Joysticks on a Mac, _DEVICEINPUT()

[SMcNeill]

I'm glad that OverDrive driver worked for you!  I would've felt bad, you spending $$ on it and then it failing to perform.  Now we can start seeing joystick support in NakedApeGames(tm)!! 

[NakedApe]

Thnx. Yeh, I guess I'll go back and update Rock Jockey and The Sentinel for joystick use, since I've got Strig and Stick working fine now. 
Then I'll bring in $millions$ at X-Mas time with NakedApeGames, a subsidiary of NakedApeIndustries.  

[madscijr]

I'm glad the old qbasic commands worked for you, but I think _DEVICE$ and _DEVICEINPUT() ought to function cross-platform. Do those not work on Mac and Linux in general? If not, maybe we should report a bug or feature request to make them cross-platform.

[NakedApe]

So it turns out that you don't need any additional drivers to get MacOS to recognize joysticks. You just can't use _DEVICEINPUT.  STRIG and STICK do work on MacOS. I'm pretty sure that @a740g Sam knows this already, but I tagged him here just in case. I'm happy to put the issue up on the Git if that's helpful.

[a740g]

That'll be very helpful. _DEVICEINPUT seems to be broken on anything other than Windows. I remember @DSMan195276 and I briefly discussing this earlier this year. Also, @mechatronic3000 reported a broken _DEVICEINPUT keyboard functionality on Linux (#418).

[pmackay]

I'm glad the old qbasic commands worked for you, but I think _DEVICE$ and _DEVICEINPUT() ought to function cross-platform. Do those not work on Mac and Linux in general? If not, maybe we should report a bug or feature request to make them cross-platform.

Not working on Linux.. I have tried different ways and get the same result. if i press other buttons on my pad why holding direction its works great but once i just hold direction it just stalls. I have found a work around for Linux which works great with no lag... its free open source... its called antimicrox. my xbox360 pad is supported with all buttons and joysticks and hat controls. it remaps the joystick directly to the keyboard map. perfect fix for now.   ----> sudo apt install antimicrox    [to install on linux]             $./antimicrox      [to launch config]