so is it very difficult to write the code to use the joysticks, or game
pads? Because I want the people to be able to use the gamepad or joystick to
play these games that I plan to create. Also, ever thought about being a
game programming teacher? You seem to be very good and know your stuff, like
the back of your hand.
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From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: audyssey: linux games
> Hi richard,
> Microsoft DirectX has drivers and support for just about any hardware
> device you can imagine. To program them you would use dinput8.lib and
> dinput8.h in your application.
> You have to of course create objects for the devices you plan to use and
> plus supply the System GUID for the device. Once it is found by your
> initialisation function it is merely a matter of polling the device to
> see where the stick is and which buttons are being held down.
>
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>
> Richard Bennett wrote:
>> well, this may come in the next class, but how would you get a
>> joystick to
>> be able to play a game? I mean from what I have learned, the keyboard
>> is the
>> only option, how would you write to allow a joystick or gamepad?
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