Gamepad equivalent of upon pressing a key?

[Kingme121]

Hello, i'm using the xbox gamepad as a controller for my game and the only option for detecting when the a button is pressed is "when the button is pressed" this works in a way similar to "repeat while key is pressed" and i do not want this. Is there an equivalent to "upon pressing a key" for the xbox gamepad?

[doki]

It sounds like you need to add an extra condition in the ‘when button is pressed’ event. Choose ‘special conditions’, then ‘limit condition’ (I think, I don’t have my PC to hand – might be called ‘restrict condition’); finally, choose to ‘only once if event loops’.
It should look like this in your events:

• Button x is pressed
o Run this event only once (no loop)


I’ve never used the Xbox object, but I had something similar with an OUYA game.
It’s awkward that it behaves differently to a keyboard but I soon got used to it.
Hope this helps!
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edit: lol I just noticed, this post is ancient!

I'll leave the advice here for anyone else who might like it.