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I'm trying to read inputs from an XBox 360 controller in Blender 2.8 however my scripting knowledge is limited.

I think I would have to install this python module/library/whatever the heck its called https://pypi.org/project/inputs/ but unfortunately I have no idea how to do that and every tutorial/instructions I read on the subject might as well be written in hieroglyphs. I understand "installing with pip" is a thing and I think Blender 2.80 comes equipped with this tool but that doesn't mean much to me.

This doesn't seem like a difficult problem but installing python modules is above my head. If anyone could break the process down in layman's terms, I would be eternally grateful, or if there is another way of doing this that I'm not seeing please feel free to share.

The ultimate goal of this endeavor is to use the controller as an animator's tool, that is using the joysticks and buttons to perform actions in Blender. That part I'm confident I can wrap my head around it's just getting the actual inputs that's stumping me.

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  • $\begingroup$ Related: blender.stackexchange.com/questions/139718/…, blender.stackexchange.com/questions/56011/… $\endgroup$
    – HikariTW
    Jul 10, 2019 at 23:34
  • $\begingroup$ pip is a tool for an operating platform to install some package in a organized way. Those packages are provided by community in some repositories. Most of the python package dev will distribute their work in there for easy installing. And Blender use an individual python build contained in installed directory. While pip is not directly linked to that environment. So the links provide some method to achieve pip in python console. $\endgroup$
    – HikariTW
    Jul 11, 2019 at 0:03
  • $\begingroup$ @Hikariztw followed those links as closely as possible and still no luck. $\endgroup$
    – WSNH
    Jul 11, 2019 at 3:35

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Assuming your are using Windows Platform:

Open your python bundled in Blender to enter a Python interactive console.

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Type down following code one by one line (#line can be ignored):

import subprocess
import sys
# enable pip
subprocess.call([sys.executable, "-m", "ensurepip"])
# upgrade pip to latest version
subprocess.call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "--upgrade", "pip"])
# install any package
subprocess.call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "inputs"])

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  • $\begingroup$ Thank you so very much! This worked like a charm. For future visitors (in case it's not glaringly obvious) in the last line you would replace "inputs" with the name of whatever package you're trying to install...in quotations of course. Mine just happened to be inputs. Just noting for the programming challenged like me. Thanks again @Hikariztw $\endgroup$
    – WSNH
    Jul 11, 2019 at 21:17
  • $\begingroup$ Just about to warn you. These code, especially subprocess.call, is extremely dangerous command that call another python process, which can run arbitrary codes that might harm your system and file. Check the code carefully and run if you meet another code use these command $\endgroup$
    – HikariTW
    Jul 12, 2019 at 7:29

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