C# joystick mapping input

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HI,
Actually I've made a winform application that read buttons and axis of my joystick.
My goal is to have a config file to set input list with functions list.
for example
I'm using Sharpdx but I can change if needed
Clear = buttons1
Left = AxisRight

Thanks for your help

What I have tried:

I allready use sharpdx with success

Posted 23-Apr-24 23:02pm

sdecorme

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Pete O'Hanlon 24-Apr-24 5:08am

It's a little bit unclear what you are asking for here. In your example, are Clear and Left methods that can be called? Are they classes? Please give us more context as to what it is that you are trying to accomplish.

OriginalGriff 24-Apr-24 5:22am

This is not a good question - we cannot work out from that little what you are trying to do.
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M-Badger · Answer 1 · 2024-04-24T00:29:00

Assuming that you wish to change which function is called for different joystick inputs based on a configuration file then you could use something like the code shown below. You might want to try a more elegant solution if there are a lot of alternatives since otherwise the if then else if will become confusing to read and very repetitive.

JSON

{
    "button1": "FunctionA",
    "button2": "FunctionB"
}

And then :

C#

using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System.IO;

// Your functions
void FunctionA()
{
    Console.WriteLine("Function A is called.");
}

void FunctionB()
{
    Console.WriteLine("Function B is called.");
}

// Read configuration file
var config = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, string>>(File.ReadAllText("config.json"));

// Poll events from joystick
while (true)
{
    joystick.Poll();
    var datas = joystick.GetBufferedData();
    foreach (var state in datas)
    {
        // Call the function based on the configuration file
        if (state.Offset == JoystickOffset.Buttons0 && state.Value != 0)
        {
            if (config["button1"] == "FunctionA")
                FunctionA();
            else if (config["button1"] == "FunctionB")
                FunctionB();
        }
        else if (state.Offset == JoystickOffset.Buttons1 && state.Value != 0)
        {
            if (config["button2"] == "FunctionA")
                FunctionA();
            else if (config["button2"] == "FunctionB")
                FunctionB();
        }
    }
}