How do we add controller support?

[Hermes]

Well, just as the subject line says, how do we add external controller support into our games for an enhanced gaming experience?
I tried to utilize the Player Object and the Analog Joystick Object, but to no avail.
Does anyone know the best method to go about this?

[DavidN]

You can set the default controls (under Application Properties/Runtime Options/Default Controls) for Player 1 to use a joypad, if one is detected by Windows.

[Joshtek]

There is also the Joypad object and Joystick 2 object.

[Hermes]

Dang. This whole time, I didn't realize that those options were right in front of me. I gotta start experimenting more!
Thanks a whole lot, you guys!

Actually, one more quick question:
Does anyone know what the button mapping is set to for the joypad controls? (For the application Properties method) I understand that there are four individual action buttons, but which button on a joypad would activate which action (numbers 1-4)?

Lemme give an example:
Let's take a Playstation controller. On the left, there are the directional buttons. On the right are the action buttons. At the bottom there's X, left is Square, on the top is Triangle, and right is Circle. What action button number in TGF2 would correlate to each of these controller buttons? (If that makes it any easier.)

[DavidN]

The buttons are numbered in the order that Windows detects them - I can answer the Playstation controller case because I have the same setup myself. They're numbered clockwise starting from Triangle, that is:

Triangle = 1
Circle = 2
Cross = 3
Square = 4

And the directional pad is treated as one combined entity, rather than as separate buttons (it's easier to explain this just by looking at how the Joypad object handles it).

[Hermes]

Hey, thanks one heck of a lot, man! While I can't test the controller buttons, I can still at least put them in there. It's good that you knew the order of the number setup, too. I'd have been completely lost with the button mapping! Thanks again!