Polls the joystick. allegro game programming library.
#include <allegro.h>
int poll_joystick();
The joystick handler is not interrupt driven, so you need to call this function every now and again to update the global position values. Example:
do { /* Get joystick input */ poll_joystick(); /* Process input for the first joystick */ if (joy[0].button[0].b) first_button_pressed(); if (joy[0].button[1].b) second_button_pressed(); ... } while(!done);
Returns zero on success or a negative number on failure (usually because no joystick driver was installed).
install_joystick(3alleg4), joy(3alleg4), num_joysticks(3alleg4), exjoy(3alleg4)