From: Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Using four buttom game pads on allegro
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 08:14:48 +0100
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Jackie Mathewson writes:
>Is it possible to use four button game pads on allegro with our
>rewriting the library?

Yup. As of Allegro 2.2, put the line:

    joy_type = JOY_TYPE_4BUTTON;

before calling initialise_joystick(), and you can then read the state of
the extra buttons from the joy_b3 and joy_b4 variables.


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