I want to read an Wiimote input (a held button):

u16 buttonsHeld = WPAD_ButtonsHeld(0);

Now I know how to read what button is being held with if:

if (buttonsHeld & WPAD_BUTTON_A ) { 
        printf("Button A is being held down.\n");
}
else {
  if (buttonsHeld & WPAD_BUTTON_1){
	printf("Button 1 is being held down.\n");
  }
}

How can I read what button is held with a Switch-Cause statement?

Thanks in advance,
SJ

 switch( buttonsHeld )
 {
  case WPAD_BUTTON_1:
   break;
  case WPAD_BUTTON_2:
   break;
 }

Edit: D'oh sorry, that will only work if only 1 button is down at a time...

Edit 2: You can't do a switch if there's the possibility of several outcomes. If the user presses 1 and 2, unless you add

  case WPAD_BUTTON_1 | WPAD_BUTTON_2:
   break;

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/12/2008 01:37PM by whodares.

@SpaceJump:
When 2 buttons are pressed do you want them to have the same effect as if they were pressed separately?
(example: A: shoot, B: jump, A+B: shoot and jump)

Then use a lot of IFs in the right places. Check for the A button where it makes sense in your code, and check for the B button, where it makes sense.



Or do you want them to have a different effect?
(example: A: shoot, B: jump, A+B: open menu)

Then use whodare's code examples.

I want to them to have a different effect (one button held at a time).

Thanks for your answers.

When I call WPAD_Init(); to initialise the Wiimote, how can I make my program wait until initialising is finished?

Unless your using some sort of a thread, your program SHOULD not do anything until initialization is complete.

WPAD_Init() should be the first thing you do (unless you want DVD, in which case DI_Init() should happen first). Assuming you run it this early, your program shouldn't have to wait.

What I think they are trying to say is that the function is blocking and will not return until the job is done.

WPAD_init is the first function I call, and directly after the call I want to check if a button is held [basically I want to check if a certain button is help when the program is loaded]. But upon loading the app I see that the Wiimote flashes to late and the point of the button check is already past.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/2008 12:12AM by SpaceJump.

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SpaceJump
[basically I want to check if a certain button is help when the program is loaded]

Why exactly do you want to do this?

Because when the app loads I want it to do something when no button is being held, and something else if button A is held.

WPAD_Init();

for(int pause = 0; pause < 150; pause++){

}

//Check for button press

Try this, it'll slow everything down for a tiny bit. Modify 150 if necessary.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/2008 12:56AM by Arikado.

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Arikado

WPAD_Init();

for(int pause = 0; pause < 150; pause++){

}

//Check for button press

Try this, it'll slow everything down for a tiny bit. Modify 150 if necessary.

That won't work at all. If you want to "slow down" you can try sleep() or usleep(). But this still wouldn't help you with what you're trying to do.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/2008 03:57AM by Tantric.

Solving timing issue by adding a random delay is not the solution.

Any other idea how I can archieve this?

I have no environment to test it and I find no WPAD documentation, but
doesn't any of the functions like WPAD_GetStatus() give you the value of connected Wiimotes?

Your program could wait, until it's > 0.

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Tantric
That won't work at all. If you want to "slow down" you can try sleep() or usleep(). But this still wouldn't help you with what you're trying to do.

Funny, I've gotten it work in some of my past games. Usually 150 ends up being some insane number though, but it definitely works.

Better suggestion though:

while(wiimotes are not initialized){

}

Not sure what wiimotes not initialized would be I don't have libogc in front of me at the moment. There is something for it though.

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Arikado

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Tantric
That won't work at all. If you want to "slow down" you can try sleep() or usleep(). But this still wouldn't help you with what you're trying to do.

Funny, I've gotten it work in some of my past games. Usually 150 ends up being some insane number though, but it definitely works.

My guess would be, that some compilers might optimize
for(int pause = 0; pause < 150; pause++)
to do nothing.

Personnaly, I use a simple sleep() to delay after WPAD_Init before reading wiimote input

but maybe something like that might help you:

 u32 exp;
 while (WPAD_Probe(0, &exp) != WPAD_ERR_NONE);

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/2008 08:27PM by ekeeke.

This didn't help:

for(int pause = 0; pause < 150; pause++){
}

What exactly does WPAD_GetStatus() return? When I try to printf it, I get errors.