Difference between revisions of "Reading Controllers"
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== Controller directions in the register == | == Controller directions in the register == | ||
| − | After the hand controller data has been read it | + | After the hand controller data has been read you can invert it back since it is inverted when output from the controller buffer - we do that to get the real data back and because it might be easier to work with later on. |
| − | The 8 bits is stored in | + | The 8 bits is stored in Accumulator (A) and the bits mean this: |
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bit 6 pull up | bit 6 pull up | ||
bit 7 push down | bit 7 push down | ||
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%10000000 push down | %10000000 push down | ||
| − | Combinations are | + | Combinations are possible to: |
%10000010 push down + left | %10000010 push down + left | ||
| − | And there are combinations that are impossible | + | And there are combinations that are impossible with a normal controller since they are opposite directions: |
%11000000 push down + pull up | %11000000 push down + pull up | ||
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| − | After reading the controller/s you can store the result in a register | + | After reading the controller/s you can store the result in a register (or in available RAM) for use later or check directly which direction was chosen. Let's suppose you have a game where you can move forward, backward, right or left with the right hand controller. If we store the result of the controller in register 8, this is how to do it: |
== Store result for later use == | == Store result for later use == | ||
Revision as of 15:02, 21 November 2012
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Wait for controller movement
The simplest use of hand controller is to just pause and wait for a movement, this subroutine does just that, you call it with:
pi wait.4.controller.input
; your program, waiting for any user input ; wait for controller movement pi wait.4.controller.input ; when either hand control has been moved in some direction ; program continues.... ; here's the actual subroutine, copy and paste to your program where convenient wait.4.controller.input: ; see if one of the hand controllers has moved clr ; clear accumulator outs 0 ; enable input from both hand controllers outs 1 ; clear latch of port of right hand controller ins 1 ; fetch inverted data from right hand controller com ; re-invert controller data (a %1 now means active) bnz wait.4.controller.input.end ; if no movement then input is 0 -> no branch ; check the other controller clr ; clear accumulator outs 4 ; clear latch of port of left hand controller ins 4 ; fetch inverted data from left hand controller com ; re-invert controller data (a %1 now means active) bnz wait.4.controller.input.end ; if anything was %1 jump to end of subroutine br wait.4.controller.input ; otherwise re-test until we have some movement wait.4.controller.input.end: pop ; return from subroutine
Controller directions in the register
After the hand controller data has been read you can invert it back since it is inverted when output from the controller buffer - we do that to get the real data back and because it might be easier to work with later on. The 8 bits is stored in Accumulator (A) and the bits mean this:
direction
bit 0 right
bit 1 left
bit 2 backward
bit 3 forward
bit 4 counterclockwise
bit 5 clockwise
bit 6 pull up
bit 7 push down
So if we get the value %10000000 that means the hand controller read is being pushed down.
Port-data %00000001 right %00000010 left %00000100 backward %00001000 forward %00010000 counterclockwise %00100000 clockwise %01000000 pull up %10000000 push down Combinations are possible to: %10000010 push down + left And there are combinations that are impossible with a normal controller since they are opposite directions: %11000000 push down + pull up
After reading the controller/s you can store the result in a register (or in available RAM) for use later or check directly which direction was chosen. Let's suppose you have a game where you can move forward, backward, right or left with the right hand controller. If we store the result of the controller in register 8, this is how to do it:
Store result for later use
store.right.controller.input: clr outs 0 outs 1 ; check right hand controller ins 1 com ; re-invert controller data lr 8, A ; store result in register 8 store.right.controller.input.end: Later in the program we can load the movement and mask away the directions we're interested in. ; program program ; ... lr A, 8 ; copy register 8 to Ackumulator ni %00001111 ; AND result and only keep the last nibble lr 8, A ; back up result in r8 again ; ... ; program continues We now have one of these bitpatterns in r8: %00000000 no movement %00000001 right %00000010 left %00000100 backward %00000101 backward + right %00000110 backward + left %00001000 forward %00001001 forward + right %00001010 forward + left Nothing else is possible with your normal controller unless something is broken.
Reading the four console buttons
This code reads the buttons, you can then mask this result similar to the hand controller:
; read buttons ins 0 ; get input from port 0 com ; invert lr 4, A ; store button result in register 4 li 128 ; load timer value for debounce lr 5, A ; in register 5 debounce: ; this is a delay to wait until button contacts stops bouncing ds 5 bnz debounce ; decrease r5 until zero lr A, 4 ; load button result into Ackumulator again ni %00000010 ; mask out button #2 bnz main.buttons.used.two ; not zero means button 2 was pressed lr A, 4 ; load read result into A again ni %00000001 ; check if it was button #1 bnz main.buttons.used.one ; if that's not 0 it means button 1 was held br main.continue ; continue program
The intelligent reader has already figured out the rest of the inputs available:
%00000001 button 1 %00000010 button 2 %00000011 %00000100 button 3 %00000101 %00000110 %00000111 %00001000 button 4 %00001001 %00001010 %00001011 %00001100 button 4 + 3 %00001101 %00001110 %00001111 all buttons pressed Combinations are pretty clear.
Conclusion
Read right hand controller this way:
clr outs 0 outs 1 ins 1 com
Read left hand controller this way:
clr outs 4 ins 4 com
Read buttons with:
ins 0 com ; you may need to debounce as described above
And you have the result in A
