O.Stogden
Member
Hey,
I have been curious about this for a while, but I always moved on instead of trying to figure it out.
But is there anyway to get d-pad down to work on Android?
Doing a check of gp_padr/l/u works on Android, however checking gp_padd doesn't register, and checking vk_down also doesn't register when using the Android controllers I've tried.
This makes it difficult to make any games with Amazon Fire TV support, as the Remote Control only has a d-pad for navigation, and 1 of the directions cannot be used.
It doesn't look like this was an issue in older versions of GMS, as there is a tutorial on the Amazon website of someone making a game in GMS, and they specifically mention how 'down' on the Amazon Fire TV Remote maps to gp_padd in Game Maker. However this hasn't worked since at least GMS 2.2.5 in my testing.
So far the controllers I've tested are:
Amazon Fire TV Remote Control (With the 2nd Gen Fire Stick)
OUYA Controller
Both of these have the same result, of the other d-pad directions working, but not down.
Pressing down on the controllers also doesn't seem to 'ping' any response when doing a loop to check for any gamepad button presses, or keyboard key presses.
Not really urgent for me, as I'm not planning on releasing a game for Android that uses gamepads, but I thought I'd bring it up, as it's pretty odd.
I have been curious about this for a while, but I always moved on instead of trying to figure it out.
But is there anyway to get d-pad down to work on Android?
Doing a check of gp_padr/l/u works on Android, however checking gp_padd doesn't register, and checking vk_down also doesn't register when using the Android controllers I've tried.
This makes it difficult to make any games with Amazon Fire TV support, as the Remote Control only has a d-pad for navigation, and 1 of the directions cannot be used.
It doesn't look like this was an issue in older versions of GMS, as there is a tutorial on the Amazon website of someone making a game in GMS, and they specifically mention how 'down' on the Amazon Fire TV Remote maps to gp_padd in Game Maker. However this hasn't worked since at least GMS 2.2.5 in my testing.
So far the controllers I've tested are:
Amazon Fire TV Remote Control (With the 2nd Gen Fire Stick)
OUYA Controller
Both of these have the same result, of the other d-pad directions working, but not down.
Pressing down on the controllers also doesn't seem to 'ping' any response when doing a loop to check for any gamepad button presses, or keyboard key presses.
Not really urgent for me, as I'm not planning on releasing a game for Android that uses gamepads, but I thought I'd bring it up, as it's pretty odd.