Multitouch joystick and buttons (deprecated)

Activate a joystick or buttons that can be controlled by interacting with a touchscreen.

Authors and contributors to this community extension: VictrisGames, MelonDev, xellix.

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Users can interact with the multitouch joystick to specify angle and force values. These values can be used to control other objects in the scene such as movement and rotation, such as for twin-stick shooter games.

Mulitouch buttons can be used whenever a game allows the user to press multiple locations at once.

This extension is deprecated. Please install the new extension with the same name and remove this one after replacing the actions, conditions and expressions in your project.

How to use:

Add the joystick behavior to a sprite that will be the joystick
Place the joystick object on the scene
Run the "Activate joystick" action on every frame and specify the thumb object
The joystick thumb object will automatically be created and moved

Tips:

Use "Simulate a touch" functions to provide mouse and gamepad controls
More than one joystick or button can be used at the same time
Joystick and thumb objects should have all sides the same length
Thumb object must be smaller than the joystick object

Conditions

Joystick pushed in a direction (4-way)
Check if joystick is pushed in a given direction.

Joystick pushed in a direction (8-way)
Check if joystick is pushed in a given direction.

Multitouch controller button pressed
Check if a button is pressed on a gamepad.

Multitouch controller button released
Check if a button is released on a gamepad.

Joystick force
Compare the percentage the thumb has been pulled away from the joystick center (Range: 0 to 1).

Expressions

Expression	Description
`MultitouchJoystick::JoystickAngle(number, string)`	Return the angle the joystick is pointing towards (Range: -180 to 180).
	🔢 Number	Multitouch controller identifier (1, 2, 3, 4...)
	string	Joystick name
`MultitouchJoystick::JoystickForce(number, string)`	Return the percentage the thumb has been pulled away from the joystick center (Range: 0 to 1).
	🔢 Number	Multitouch controller identifier (1, 2, 3, 4...)
	string	Joystick name

Multitouch button (deprecated)

Detect button presses made from a touchscreen.

Behavior conditions

Button pressed
Check if button is pressed.

Button released
Check if button is released.

No expressions for this behavior.

Multitouch Joystick (deprecated)

Activate a joystick that can be controlled by interacting with a touchscreen.

Behavior actions

Animate multitouch joystick
Animate multitouch joystick.

Enable (or disable) floating on a joystick
Enable (or disable) floating on a joystick.

Change joystick to pressed
Change joystick to pressed.

Simulate a touch ended
Simulate a touch ended.

Simulate a touch on joystick (based on angle and force)
Simulate a touch on joystick (based on angle and force). Can be used for gamepad controls.

Simulate a touch on joystick (based on position)
Simulate a touch on joystick (based on position). Can be used for mouse controls.

Behavior conditions

Joystick force
Check if joystick force is greater or equal to a value.

Joystick pushed in a direction (4-way movement)
Check if joystick is pushed in a given direction.

Joystick pushed in a direction (8-way movement)
Check if joystick is pushed in a given direction.

Check if joystick is floating
Check if joystick is floating.

Joystick pressed
Check if a joystick is pressed.

Behavior expressions

Expression	Description
`Object.MultitouchJoystick::JoystickAngle()`	Angle the joystick is pointing towards (Range: -180 to 180).
`Object.MultitouchJoystick::JoystickForce()`	Percentage the thumb has been pulled away from the joystick center (Range: 0 to 1).

Platformer multitouch controller mapper (deprecated)

Control a platformer character with a multitouch controller.

No expressions for this behavior.

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