Creating On-Screen controls for mobile devices

[Ravetracer]

Hi there,

currently I'm trying to figure out, how to make on screen controls for mobile devices work.

In the HUD I added some GUI objects and tried to trigger key events, when the objects are "hold".
Also the buttons are appearing on the screen, but unfortunately they don't work.
I'd also tried to use "onClick" event, but it didn't work either.

Any ideas?
 

game.HUD.buttonLeft = me.GUI_Object.extend({
    init : function (x, y) {

        var settings = {};
        settings.image = 'button_left';
        settings.framewidth = 40;
        settings.frameheight = 40;

        this._super(me.GUI_Object, "init", [x, y, settings]);
        this.pos.z = 4;
    },

    onHold : function () {
        me.input.triggerKeyEvent(me.input.KEY.LEFT, true);
        return false;
    }
});

game.HUD.buttonRight = me.GUI_Object.extend({
    init : function (x, y) {

        var settings = {};
        settings.image = 'button_right';
        settings.framewidth = 40;
        settings.frameheight = 40;

        this._super(me.GUI_Object, "init", [x, y, settings]);
        this.pos.z = 4;
    },

    onHold : function () {
        me.input.triggerKeyEvent(me.input.KEY.RIGHT, true);
        return false;
    }
});

game.HUD.buttonJump = me.GUI_Object.extend({
    init : function (x, y) {
        var settings = {};
        settings.image = 'button_jump';
        settings.framewidth = 40;
        settings.frameheight = 40;

        this._super(me.GUI_Object, "init", [x, y, settings]);
        this.pos.z = 4;
    },

    onHold : function () {
        me.input.triggerKeyEvent(me.input.KEY.UP, true);
        return false;
    }
});

 

[Parasyte]

Hi,

To use this callback, you have to set the isHoldable property to true. That should fix the issue with the callback not firing. But I've never used it, so I don't really know what to expect. From the source code, it looks like the callback fires once and only once. And the timer value controls how long the button must be held before the callback fires.

If you want a callback to trigger every frame, you need to override the `update` method. You can use the various properties that keep track of click state: https://github.com/melonjs/melonJS/blob/4.0.0/src/renderable/GUI.js#L96-L97

That said however, it's probably better if you use the `onClick` and `onRelease` callbacks with `me.input.triggerKeyEvent`; the second param indicates whether the key event is a click (true) or a release (false), and that maps nicely to the GUI_Object click and release callbacks.

[obiot]

@Ravetracer just curious, did you make any progress with this ?

[obiot]

else there are a few "virtual joystick" out there, that probably worth checking :

https://github.com/jeromeetienne/virtualjoystick.js

https://github.com/austinhallock/html5-virtual-game-controller

.. and other (google returns a long list)

I always wanted to look at how to turn one of those as a plugin for melonJS, but it's behind a long list of other things to do

[Ravetracer]

On 11.1.2017 at 11:49 AM, obiot said:

@Ravetracer just curious, did you make any progress with this ?

Unfortunately I hadn't the time to try it. You know, XMas, New Years Eve and then work again ;-).
But I'll try next days or so when everything calmed down a bit.

On 11.1.2017 at 11:53 AM, obiot said:

else there are a few "virtual joystick" out there, that probably worth checking :

https://github.com/jeromeetienne/virtualjoystick.js

https://github.com/austinhallock/html5-virtual-game-controller

.. and other (google returns a long list)

I always wanted to look at how to turn one of those as a plugin for melonJS, but it's behind a long list of other things to do

Yes, looks interesting. Maybe I should try one of these "virtual devices" so prevent to inventing the wheel again ;).

Thank you, guys!