I'm making a controller for a PTZ ("pan/tilt/zoom") camera using Pygame, so
I can move the camera around with a gaming joystick. It works but the
motion is very jerky.
The camera expects a "start" action ("start moving the camera left") and
then a stop action ("stop moving it"). I'm handling that by sending a start
motion command when the joystick is up, then a pause, and then a stop
motion command. So the motion happens in jerky pulses.
Is there some best practice for doing my action WHILE the joystick is in a
certain position? If I can send a "start motion" command when the joystick
moves up, and then the "stop motion" command when the joystick is centered,
the motion would be smooth. But all the code samples I've seen poll the
joystick and then act on the joystick states.
I posted my code here if anyone wants to have a look:
boofadmin.com/dropbox/camera_joystick.zip
Or maybe there's a code sample that illustrates the best practice of
reading joystick states?
Thanks for any help!
