How to assign a determined joystick number to each specific gamepad?

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Hi everybody

I’m working in a project that uses 3 different types of gamepads, type A, B and C. I’m using Unity’s Input Manager to handle the inputs. I’m setting the axes and assigning each a specific “Joy Num”.
I was expecting the joystick A would be recognized in unity as joystick 1, B would be joystick 2 and C would be joystick 3 (Following the order each gamepad was connected).
The problem is sometimes unity works as expected, however there are times it doesn’t. Gamepad A gets tag 2, B gets 3 and C gets 1, for example. Or a gamepad can get a tag 4 or 5, even there are only 3 gamepads connected. There is no way of predicting which “joy num” will be assigned to each gamepad.

Is there any way of changing the “Joy Num” tag in Input Manager on the run by script? Or is there any kind of workaround for this problem?

Thanks for your help

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We got a solution! We’re using Unity API to detect each joystick name and then we write the InputManager.asset text file by code and do the parsing (Since Unity3d doesn’t offer any API for doing so).

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Hey @erizzoalbuquerque I’m having the same problem and have no idea how to solve it. Could you please provide more specific info about your solution?
Greetings!

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Hello @mcarrascosh, since the time, have you found a solution to solve this? Thanks.