[solved] joystick

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• sebastiaan

  April 2012 edited 11:18PM

  Hi Andrea,

  The joystick module simply hasn't been included (oops), so that's explains the error. Luckily, it has been included in the Python portable distribution: http://osdoc.cogsci.nl/getting-started/running-with-python-portable

  I have personally never used a joystick, so I couldn't say much about it. But you might want to check out this discussion: http://forum.cogsci.nl/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/194

  Good luck!

  Cheers,
  Sebastiaan

  
  
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• embodiment

  April 2012 edited 11:18PM

  Ah ok. I already tried to use the portable distribution, but it crashes when I go to run the experiment. I don't know why.
• sebastiaan

  April 2012 edited 11:18PM

  If you run into any trouble with the portable distribution, please leave a comment here: http://forum.cogsci.nl/index.php?p=/discussion/69/opensesame-portable#Item_17 I'm sure Edwin will be willing to look at it.

  Cheers!

  
  
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• embodiment

  April 2012 edited April 2012

  Ok! I imported the hardware folder from the python portable version (that continues to crash on my computer, I'll write to Edwin about that) to OpenSesame (no installation needed version). I tried the psychopy.hardware.joystick class and it works well in OpenSesame.

  Here is a simple code by which I tested the response time of my gamepad using the PsychoPy backend. It records a gamepad button, but I'm sure it also works for the axes.

  
  from psychopy import visual, core
  from psychopy.hardware import joystick
  
  joy=joystick.Joystick(0)
  
  press = visual.TextStim(self.experiment.window, pos=(0,0), color = 'black', height = 25, font = 'Times', text = 'Press and release the key 2 on the gamepad...')
  
  start=core.Clock()
  
  while joy.getButton(2) == False:
      press.draw()
      self.experiment.window.flip()
      pass
  t1 = start.getTime()
  while joy.getButton(2) == True:
      press.draw()
      self.experiment.window.flip()
      pass
  t2 = start.getTime()
  print('Press time = ', t2-t1)
  

  I mark this post as solved! >-
• sebastiaan

  April 2012 edited 11:18PM

  Really, that just worked? That's good to know.

  How exactly did you do it? Did you extract the library.zip, insert the hardware folder, and re-zip it? Or did you simply paste the hardware folder into the OpenSesame folder?

  And thanks for the script, I'm sure it'll be helpful to a lot of people!

  
  
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• embodiment

  April 2012 edited 11:18PM

  I simply first deleted the library.zip from my installation folder, then I just copied the library.zip from the portable version to the installation folder.

  Previously, I tried to use Pygame to read the gamepad, but it didn't work.