improve support for gamepads - #7655
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Use the SDL gamepad API to add full gamepad support. Adds rumble for supported gamepads and changes the FF in-game options to take immediate effect instead of requiring a restart. Additionally this makes changes to allow gamepad triggers to be used as both an axis and a button. This support is specific to gamepads since we can explicitly identify the trigger with the API and act on it accordingly. FSO control config doesn't currently support such an action directly however so we have to hack it in just a bit. Due to this the control binding will show the trigger axis name bound to a button control only while a gamepad is connected, otherwise it shows a button name associated with the trigger.
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The gamepad navigation support has become it's own beast and will be split off into it's own PR. What remains is the basic gamepad support which has already been in testing with all of the SDL3 test builds for the past 10-11 months. |
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Given the testing has been going well it overall looks good, but had two questions/comments, thanks! |
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I'll wait 12 hours or so to merge in case those in different timezones or sleep schedules might want to comment as well. |
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Make use of the SDL gamepad API to improve support for gamepads. Also adds support for rumble and triggers as buttons.
NOTE: This is a semi-breaking change as control bindings for gamepads can change compared to older builds.