How to get input from guitar hero guitars with PC

I was just wondering how I can use blitz to get input from a guitar hero guitar connected to my pc. Does blitz treat it like a joystick?

That's a very good question.

Unfortunately, I do not have a good answer.

id say yes it will treat it as a joystick but with alot of buttons missing
but as to which buttons i have no idea without having one
plus would they map the same if you got a ps2 one via a ps2/usb adapter
the ps3 if wired would be usb by default
360 ditto but probably miss-mapped just to make it harder for people to make pc games with em

and if they are wireless youd have to get a 360 adapter and or hope they make a ps3 one too

if you have a 360 wireless and a games for windows wireless adapter give it a go with joy hit etc this has a better out of the box chance of working than any of the others

Try this, it should tell you if you get anything. Plug in your guitar controller, and see if the buttons get any response:

SetBuffer BackBuffer()


While Not KeyHit(1)


Cls


Text 0,0,"Keyboard: " + GetKey()
Text 0,15,"Mouse:    " + GetMouse()
Text 0,30,"JoyStick: " + GetJoy()


Flip


Wend


End

Maybe this documents helps? http://www.joystiq.com/2007/04/06/360s-guitar-hero-ii-guitar-works-in-windows-frets-on-fire/

so if that is true how would blitz pick up the joy 'hat' and the x y and z axises?

I will try it as soon as possible, maybe a week unfortunately, thanks for the advice. :)

Plug it in, if windows recognises it, see how it appears as a device ad if it appears as a controller device, go with Adam Novagen's suggestion.

If Windows doesn;t recognise it as a controller device, then liekly you'd need drivers.

aye just plug it in and give it a go
what have you got to loose? (apart from perhaps shelling out for a games for windows wireless adapter if the axe isnt cabled)

there are 4 or 5 fret buttons (not read that link yet) and 4 fire buttons on a ps/360 pad, no great leap in logic as to which buttons are going to be used ;)

but as ps3 usb pads use one button layout and 360's use another the otehr buttons might map differently
eg 360 dpad is a hat, yet its 4 buttons for the ps3 and triggers are Z(?) and 2 independant buttons on the ps3

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