Joystick Sensor: Hat

• Joystick Sensor Menu
  • Axis
  • Button
  • Hat
  • Single Axis

Joystick Sensor: Hat

• Moving the hat in the selected direction sends a positive pulse to the connected controller(s)
   
• Returning the hat to the center from the selected direction sends one negative pulse to the connected controller(s)

Index:

• The game engine can handle input from multiple connected joysticks
   
• Index number selects a connected joystick
   
• Range:
  • 0 - 7

Event Type: Hat

• The joystick sensor is triggered by the movement of the hat in the selected axis direction

Hat Number:

• The number of the hat that triggers the sensor
   
• Range:
  • 1 - 2

All Events: Enabled

• Any/All movement of the hat triggers the Joystick Sensor
   
• Hat Direction is grayed out

Hat Direction:

• The direction of the hat that triggers the sensor
   
• Direction:
  • Up
     
  • Down
     
  • Left
     
  • Right
     
  • Up/Right
     
  • Up/Left
     
  • Down/Right
     
  • Down/Left

Joystick:

• The type of Sensor

Name:

• Sensor name

Pin:

• Enabled: 
  • Always display the Sensor
• Disabled: 
  • Only display when the State Mask group the Sensor is linked to is being displayed

Checkbox:

• Enabled:
  • Sensor is turned on
• Disabled:
  • Sensor is turned off

True Level Trigger:

• Enabled:
  • Hat moved in the selected Axis Direction:
    • Sends a positive pulse to the connected controller(s) with each logic tic
  • Hat returned to center from selected Axis Direction:
    • Sends one negative pulse to the connected controller(s)
  • Hat centered:
    • No pulse sent
• Disabled:
  • Hat moved in the selected Axis Direction:
    • Sends one positive pulse to the connected controller(s)
  • Hat returned to center from selected Axis Direction:
    • Sends one negative pulse to connected controller(s)
  • Hat centered:
    • No pulse sent
• The default logic tic rate is 60 per second

False Level Trigger:

• Enabled:
  • Hat moved in the selected Axis Direction:
    • Sends one positive pulse to the connected controller(s)
  • Hat returned to center from selected Axis Direction:
    • Sends a negative pulse to the connected controller(s) with each logic tic
  • Hat centered:
    • Sends a negative pulse to the connected controller(s) with each logic tic
• Disabled:
  • Hat moved in the selected Axis Direction:
    • Sends one positive pulse to the connected controller(s)
  • Hat returned to center from selected Axis Direction:
    • Sends one negative pulse to connected controller(s)
  • Hat centered:
    • No pulse sent
• The default logic tic rate is 60 per second

Skip:

• Used with True Level Trigger and False Level Trigger
   
• Skips the number of logic tics entered before sending the next pulse.

Level:

• Enabled:
  • Switching from a State Mask group the sensor belongs to to a State Mask group it doesn't belong to:
    • Sensor is deactivated
  • Switching from a State Mask group the sensor doesn't belong to to a State Mask group it belongs to:
    • Sensor is activated. Uses last input before being deactivated
• Disabled:
  • Switching from a State Mask group the sensor belongs to to a State Mask group it doesn't belong to:
    • Sensor is deactivated
  • Switching from a State Mask group the sensor doesn't belong to to a State Mask group it belongs to:
    • Sensor is activated

Tap:

• Enabled:
  • Joystick hat moved in the selected direction:
    • A positive pulse is immediately followed by a negative pulse (next frame) is sent to the connected controller(s)
  • Joystick hat returns to center:
    • No pulse sent
• Disabled:
  • Joystick hat moved in the selected direction:
    • A positive pulse is sent to the connected controller(s)
  • Joystick hat returns to center:
    • A negative pulse is sent to the connected controller(s)
• True Level Trigger enabled and Skip = 0: 
  • Never has a chance to send a negative pulse

Invert:

• Inverts the output of the triggers.
   
• A positive trigger event sends a negative pulse.
   
• A negative trigger event sends a positive pulse.

Note:

• Sensors can be connected to more than one controller
   
• Sensors connected to a controller(s) belong to the same State Mask group(s) as the controller(s)