How do I control through the userinterface (inventory, stats, menu, etc) with gamepad?

Hello and first, sorry for my english - i hope you understand what i want to know ;)

My question is:

How do I control through the userinterface (inventory, stats, menu, etc) with gamepad?

So how can i realize it, that there's an "selection-sprite" and on d-pad this "selection" jumps to the next object, previous, left, right, etc.

Like any controls in JPRGs as Final Fantasy etc.

I use C2 but i think, there will not be a big different to C3 to get a solution ;)

Thanks and greetings from Austria :)

Which bit are you specifically stuck on? The gamepad object allows you to select which button or stick is pressed as a condition. To move across an interface you could use instance variable on the objects and as you press left and right, add or subtract 1 from a global variable and compare this variable to the objects instance variable, set position to the one that matches.

Are there any examples or tutorials about instances?

I wrote a tutorial a while back covering menus for gamepad input. It's not been updated in a while, but you might find the logic is something you can build on.

Looks nice. Thanks!

But how can i navigate to a complete menu where are on one side is the inventory, on the othder side is a character-sheet, on the bottom is a toolbar, etc.

Looks nice. Thanks!

But how can i navigate to a complete menu where are on one side is the inventory, on the othder side is a character-sheet, on the bottom is a toolbar, etc.

You use the same kind of logic for set position and adding 1 to a global variable but instead you group all objects in a Family and set Family instance variables.