Will you support Android 4's native gamepad API?

zikook · Post by **zikook** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 2:55 pm

Hi,

Android 4+ has native gamepad support. Will you support it?

It would be VERY cool if we could steer with one analog while looking around with the other.

If not, there's always the sixaxis app in the play store. But it's less convenient..

-Z

erode · Post by **erode** » Fri May 03, 2013 12:59 pm

This will be great for those of us who intend to plug into HDMI TV to play on our couches. How awesome is that!?

scorpeeon · Post by **scorpeeon** » Fri May 03, 2013 10:21 pm

+1 for this, i really hope it will have it.

HansSchmucker · Post by **HansSchmucker** » Thu May 09, 2013 8:36 pm

At least on my Note 2, trying to use the gamepad blocks all input and eventually force-closes Carmageddon. Maybe this will be fixed later on. However we will have to buy it in order to get the update... I don't mind, but your opinions may differ.

scorpeeon · Post by **scorpeeon** » Thu May 09, 2013 10:50 pm

Yeah, same here on my Nexus, looks like gamepads are not currently supported. Maybe in a future update hopefully...

paladin74 · Post by **paladin74** » Fri May 10, 2013 6:32 am

Yeah, i was glad to see "customize controls" option, but when i plug a keyboard to my Asus TF101 and dropped to that option, i realize, that only key position on the screen can be customized (((

crecker · Post by **crecker** » Fri May 10, 2013 3:04 pm

Great Port of Carmageddon! Runs well on my Minix Neo X5! Gamepad support would be awesome!

ahrmageddohn · Post by **ahrmageddohn** » Fri May 10, 2013 3:21 pm

+1 yea please :D

cr4zyjay · Post by **cr4zyjay** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:21 pm

+1

samsung has even designed an official gamepad for the galaxy s4 that you plug the phone into and away you go. would be great!

sgno · Post by **sgno** » Thu May 16, 2013 1:02 pm

This game must have gamepad support, please, make it! touch controlled racing suxx

eagle1 · Post by **eagle1** » Thu May 23, 2013 10:52 am

Gamepad support, otherwise = wasted great game.

shane · Post by **shane** » Thu May 23, 2013 2:24 pm

Hey all, thanks for your comments and suggestions on Game Pad support. Future updates are being planned, to include support for an ever-widening range of phones, tablets and input devices.

HansSchmucker · Post by **HansSchmucker** » Fri May 24, 2013 1:02 pm

shane wrote:Hey all, thanks for your comments and suggestions on Game Pad support. Future updates are being planned, to include support for an ever-widening range of phones, tablets and input devices.

Shane, it would be great if you could release a beta-version this time around, which is really the only way to test with all combinations of device and gamepad. There's already a free version of Carma which would be perfect for testing and would free you from worrying about how to do this with Google Play... you could simply post a link to the plain APK without having to worry about piracy, since it's the free version anyway.

crecker · Post by **crecker** » Sat May 25, 2013 1:13 pm

Great to hear! Cant wait to play it on my TV Screen!

zxbreak · Post by **zxbreak** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 6:46 am

shane wrote:Hey all, thanks for your comments and suggestions on Game Pad support. Future updates are being planned, to include support for an ever-widening range of phones, tablets and input devices.

Glad to hear this. I own a Mini Android PC, those small devices you connect directly to TV and use with keyboard/mouse. It obviously doesn't have touchscreen, anyway as the hardcore Carma lover I am, I downloaded the free game anyway and played it with mouse (pressing one control at time, hard but not impossible!!) and it runs smooth and looks really good on a BIG tv screen.

So I can't wait you release gamepad or keyboard support in order to play properly on my device!

Keep up the good work!!!

muppet · Post by **muppet** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:31 pm

OMG!!!!!! i gonna freak out.. carmageddon the first "race" game i ever played...

and now on my OUYA....

i hope the update comes soon

thumbs up guys..

(sorry for my english )

Porpoise Hork · Post by **Porpoise Hork** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:54 pm

Counting the days till I see of on my Ouya dashboard!

ahrmageddohn · Post by **ahrmageddohn** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 7:02 pm

Any news about this?

MadCat · Post by **MadCat** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:15 pm

Hi,

any updates about an OUYA-version/gamepadsupport?

crecker · Post by **crecker** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:27 pm

Any news?

ahrmageddohn · Post by **ahrmageddohn** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:37 pm

Mhn, maybe vacation time. Hope an update is coming soon.

ahrmageddohn · Post by **ahrmageddohn** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 7:25 pm

Great, we got controller support. But just xperia ones :( What about bluetooth controller? I tried it, but most buttons only reacts as "back/close" button. so i cant start a game... please add support for bluetooth gamepad devices, too.

Telinoz · Post by **Telinoz** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:32 am

I just picked a bluetooth Gamepad controller for Android, it's a Moga Pro Power unit:
http://www.mogaanywhere.com/controllers/propower

Fantastic Gamepad, playing well with a lot of supported games.

It also has a HID mode for games that can accept input from HID devices, then you can program your pad.

If it's native, it works right away.

Carmageddon was one of my favourite games back in the 90's, I got it right away (full paid version) and it is fun using the touch screen but I would love to use a controller.

I also have a MHL adaptor that works with my HTC One, so unless I can use this game with a controller I can't play it on my 50" TV!!

I've read on this forum that it's been on the cards since May 2013, is there any progress or updates?

Comitatensis · Post by **Comitatensis** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:38 pm

Is there any news at all?

I do not have the xperia play and any workaround possibilities requires a rooted phone, which voids any warranty.

Jesy_par · Post by **Jesy_par** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:50 am

Great Port of Carmageddon! Runs well on my Minix Neo X5! Gamepad support would be awesome!

Steel_Blueflame · Post by **Steel_Blueflame** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 4:28 pm

Android dev and user here, is there any update on the progress of this getting game pad support? i was only able to get the analog stick to work on my moga game pad through a lot of input trickery. an update would be nice....

shane · Post by **shane** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 10:55 am

Steel_Blueflame wrote:Android dev and user here, is there any update on the progress of this getting game pad support? i was only able to get the analog stick to work on my moga game pad through a lot of input trickery. an update would be nice....

We would love to bring more game pad support to our mobile version of Carmageddon but unfortunately all our focus at present is on the development of Carmageddon: Reincarnation. The same goes for an Ouya version. We'd love to get the game out on as many platforms as possible and reach as many fans as we can but Reincarnation remains our main priority at present.

jecartas · Post by **jecartas** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:41 am

This game must have gamepad support, please, make it! touch controlled racing suxx

superuwe · Post by **superuwe** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:55 am

ReinCARnation is released, so any news on this one?

BTW: The Full Carma Funsize Version seems NOT to be available thru Google Play Store in Germany. WTF?

If this can't be undone, please provide a cewnsored version....

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