Visual FoxPro 9 was released in 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The PlayStation 4 wasn’t released until 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naturally, I decided the two should talk to each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’d already managed to get controller input working in Galactic Gladiators using XInput, which meant I could move the player’s ship using a PS4 controller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then I had another thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Could Visual FoxPro make the controller rumble?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was only one sensible way to find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I tried it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And, rather wonderfully, it worked.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n At the moment it’s very basic. I can make the controller vibrate, and I’ve proved that I can control the two rumble motors independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That’s about as far as I’ve taken it so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But proving it works immediately created a much bigger question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n What could I actually do with it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The obvious answer is explosions, collisions and weapons. Fire something powerful and you feel it. Get hit and the controller reacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But that feels like only the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Could a distant explosion produce a barely noticeable vibration?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Could a damaged engine make the controller occasionally shudder?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Could an approaching enemy be felt before it appears on screen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Could a tractor beam or gravitational pull have its own characteristic vibration?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Could different kinds of damage actually feel<\/em> different?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don’t know yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that’s becoming one of my favourite things about this project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quite often I start by wondering whether Visual FoxPro can do something at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that turns out to be the start of the problem. \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next step: turn basic rumble into something the game can actually use.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Visual FoxPro 9 was released in 2004. The PlayStation 4 wasn’t released until 2013. Naturally, I decided the two should talk to each other. I’d already managed to get controller input working in Galactic Gladiators using XInput, which meant I could move the player’s ship using a PS4 controller. Then I had another thought. Could … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-galactic-gladiators"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robinclapworthy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robinclapworthy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robinclapworthy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robinclapworthy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robinclapworthy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/robinclapworthy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/robinclapworthy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robinclapworthy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robinclapworthy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robinclapworthy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}