Dual Shock Question

Hi!

We're prototyping minigames for the PS2 using Blitz. So we're using Dual Shock analog sticks... but they have two sticks. How do I read the second stick?

I believe the second thumbstick stick was read using the Z and U-axis....

Z-axis gets left and right from the second stick, no luck with U-axis.

Any other ideas?

Thanks. Seems JoyZ() returns the up/down movement and you have to use JoyRoll() for left right.

It works, even though it doesn't make a bit of logical sense.

I wonder if my PS2 adapter is reporting a controller in its 2nd port, even though there isn't one, hence this "ghost joystick" I've got on port 3....?

Looks like it's controller-adapter dependent... My Joyroll() reports god-knows-what.

Oh dear :/

> even though it doesn't make a bit of logical sense.

Thats what I thought, but once I started playing Soul Reaver 2 on my PC usin my PS2->USB adapter (which broke 2 weeks after I bought it for $5), the game reacted to the right thumbstick in the same matter it did on the original system (the PS2) while there was no option for a 2nd thumbstick in the game at all!

dual shock works great in blitz, just the second stick up/down and left/right are the wrong way around which is a pain whne you let users use it and its different to all the other pads. Gamecube, dreamcast and n64 pads work great too.

what language does the PS2 want? either i read this wrong, BUT your using Blitz to write a PlayStation 2 game??

I question my self with this one!

You've read it wrong.

He's prototyping on PC's (with Blitz) - the final games will be written for PS2 (not in Blitz).

Strange to see a big time company such as Acclaim using Blitz...

Yo sinu! How you reading the second stick? I can still only get left/right from JoyZ()!

We're using Blitz cause you can knock out a prototype minigame in 3 days or less, with very fast testing/feedback/retest turnaround times. Once the game logic is sound, then we work on the PS2/Xbox.

And Neomancer: is that an actual frame from BoogerMan?

joyroll() will give you the second axis(up/down) on the second ps2 stick and if it doesn't for you something must be up cos i just tried it :)

Ahh! joyroll reports -180 to 180! I was expecting -1 to 1!

Cool, thanks man.

Sounds good, that prototyping stuff.

WolRon: JP & Zed Two also use blitz to prototype among others, nothing to be suprised at really - shows Blitz is pretty usable :)

AlmoAtAcclaim: yupp.. I drew it from a magazine on the amiga. since then this guy matches my personality a bit ;o)

Cool. Trivia question: Who did the music for BoogerMan?

Obscure hint: He also did the music for Amiga Klax and Cyt*Ron.