Arcade Encoder Support

[PieBaron]

I bought a Zero Delay arcade encoder so I can play my game with some big buttons.. but after running this code from the help file, it apparently isn't detected?

gp[0] = 0;
var gp_num = gamepad_get_device_count();
for (var i = 0; i < gp_num; i++
{
if gamepad_is_connected(i) gp = true else gp = false;
log("gp: " , gp)
}

in console I get this:

gp: , 0
gp: , 0
gp: , 0
gp: , 0
gp: , 0
gp: , 0
gp: , 0
gp: , 0
gp: , 0
gp: , 0
gp: , 0
gp: , 0


Here is a link to the device:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zero-Dela...for-MAME-2Pin-Happ-Push-Buttons-/252531159695

Does anyone have any suggestions? is there a different method to detect input for a device like this?
Windows has detected the device as Generic USB joystick but it doesnt have calibration settings or anything like that.
here is an image on how I have wired it up:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24304389/controllerSetup.jpg

 

[YellowAfterlife]

Well why, it is detected - sitting in first slot (#0). Try logging button states of it.

 

[PieBaron]

Well why, it is detected - sitting in first slot (#0). Try logging button states of it.

I assume 0 means nothing connected?
I tried:
global.cID = 1; // also tried 0
// tried all these:
global.leftInput = gp_face1;
global.centerInput = gp_face2;
global.RightInput = gp_face3;

gamepad_button_check_pressed(global.cID,global.leftInput);

 

[stainedofmind]

Gamepad IDs start at '0', so '0' means Gamepad ID '0' is connected, and you should be using that number with checking your button presses.

 

[PieBaron]

Gamepad IDs start at '0', so '0' means Gamepad ID '0' is connected, and you should be using that number with checking your button presses.

I already tried ID 0
if you look at the code you will see that 0 means false, "gamepad_is_connected(i) gp = true else gp = false;"
so surely its saying nothing is connected to all ports?

 

[stainedofmind]

Oops. Sorry, I skimmed through your code pretty fast and assumed 'gp' was the variable you used as an iterator. Are you using the most recent Beta channel release of Studio? If you're not, your device is probably picking up as a DirectInput device, and the gamepad functions only detect those with the recent versions.

 

[PieBaron]

Oops. Sorry, I skimmed through your code pretty fast and assumed 'gp' was the variable you used as an iterator. Are you using the most recent Beta channel release of Studio? If you're not, your device is probably picking up as a DirectInput device, and the gamepad functions only detect those with the recent versions.

No worries!
I am using v1.4.1763 (r41504)
I tried searching DirectInput in the help but couldn't find anything, maybe I should just use that though, can you point me to documentation/reference for DirectInput?

 

[YellowAfterlife]

No worries!
I am using v1.4.1763 (r41504)
I tried searching DirectInput in the help but couldn't find anything, maybe I should just use that though, can you point me to documentation/reference for DirectInput?

Legacy DirectInput functions are joystick_ ones but current versions should be detecting them as devices 4-11.
(and I made the same mistake when looking over your code)

 

[PieBaron]

I can confirm using joystick_ functions worked successfully with the zero delay encoder, e.g. joystick_check_button(1, 1) works perfectly.