Managing Controller Pairings

摘要

Example methods manage data that relates a user to a player slot and to a game controller. One example method operates in a multi-user computer environment that includes a game console and a game controller. The method may establish a first mapping and a second mapping for a game running on the console. The first mapping relates a generic player position to a user profile and the second mapping relates the user profile with a game controller. The mappings rely on mapping data provided to the game through a user interface available during the game. The method controls the game, as a function of the first mapping and the second mapping, to manage controller pairings to attribute actions performed at a controller with a currently mapped user profile and then to a player slot. Controller pairings may be managed while the game is in progress without interrupting a game experience.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
in a multi-user computer environment comprising a game console and a set of game controllers operably connected to the game console:
establishing, in computer memory, a first mapping for a game running on the game console, where the first mapping relates a generic player position associated with the game to a user profile, where the first mapping depends, at least in part, on first mapping data provided to the game through a user interface available during the game;establishing, in computer memory, a second mapping for the game, where the second mapping relates the user profile with a member of the set of game controllers, where the second mapping depends, at least in part, on second mapping data provided to the game through the user interface available during the game; andcontrolling the game, as a function of the first mapping and the second mapping, to manage controller pairings to attribute actions performed at the member of the set of controllers with the generic player position and the user profile, where the controller pairings are managed while the game is in progress.