Yeah, upon further investigation and a visit to Microsoft webpage it seems that it's impossible - the newer version of pad input on Windows Vista and newer is not DirectX but rather something called XInput. In theory it's less clunky and more cross-platform friendly (think XBox -> PC ports and vice versa). But that also means that some features are disabled for DirectX input, vibrations / FF being one.

Fun fact: the XBox360Controller plugin for CC works well, I was able to use ForceFeedback (quite simple, but still) with that. So InputSystem for all the input stuff, XBox360Controller plugin for vibrating the pad, Python script for fast controller mapping and voila! Works like a charm. :)

Alright, it seems to work just fine with an XBox Controller, but... Is the ForceFeedback really supported? It shows N/A on InputSystem.GetJoystickFFCapabilities() and does not vibrate at all when ordered to. Hm. Any experience with that?

Also, I'm using it on a Win7 system, and I've heard that there's some XInput / DirectInput hassle. Don't really know what to make of it.

TunaUppercut, I'm overJOYed to hear that! :) I thought using DirectX to retrieve the input allows this, but I had to be sure. Thank you for the info!

sglorz, the plugin is fantastic and provides the dev with plenty of useful options - great thanks for that! By the way, I have a small question - does it support a Xbox 360 controller? I'm considering buying one and am just curious if I could easily integrate it with my project via the Input System.

Thank you for a fast response! Oh... so it makes me wonder why have those Message Box options in the Python script editor at all. I know it's kind of an oddity, but it managed to confuse me and made me thing that it is functional, wasting a day of my life. Anyway, thanks again!

Hi. What object are you trying to spawn? When? What's else in the project? Some other details would be really helpful...

Hi!

I'm trying to use the MessageBox object in CC and evaluate some actions in Python. I've got it to display the message, but it fails to understand what option am I picking, no distinction between Yes / No etc. Any way to better handle this?

Here's a bit of code:

msgBox.SetButtons(2)
msgBox.SetIcon(3)
msgBox.MessageBox("Hey!", "Close this stuff?")
if msgBox.OnYes():
    System.Close()
else:
    sometext.Text = "You didn't close."

I'm trying to use XAudio2 in a Python script, mainly playing sounds / resources. My question is: how do I do this? Do I have to

XAudio2.AutoplayResource(System.AppPath+"menu_move_01.wav",0)

XAudio2: Failed to load file from disk. Check the filename exists and that the file is of a supported format. (0x80004005)

I have a curious question. How does the Mouse&Keyboard work with Python? I'm trying to capture some of the input keys and stumbled upon the MouseKeyboard.OnAnyKey() option, which might be useful for this. There's no MouseKeyboard.LastKeyPressed, so I'm going the other way around. Let's say I have this:

MouseKeyboard.OnAnyKey()

MouseKeyboard.OnAnyKey():
    myText.SetText("key pressed!")

MouseKeyboard.OnAnyKey(dostuff())

def dostuff():
    myText.SetText("key pressed!")

if MouseKeyboard.OnAnyKey():
     if MouseKeyboard.OnKey(get.key("key_config","select")):
          debug.SetText("select pressed")
     elif MouseKeyboard.OnKey(get.key("key_config","cancel")):
          debug.SetText("cancel pressed")

Well, this seems to be what I'm looking for, thank you! I'm creating instances in a loop, one per loop, so accessing that instance in that loop should do just fine, I suppose. Also, storing a dictionary or a list of SOL items created that way in a Hash Table sounds very promising! Great idea.

Hi!

Right now I'm working on some dynamic menus for a miniRPG project. I wanted to create a menu with Python by using a function with a parameters, like this:

display("Title","Content",["OK,"CANCEL"])

def display(title,content,options):
    ...
    # CREATION OF NEW OBJECTS
          for items in options:
              ?System.CreateByName("POPUP_OPTION_BG","POPUP",Window.Width-128-option_offset,POPUP_TITLE_BG.Y+POPUP_BG.Height+32)
              ?System.CreateByName("txt_option","POPUP",Window.Width-128-option_offset,POPUP_TITLE_BG.Y+POPUP_BG.Height+32)
              ?#System.Create("txt_option","POPUP",Window.Width-128-option_offset,POPUP_TITLE_BG.Y+POPUP_BG.Height+32)
              ?option_offset += 144

for t in txt_option:
     t.Text= "something"

Sorry, for bumping such an old post, but for anybody who would ever search for a solution that somehow works.. I've managed to write a little script for Python and HashTable integration (I called it PyTable). I still hope to develop it some more (I do this mostly for myself, but would gladly share). Right now it can:

create, read, change, delete STRINGS create, read, change, subtract, add, multiply, divide, delete INTEGERS create, read, add elements to a LIST create, read, change DICTIONARIES and DICT KEYS

all written and stored in a CC HashTable plugin, could be accessed globally. If anybody would like to use it, here it goes:

(script file, *.cap file, readme.txt)

dropbox.com/s/yp3vzp3sakfpl04/PyTable.rar

Edit: Also, I wouldn't have done it without Silent Cacophony's guides. You rock, man!