OWL

OWL - Open Windowing Library

Gamepads

gamepads is an element of Window. It’s used for handling polled gamepads’ events.

It has 2 functions:

setCount() - Takes in an unsigned integer and sets how many gamepads can the app use at once.
getCount() - Returns how many gamepads can the app use at once as an unsigned int.
operator[] - Takes in the index of the gamepad we want to reference, and returns said gamepad.
- Gamepad object has these public functions:
  - getLeftStick() - Returns the left stick’s state as a Vec2<float>.
  - getRightStick() - Returns the right stick’s state as a Vec2<float>.
  - getLeftTrigger() - Returns the state of the left trigger as a float.
  - getRightTrigger() - Returns the state of the right trigger as a float.
  - isConnected() - Returns the state of being connected as a bool.
  - isButtonPressed() - Takes in the button you want to check, and returns it’s state as a bool.
    - The buttons available are based on the XBOX360 controller layout:
      - A
      - B
      - X
      - Y
      - Start
      - Back
      - ShoulderLeft
      - ShoulderRight
      - ThumbLeft
      - ThumbRight
      - DPadUp
      - DPadDown
      - DPadLeft
      - DPadRight
      - Logo

Example of usage:

std::cout << "Left Stick State = {" << window.gamepads[0].getLeftStick().x << ", " <<  window.gamepads[0].getLeftStick().y << "}\n";
std::cout << "Left Trigger State = " << window.gamepads[0].getLeftTrigger() << "\n";
std::cout << "Right Shoulder Button's State = " << window.gamepads[0].isButtonPressed(OWL::Gamepad::ShoulderLeft) << "\n";
std::cout << "There are " << window.gamepads.getCount() << " maximum controllers to plug in.\n";