# Accessing a game controller (eg 360 pad) in AS3

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 28, 2008, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-a-game-controller-eg-360-pad-in-as3/269500 "2008-08-28T12:01:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-a-game-controller-eg-360-pad-in-as3/269500/1 "2008-08-28T12:01:08Z")

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I’ve begun to program a game in Flash and intend for its controls to be configurable.

I’d like to give the option of using game controllers… however, I haven’t the faintest idea how I’d go about this.

Are there global classes for these things or would I have to find libraries online?

Thanks.