New Chrome version supports DirectInput gamepads

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- Joannesalfa
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https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/12260011

It seems it will work with DirectInput Gamepads, it may work with Generic Gamepads, not only Xbox 360 gamepad.
- wookalar
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excellent! thanks for the info.. how long until its available?
- danuyos
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nice!!, finally my $8 gamepad will work hahahha
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- alastair
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I think each controller has to be patched in order to be supported, no idea how you go about that though unfortunately.
- BluePhaze
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— never heard of patching controllers... installing drivers maybe...
- alastair
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We're talking about a browser not Windows. Patching the support into the puglin/browser, to make sure all the buttons are mapped correctly I guess.
- firebelly
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any step forward is a step in the right direction.
- sqiddster
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Excellent. This is an absolute necessity for a platformer of any scale - the more controllers supported, the better.
- inkBot
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WOOT!

Seriously, this is great news. I find XInput awful, so to me, this is better than good news.
- Joannesalfa
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Try it google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/canary.html

If your controller doesn't work, you should file a bug to chromium team
- wookalar
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I did this yesterday, what a massive difference using a gamepad is for my platformer...using the 360 wired controller in chrome. It gave me a whole new feeling that it's a real game, the keyboard feels soul-less ;p Plus now I can pretend its on an Ouya...

Initially, I went to the test site Scirra set up,it didn't work. I found a google html5 page with a running game (hurdles). That worked! So I knew chrome was fine. I set it up using the tutorial on this page:

Tutorial

Google Hurdles game
- inkBot
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A test I made with C2 doesn't work, but the hurdles game does work. Although weirdly. L1/R1 becomes Left and Right for that apparently.
- alastair
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Has anyone tried it with a PS3 controller?
- Krota
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About the ps3 controller i know that it already works with html5 on chrome/Firefox , now im trying to use my playstation2 dualshock2 controller (which my windows detects fine as a gamepad) and seems neither FF or chrome detect it as plugged :/ , but the weird thing is that people says that their ps2 controllers work, i think maybe is the adapter i'm using or anything else <img src="smileys/smiley19.gif" border="0" align="middle" />
- Joannesalfa
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Bad news, Chrome dropped DirectInput gamepads.