Joystick in E-Prime 1.x

[ben robinson]

dare i ask why you want to use a joystick without actually using the
joystick?
we use this a lot (it's cheap and fairly durable):
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/gaming/controllers/devices/301&cl=us,en
 <http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/gaming/controllers/devices/301&cl=us,en>the
buttons can be made to mimic keyboard buttons, so that eprime need only
receive keyboard input...

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Tobias <tobias.fw at gmail.com> wrote:

> I actually want to only use the buttons. Do I need a script for that?
>
>
>
> On 5 Mrz., 18:40, Michiel Spape <Michiel.Sp... at nottingham.ac.uk>
> wrote:
> > Apart from once again pointing out to the insanely groovy XBOX360
> protocol in E-Prime (1.x), I thought, perhaps it might be possible to
> emulate a mouse with ajoystick, then use this as input in E-Prime? There's
> bound to be some people who have made custom programmes for that (like
> this:http://joystickcursor-control-tool.deinmeister-digital-delusions.qarc..
> .)
> >
> > Speaking of PRO, does anyone else here has the same kind of dislike for
> this division in PRO and base? How many of us are hobbyist E-Prime users? Is
> it really necessary to take a couple of features away so that users can have
> the Great Freedom and Liberty to choose between the very expensive package
> and the ridiculously expensive one? I'll update E-Prime as soon as it
> supports Windows 7 (which is probably just after the release of Windows 9).
> > Cheers,
> > Mich
> >
> > Michiel Spapé
> > Research Fellow
> > Perception & Action group
> > University of Nottingham
> > School of Psychology
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: e-prime at googlegroups.com [mailto:e-prime at googlegroups.com] On
> Behalf Of David McFarlane
> > Sent: 05 March 2010 14:55
> > To: e-prime at googlegroups.com
> > Subject: Re:Joystickin E-Prime 1.x
> >
> > Tobias,
> >
> > Matt Lenhart from PST answered this question in a thread here on the
> > Google Group back in Sep 2008, if you search using the term
> > "joystick" then you will find it (and I am adding that excellent
> > thread to my own FAQ file).  But here is a very brief synopsis:
> >
> > - EP1 can use onlyjoystickbuttons, not position, and then only via
> > the parallel or game ports (i.e., the same way that all versions of
> > EP can use arbitrary switch closures -- see also the thread athttp://
> groups.google.com/group/e-prime/browse_thread/thread/c30e82d36...
> > ).  (Although, if I recall the operation of the game port, EP1 could
> > still getjoystickposition through a game port if you added
> > sufficient inline code.)
> >
> > - The base edition of EP2 will handle both buttons and postion of
> > ordinary joysticks, but requires extensive inline code.
> >
> > - The Pro edition of EP2 makes more of thejoystickfunctionality
> > available directly through the E-Studio GUI.
> >
> > -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
> >
> > >I am wondering whether there is a way of using aJoystickin E-Prime
> > >1.x. I used to use Joysticks in E-Prime 2 where you can find it as a
> > >standard input device. Unlike in E-Prime 1 where no such option is
> > >given...
> >
> > >Cheers,
> > >Tobias
> >
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