It's possible, but it's not easy. In C, you'd use the XInputSetState()
function to control the rumble. To access that from Python, you'd have to either compile a Python extension written in C or use the ctypes
library.
Something like this should work, though bear in mind I haven't tested this:
import ctypes
# Define necessary structures
class XINPUT_VIBRATION(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = [("wLeftMotorSpeed", ctypes.c_ushort),
("wRightMotorSpeed", ctypes.c_ushort)]
xinput = ctypes.windll.xinput1_1 # Load Xinput.dll
# Set up function argument types and return type
XInputSetState = xinput.XInputSetState
XInputSetState.argtypes = [ctypes.c_uint, ctypes.POINTER(XINPUT_VIBRATION)]
XInputSetState.restype = ctypes.c_uint
# Now we're ready to call it. Set left motor to 100%, right motor to 50%
# for controller 0
vibration = XINPUT_VIBRATION(65535, 32768)
XInputSetState(0, ctypes.byref(vibration))
# You can also create a helper function like this:
def set_vibration(controller, left_motor, right_motor):
vibration = XINPUT_VIBRATION(int(left_motor * 65535), int(right_motor * 65535))
XInputSetState(controller, ctypes.byref(vibration))
# ... and use it like so
set_vibration(0, 1.0, 0.5)