Hey Thomas, you should definitely consider being a game programming teacher.
Right now, it seems simplier, than what I was making it. I was assumming
that it would take alot more code just to check those things out, but alas,
I was wrong again. thanks for your example. I am going to save it to
reference if I decide to use joysticks or gamepads in my games. Thanks a
million again.
BEAN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 9:00 AM
Subject: Joysticks was Re: audyssey: linux games
> Hi Richard,
> In my opinion it isn't hard to include joysticks. It is more a matter of
> finding out the procedures and methods that DirectX DirectInput offers
> in dinput8.lib.
> Most of them are as simple as GetJoystickState and GetButtons. Once you
> have captured the state you check to see where the stick is and which
> buttons are down. here is a simple C++ example. You will need speak all
> punctuation on to read this, but this should be easy to understand.
>
> // Capture the state of
> // the player's joystick.
> g_jsState = g_joystick->CurrentJoystickState;
>
> // Check buttons.
> byte[] buttons = g_jsState->GetButtons();
>
> // Check button 1.
> // Note, since this is a byte array the numbers
> // actually begin with 0 and not 1.
> if(0 != buttons[0])
> {
> PlayerFire();
> }
>
> // Check the state of button 2.
> if(0 != buttons[1])
> {
> SpeakPlayerHealth();
> }
>
> // Player left right motion.
> if(g_jsState->X == -5000)
> {
> PlayerLeft();
> }
> if(g_jsState->X == 5000)
> {
> PlayerRight();
> }
>
> // Player forward and backward
> // motion.
> if(g_jsState->Y == 5000)
> {
> PlayerStepBackward();
> }
> if(g_jsState->Y == -5000)
> {
> PlayerStepForward();
> }
>
>
> So you see it isn't as bad as it sounds. Just knowing what functions do
> what is the biggist issue.
>
>
>
> Richard Bennett wrote:
>> 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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