got joystick working

settings.toml

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-ip = "10.0.0.30"
+ip = "localhost"
 port = 8765

src/coordinator.rs

@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ impl <'a> CoordState<'a> {
             if let Err(e) = self.to_gui.send(GuiUpdate::SocketState(false)).await {
                 error!("Cannot send message to gui thread: {e}");
             }
+        } else {
+            if let Err(e) = self.to_gui.send(GuiUpdate::SocketState(true)).await {
+                error!("Cannot send message to gui thread: {e}");
+                self.close().await;
+            }
         }
     }
 

src/joystick_loop.rs

@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ use crate::coordinator::{ApplicationEvent, MoveEvent};
 
 use async_channel::Sender;
 use gilrs::{ev::filter::FilterFn, Axis, Button, Event, EventType, Filter, Gilrs, GilrsBuilder};
-use log::{warn, info};
+use log::{debug, info, warn};
 use std::{
-    panic::{self, AssertUnwindSafe}, sync::{atomic::AtomicBool, Arc}, time::Duration
+    panic::{self, AssertUnwindSafe},
+    sync::{atomic::AtomicBool, Arc},
+    time::Duration
 };
 
+static MAX_SENT_ZEROS: u32 = 10;
 
 struct UnknownSlayer;
 impl FilterFn for UnknownSlayer {
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ pub async fn joystick_loop(
     let mut curr_y: i32 = 0;
     let mut past_x: i32 = 0;
     let mut past_y: i32 = 0;
+    let mut count_zeros: u32 = 0;
 
     loop {
         // catch unwind because some buttons on the joystick will panic the gilrs object
@@ -74,10 +78,16 @@ pub async fn joystick_loop(
             }
         }
 
-        if curr_x != past_x || curr_y != past_y {
+        if (curr_x != past_x || curr_y != past_y) || (count_zeros < MAX_SENT_ZEROS) {
             past_x = curr_x;
             past_y = curr_y;
 
+            if curr_x == 0 && curr_y == 0 {
+                count_zeros += 1;
+            } else {
+                count_zeros = 0;
+            }
+
             match tx.try_send(ApplicationEvent::MoveEvent(MoveEvent { 
                 x: curr_x,
                 y: curr_y,