Gamepad Support For Flash Games?

[Goldsickle]

Is it impossible to implement gamepad support for browser games?

Specifically, gamepads with two analog sticks.
For example, using the analog stick to control a character's movement with a 360° direction, rather than the maximum 8 directions or using the analog stick to aim a cross hair.

[arkrix]

I think it depends on how the gamepad works. I believe they simulate actual key presses and stuff. May be wrong though.

[Diki]

ActionScript doesn't support gamepads, so you'd have to use something like Xpadder to covert the gamepad button presses into keyboard actions

At 7/1/12 08:58 AM, arkrix wrote: I think it depends on how the gamepad works. I believe they simulate actual key presses and stuff. May be wrong though.

Older gamepads might operate this way (and by old I mean from back in the 90s) but modern ones, such as the Xbox 360 controller, do not.
Pressings the buttons sends JOY_1, JOY_2, JOY_3, et cetera, signals. They have their own actions so that games can be designed specifically for them.

This C++ tutorial on Xinput covers a lot of how it all works.