Get gamepad by player number?

[Will Blanton]

Using this:

package;

import flixel.FlxG;

import flixel.FlxState;

import flixel.text.FlxText;

class MenuState extends FlxState

{

var text:FlxText;

override public function create():Void

{

text = new FlxText(10, 10, 100);

add(text);

super.create();

}

override public function update(elapsed:Float):Void

{

if (FlxG.gamepads.lastActive != null) text.text = "" + FlxG.gamepads.lastActive.id;

else text.text = "No controller detected";

super.update(elapsed);

}

}

I'm testing this with one controller, and I am getting different behavior in different targets.

in Flash, it first tells me my controller id is 0. If I unplug the controller and plug it back in, it remains 0.

in Windows and Android (OUYA), the controller id goes up by 1 every time I unplug it and plug it back in.

This makes it impossible for me to determine which controller is for player 1 and which is for player 2 by using the id. (Aside from some wonky code that would just assign it to the first unused id)

Is there a way to get a controller by player number instead of ID?

[Gama11]

What flixel version? There've been some improvements to this on the dev branch IIRC.

[Jeru Sanders]

I had this problem a few months ago, it's a known issue in the master branch, but if you move to the dev branch it's been resolved.

[Will Blanton]

Just updated everything to be sure (sorry I've been busy all week), still getting new ids with this code:

package;

import flixel.FlxG;

import flixel.FlxState;

import flixel.text.FlxText;

class MenuState extends FlxState

{

var text:FlxText;

override public function create():Void

{

FlxG.autoPause = false;

text = new FlxText(10, 10);

add(text);

super.create();

}

override public function update(elapsed:Float):Void

{

if (FlxG.gamepads.lastActive != null) text.text = "Controller ID : " + FlxG.gamepads.lastActive.id;

else text.text = "No controller detected";

super.update(elapsed);

}

}

[Will Blanton]

Also now it's tough to test this because unplugging a controller crashes the game with this code:

package;

import flixel.FlxG;

import flixel.FlxState;

import flixel.input.gamepad.FlxGamepad;

import flixel.input.gamepad.XboxButtonID;

import flixel.text.FlxText;

class MenuState extends FlxState

{

var text:FlxText;

override public function create():Void

{

FlxG.autoPause = false;

text = new FlxText(10, 10);

add(text);

super.create();

}

var pad:FlxGamepad;

override public function update(elapsed:Float):Void

{

if (FlxG.gamepads.lastActive != null) text.text = "Controller ID : " + FlxG.gamepads.lastActive.id;

else text.text = "No controller detected";

if (pad == null) pad = FlxG.gamepads.lastActive;

else {

if (pad.buttons == null) text.text = "BUTTONS DEAD";

else if (pad.pressed(XboxButtonID.A)) text.text = text.text + " + A BUTTON PRESSED";

}

super.update(elapsed);

}

}

When the controller is unplugged, the buttons become null, but the controller does not. Not sure if this is intended or not.