{"id":650,"date":"2013-11-23T13:18:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T12:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/?p=650"},"modified":"2013-11-23T13:18:58","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T12:18:58","slug":"vb-net-and-xna-article-11-use-a-gamepad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/?p=650","title":{"rendered":"VB.Net and XNA : Article 11 – Use a gamepad"},"content":{"rendered":"

One annoying fact around XNA is that it supports natively only xbox gamepads.<\/p>\n

Well Nuclex fixes that for us : )
\nSee here : http:\/\/nuclexframework.codeplex.com\/<\/a> .
\nDownload, unzip and add a reference in your project to nuclex.input.dll.<\/p>\n

The source code : XNA_DEMO_21<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Now lets see the code.<\/p>\n

All the magic is in the object inputmanager.
\nThen, just like we would check the state of keyboard keys, we will do the same with the gamepad buttons.<\/p>\n

If you want to check the state of the first DirectInput game pad in your system instead, just write:
\nIf (input.GetGamePad(ExtendedPlayerIndex.Five).GetState().Buttons.X = ButtonState.Pressed) Then ...<\/code>
\nNotice that DirectInput Gamepads (as opposed to xbox gamepads) starts at index 5. However, if you have an xbox pad plugged, index 5 will also work.<\/p>\n


\nImports Microsoft.Xna.Framework
\nImports Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics
\nImports Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Audio
\nImports Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content
\nImports Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Media
\nImports Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input
\nImports Nuclex.Input<\/p>\n

Public Class Game
\n Inherits Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game
\n Dim graphics As GraphicsDeviceManager
\n Dim SpriteBatch As SpriteBatch
\n Dim input As InputManager
\n Dim myfont As SpriteFont
\n Dim msg As String = \".\"
\n Dim dummyTexture As Texture2D
\n Dim rc As Rectangle<\/p>\n

Public Sub New()
\n graphics = New GraphicsDeviceManager(Me)
\n input = New InputManager(Services, Window.Handle)
\n Components.Add(input)
\n Window.Title = \"Test\"
\n End Sub<\/p>\n

Protected Overrides Sub Initialize()
\n MyBase.Initialize()
\n End Sub
\n Protected Overrides Sub LoadContent()
\n SpriteBatch = New SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice)
\n myfont = Content.Load(Of SpriteFont)(\"xnb\\myfont\")
\n dummyTexture = New Texture2D(GraphicsDevice, 1, 1)
\n '
\n Dim c(0) As Color
\n c(0) = Color.White
\n dummyTexture.SetData(Of Color)(c)
\n '
\n rc = New Rectangle(100, 100, 10, 10)
\n '
\n MyBase.LoadContent()<\/p>\n

End Sub
\n Protected Overrides Sub UnloadContent()
\n MyBase.UnloadContent()
\n End Sub<\/p>\n

Protected Overrides Sub Update(ByVal gameTime As Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GameTime)
\n 'right
\n If (Keyboard.GetState.IsKeyDown(Keys.Right)) Or (input.GetGamePad(ExtendedPlayerIndex.Five).GetState().Buttons.X = ButtonState.Pressed) Then
\n msg = \"right\"
\n rc.X += 1
\n End If
\n 'left
\n If (Keyboard.GetState.IsKeyDown(Keys.Left)) Or (input.GetGamePad(ExtendedPlayerIndex.Five).GetState().Buttons.A = ButtonState.Pressed) Then
\n msg = \"left\"
\n rc.X -= 1
\n End If
\n 'up
\n If (Keyboard.GetState.IsKeyDown(Keys.Up)) Or (input.GetGamePad(ExtendedPlayerIndex.Five).GetState().Buttons.RightShoulder = ButtonState.Pressed) Then
\n msg = \"up\"
\n rc.Y -= 1
\n End If
\n 'down
\n If (Keyboard.GetState.IsKeyDown(Keys.Down)) Or (input.GetGamePad(ExtendedPlayerIndex.Five).GetState().Buttons.LeftShoulder = ButtonState.Pressed) Then
\n msg = \"down\"
\n rc.Y += 1
\n End If
\n MyBase.Update(gameTime)
\n End Sub<\/p>\n

Protected Overrides Sub Draw(ByVal gameTime As Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GameTime)
\n GraphicsDevice.Clear(Color.CornflowerBlue)
\n SpriteBatch.Begin()
\n SpriteBatch.DrawString(myfont, msg, New Vector2(10, 10), Color.White)
\n SpriteBatch.Draw(dummyTexture, rc, Color.White)
\n SpriteBatch.End()
\n MyBase.Draw(gameTime)
\n End Sub<\/p>\n

End Class
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

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One annoying fact around XNA is that it supports natively only xbox gamepads. Well Nuclex fixes that for us : ) See here : http:\/\/nuclexframework.codeplex.com\/ . Download, unzip and add a reference in your project to nuclex.input.dll. The source code : XNA_DEMO_21 . Now lets see the code. All the magic is in the object […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dotnet","category-xna","category-34-id","category-35-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":653,"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650\/revisions\/653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labalec.fr\/erwan\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}