[JewishDan18]

I find it good to use the getRawAxis() command. It lets you use all four or five axis from a game controller (two for each stick, one for the triggers on the xbox 360 controllers my team used last year) easily, just by specifying the number, which is relatively easy to determine via trial and error.

EDIT: For buttons, I use getRawButton() in the same way (give it the number of the button). One issue I had was that the D pad wouldn't work, but I think thats because it is read as a 2D position, not a single axis, or something like that.