Virtual thumb stick

kfireven · June 5, 2016, 5:53pm

Is there an api that can be added to a monogame project that implements virtual on screen thumb sticks like there are in a twin stick shooter games?

Jjagg · June 5, 2016, 6:45pm

I quickly googled this and found a video with source code linked in the description. It’s for android, and seems a bit bloated, so it might not be very useful. There’s also a virtual joystick in Unity it seems, but no source. I came across a flash tutorial on tutsplus for this too, but it seems pretty bad :p. I didn’t find anything else in my (granted, short) search, so it might be easiest to implement it yourself.

kfireven · June 5, 2016, 6:55pm

thanks for the help, probably that’s what i’ll do at the end but i found this code here :

github.com

CartBlanche/MonoGame-Samples/blob/master/VirtualGamePad/Game1.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GamerServices;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Storage;


namespace Microsoft.Xna.Samples.VirtualGamePad
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This is the main type for your game
    /// </summary>
    public class Game1 : Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game
    {
        GraphicsDeviceManager graphics;
        SpriteBatch spriteBatch;

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looks very simple to implement but the MonoGame.Framework.Input is missing… so the code is useless… does anyone has a working varation of this for the current framework and can save me a lot of work please?

IceIYIaN · June 5, 2016, 8:48pm

This is what I used for Monsters of War:
http://xbox.create.msdn.com/en-US/sample/touchthumbsticks

I suggest upping the max stick distance some.

kfireven · June 5, 2016, 10:02pm

Thank you very much!! this works great!

Jjagg · June 5, 2016, 10:21pm

It seems I have to reinvest in my googling skills Glad you found something!