How to get an Xbox controller working in HTML5?

Mosel3y · August 22, 2014, 1:11pm

I have a game that I’ve packaged for HTML5, it’s working OK, but I can’t control it with an Xbox controller. It works in PIE obviously.

Does anyone know what I have to do to get a gamepad working in a HTML5 game?

anonymous_user_27b005a2 · August 27, 2014, 10:18pm

Gamepad APIs are exposed by emscripten but not yet have been implemented for engine. I will add this request as a official TTP. Meanwhile you can have look at html5.h in emscripten sdk. html5.h — Emscripten 3.1.39-git (dev) documentation .

Mosel3y · August 28, 2014, 3:59pm

Ah, thanks for the answer Ankitkk. Hopefully it is implemented at some point.

anonymous_user_cacd3de0 · February 25, 2015, 12:58am

I have 4.7 release and I can’t get GamePad working. Is it suppose to work?

Shadowriver · February 25, 2015, 5:09am

Thing is with html5 it is limited to what browser can do and Html5 gamepad support seems to be experimental

anonymous_user_27b005a2 · February 25, 2015, 4:50pm

Gamepad code is there and should be working - what issues are you facing?

Sephern · March 30, 2016, 7:48am

I know this is an old thread and it’s been deemed answered, but I have been working in 4.9, and via Launch I haven’t been able to get my game to pop up in Chrome or 64-bit Firefox, but in 32-bit Firefox I was able to get it up without a gamepad plugged in. When my gamepad is plugged in I receive an error in the image below.

After I select OK, I receive the text:
FSlateApplication::OnControllerButtonReleased?5()
undefined?T()
FHTML5InputInterface::SendControllerEvents()
FHTML5Application::PollGameDeviceState(float)
FSlateApplication::PollGameDeviceState()
FEngineLoop::Tick()
HTML5_Tick()
dynCall_v

I’m about to test this in 4.10, but I thought I’d add this for some info since the OP did not and it’s been a while and I’m getting an error.

Edit: It does appear to have the exact same problem in 4.10 with the error in the same file on a different line.