Input and games.

[Henri Tuhola]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:29 AM, Todd Showalter <todd at electronjump.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Rick Yorgason <rick at firefang.com> wrote:
>
> > One thing I would expect a joystick abstraction to do that I don't
> expect a
> > mouse abstraction to do is, if I plug two mice into a system I expect
> them
> > both to control the same cursor, but with joysticks I always want to know
> > which joystick is sending each message.
>
>     Yes, definitely.  Which also leads to the whole device naming
> question; ie: if someone unplugs a controller and plugs it back in,
> how do you make sure player 2 stays player 2?  But I think as long as
> the rules are simple (if one controller disappears and reappears,
> assume it's the same player, if multiple controllers disappear and
> reappear at the same time, well, pilot error, user gets whatever they
> get), it's largely a problem that can be papered over.


Although there doesn't seem to be unique identifiers in the devices. It is
possible to identify a controller by using the USB port it was connected
into, and the device class. You can use the same technique to identify an
USB hub.
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