. It`s farely basic and just at an object with a simple sprite. And this create event always shows "controller not...
  4. D

    Help with controllers and scripts

    hello, ive been following many tutorials to get controller inputs to be read in the game and i got them working. They were connected to different player objects. (port 1 controls player 1, port 2 controls player 2, etc.) So i took the time and made a character select screen that switches the...
  5. E

    Gamepad not working

    Hello! I have been trying to implement gamepad controls to my game, however, It seems like GameMaker cant detect any input on the controller to demonstrate I'm using this code: show_debug_message(gamepad_button_check(0, gp_face1)) (don't know if this counts but I'm using a ps4 controller)
  6. Alemar5

    SOLVED does the nintendo switch joycons work in game maker?

    Hello friends, today I tried to connect my joycons to my pc and control them with game maker, the program recognized them, it also told me that they were available, it gave me the name of the control and it told me that it had 16 buttons, all good up to here, without However, I tried to detect...
  7. SpaceCaterus

    [Solved] Gamepad Dpad-Up registers as five different button clicks

    Hello all! I'm experiencing this oddity with two separate XBOX 360 Wired Controllers for Windows. When clicking D-pad Up, GMS is registering it as five different button presses: d-pad up, left stick vertical/horizontal axis, and right stick vertical/horizontal axis. The stick axes themselves...
  8. R

    Gamepad input partially detected

    aight so i hate to do this but i have no idea how to fix this and ive been looking over documentation all day trying to find this out. I am making a game on the desktop edition for windows and I want to add controller support. To learn to do it, I made a throwaway game and created an object...
  9. JEMcG

    Windows Xbox pad being picked up but not working, PS4 pad not being picked up but working anyway?

    Hi, I'm trying to make the beginnings of a controller system. I want the game to sense for all controllers and then the player can just use whichever they feel like. I want this to be interchangeable with keyboard input too. Currently I have the following code searching for controllers...
  10. witches

    GameMaker gamepad_get_description Strings

    So I'm messing with controller compatibility and have a really fun system down where my game snags the gamepad description and uses that string to match it with a global variable to help my game bind the controls. Anyway, I'm just interested in what other strings you guys have come across when...
  11. M

    Controller Not Recognized

    Hi. I have an issue connecting the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller to my game. This specific issue arises only when I connect it using a universal object that is created before everything else, where the game refuses to recognize it exists. When I place the exact same code in the get_input event...
  12. MrOut

    Discussion Using 8 Xbox One controllers simultaneously?

    Hello there, I'm looking for some technical stuff with regard to Xinput controllers, Game Maker and Windows 10. I know from fact that Windows 10 can recognise a maximum of 8 XInput controllers connected simultaneously and I know Game Maker reserve the first 4 gamepad slots to Xinput...
  13. Bluetail7

     Copycat, Cee Ann (Game Preview)

    A game started by Bluetail in June 8, 2016 A game about Speed, Power and Accuracy! Game info: Last update: December 30, 2023 Feedback is welcome File size: 10 - 30 MB Early Access: DM for key or reach at convention. Gamma 2019 - 2023 Beta 2017 - 2018
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