GameMaker How do you refer to specific gamepad slots?

[Kyrieru]

When doing something like this;
global.gp_up = gp_padu

How do you refer to different gamepad slots? I can't find it in the manual...

 

[QuinnlanVos]

gp_padu is a constant, you need to be checking if a gamepad button is pressed using the function

gamepad_button_check(device, button);

where "device" is the slot to check

I'd suggest looking over the manual again under "GamePad Input"
it explains

The gamepad "slots" are indexed from 0 with slots 0 - 3 inclusive being only for Xinput gamepads, ie: Xbox360 controllers and compatibles. However you can also check slots 4 - 11 inclusive for DirectInput gamepads

 

[rwkay]

Please refer to - https://www.yoyogames.com/blog/75/how-to-setup-and-use-gamepads

DO NOT hardcode the gamepad indices but use the System event to intercept gamepads being added and removed - put it in a persistent object that is in the very first room and you will receive all the gamepad attach and detach messages.

Russell

 

[Kyrieru]

Yikes, this is why programming early in the morning is a bad idea...

I had already done everything, including a variable to choose which gamepad slot to use, and somehow got confused looking at my init code, rather than looking at my code that actually checks inputs.
Thanks though, was the kick in the brain I needed to realize I was being dumb.