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Hello,

I've implemented experimental Joystick Support for a PS3 Dual Shock Controller connected to a Mac (Either Bluetooth or USB).

Reading the Joystick X and Y is straight forward. however when reading the buttons, the GetButtonState and Button functions manual states that only 5 buttons are supported.

What I've discovered is that on a DualShock Controller the 5 buttons are fixed to :-

Button 1: Select Button
Button 2: Left Stick Pressed Down
Button 3: Right Stick Pressed Down
Button 4: Start Button
Button 5: D-PAD Up Button.

Although AppGameKit can't differentiate between the hardware installed. I would like to see support for more than 5 buttons, if only to cover the D-Pads, the right hand buttons and the triggers.

In the mean time though, does anyone have any ideas on how to map/remap the PS3 controllers buttons on a Mac?

Many Thanks

Try the raw joystick commands such as GetRawJoystickButtonState, they will give you access to most of the features of the joystick instead of the general button commands that try to cover multiple forms of input.

as paul mentioned the getrawjoystick commands should be used for gamepads. I can get ~15 buttons off my gamepads including both analogs.

Thanks @Paul and @SoftMotion3D

I'll get the hang of AppGameKit one day

I've now implemented PS3 support in Manic Miner (at least experimental support) interestingly the Square and Triangle buttons were both registering as Button 16, hey ho...

But all up and running now