XBox controller

Question

Do we have the ability to control things (icons or whatever) with an xbox contoller in SB yet?  Nothing pops up when I search with "xbox".

Answer 1

Small Basic has Mouse functions built in.  Perhaps a starting point would be to see if SB will see the Xbox controller as a mouse.  A long shoot but worth a try.

The next thing to lookup is there a DLL available that will talk to the controller, then is it SB compatiable.  Fremy developed an extension or DLL which added a lot of functionality to SB.  I could see a similar thing happening with the controller you are trying to access.

If all this fails I think it would be a really good idea for the Wish List! 

Answer 2

There are programs that will allow an xbox controller to control the mouse, and in turn control SmallBasic.

Answer 3

personally i bought a xbox type pad controller for my laptop, its USB style and is basically seen as a joystick type of device..

 

I think thats a better way to go IMHO

 

PS  When or will we see a 3rd mouse button & scroll wheel functions at some point ?

 

Maybe those and USB joystick/pad support together .. 

Answer 4

Oskariok's Data Extension can drive XBOX controllers and my Joysticks / Game Controllers Extension can drive any game controller out there. However, for XBOX, you may prefer Oskariok's since it has XBOX-specific controller things like Battery Level.

Both are available here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/smallbasic/thread/2a510e0f-e5e1-4f90-aa84-0ed484bbd64f

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