How to move cursor with joystick?

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My older brother is making games he wants to add controller compatibility to. How to make cursor movable by joysticks?

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Do you literally mean move the cursor? If you are on the old Input-Manager and on Windows , you can do so like this:

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
[DllImport("user32.dll")]

static extern bool SetCursorPos(int X, int Y);
int xPos = 0;
int yPos = 0;   

SetCursorPos(xPos, yPos);

If you just meant move your player rather than the cursor, you can use controllers with the old system quite easily. Edit → Project Settings → Input Manager and check what is set for controllers. On my system, the PS5 controller works with no additional settings.

If you’re on a macOS or a Console, you’ll have to change to the new Input-System and do what @dk404 says above, though using the New Input-System is a big learning curve there are some limitations (for example OnMouseDown/OnMouseUp are not supported, which means rewriting code if you use those events).

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With the new Input System, that you can install with the Package Manager, you can use the gamepad to drive the mouse (see the sample Gamepad Mouse Cursor using a virtual cursor) or move (“warp”) the system mouse cursor depending on the Joystick input values.

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There is also a paid solution in the unity asset store that does this for Windows only: