CXBoxController Class Reference

The XBox 360 controller class. More...

#include <Controller.h>

Public Member Functions
void	GetState ()
	Get controller's current state. More...
bool	IsConnected ()
	Query whether controller is connected. More...
void	Vibrate (WORD=0, WORD=0)
	Set left and right rumble. More...
const Vector2	GetRThumb () const
	Get position of right thumb stick. More...
const Vector2	GetLThumb () const
	Get position of left thumb stick. More...
const float	GetRTrigger () const
	Get position of right trigger. More...
const float	GetLTrigger () const
	Get position of left trigger. More...
const bool	GetButtonAToggle ()
	Get button A toggle state. More...
const bool	GetButtonBToggle ()
	Get button B toggle state. More...
const bool	GetButtonXToggle ()
	Get button X toggle state. More...
const bool	GetButtonYToggle ()
	Get button Y toggle state. More...
const bool	GetDPadRight () const
	Get digital pad right button state. More...
const bool	GetDPadLeft () const
	Get digital pad left button state. More...
const bool	GetDPadUp () const
	Get digital pad up button state. More...
const bool	GetDPadDown () const
	Get digital pad down button state. More...
const bool	GetButtonRSToggle ()
	Get right shoulder button toggle. More...
const bool	GetButtonLSToggle ()
	Get left shoulder button toggle. More...

Protected Member Functions
const bool	ButtonDown (DWORD) const
	Check button state. More...

Protected Attributes
XINPUT_STATE	m_strState
	Controller's current state (polled each frame).
bool	m_bButtonADown = false
	A button is down.
bool	m_bButtonBDown = false
	B button is down.
bool	m_bButtonXDown = false
	X button is down.
bool	m_bButtonYDown = false
	Y button is down.
bool	m_bButtonLSDown = false
	Left shoulder button is down.
bool	m_bButtonRSDown = false
	Right shoulder button is down.

Detailed Description

Polled controller class providing access to control states and whether whether buttons have toggled (were up and went down) since the last frame.

Member Function Documentation

ButtonDown()

const bool CXBoxController::ButtonDown ( DWORD  button ) const

protected

Parameters

button

Index of a button.

Returns

true if that button is down.

GetButtonAToggle()

const bool CXBoxController::GetButtonAToggle

(

)

true if button A was toggled.

GetButtonBToggle()

const bool CXBoxController::GetButtonBToggle

(

)

true if button B was toggled.

GetButtonLSToggle()

const bool CXBoxController::GetButtonLSToggle

(

)

true if left shoulder button was toggled.

GetButtonRSToggle()

const bool CXBoxController::GetButtonRSToggle

(

)

true if right shoulder button was toggled.

GetButtonXToggle()

const bool CXBoxController::GetButtonXToggle

(

)

true if button X was toggled.

GetButtonYToggle()

const bool CXBoxController::GetButtonYToggle

(

)

true if button Y was toggled.

GetDPadDown()

const bool CXBoxController::GetDPadDown

(

)

const

Returns

true if digital pad down button is down.

GetDPadLeft()

const bool CXBoxController::GetDPadLeft

(

)

const

Returns

true if digital pad left button is down.

GetDPadRight()

const bool CXBoxController::GetDPadRight

(

)

const

Returns

true if digital pad right button is down.

GetDPadUp()

const bool CXBoxController::GetDPadUp

(

)

const

Returns

true if digital pad up button is down.

GetLThumb()

const Vector2 CXBoxController::GetLThumb

(

)

const

Returns

Normalized left thumb stick position.

GetLTrigger()

const float CXBoxController::GetLTrigger

(

)

const

Returns

Left trigger position as a float between 0 and 1.

GetRThumb()

const Vector2 CXBoxController::GetRThumb

(

)

const

Returns

Normalized right thumb stick position.

GetRTrigger()

const float CXBoxController::GetRTrigger

(

)

const

Returns

Right trigger position as a float between 0 and 1.

GetState()

void CXBoxController::GetState

(

)

This function should be called once per frame.

IsConnected()

bool CXBoxController::IsConnected

(

)

Returns

true if there is a controller connected.

Vibrate()

void CXBoxController::Vibrate	(	WORD	leftVal = 0,
		WORD	rightVal = 0
	)

Note: calling this function with no parameters defaults to all stop.

Parameters

leftVal	Left vibrate speed from zero to max unsigned short.
rightVal	Right vibrate speed from zero to max unsigned short.