direct input for irrlicht?

[Mel]

I hope this is the right place to ask... Well considering that direct input is a Direct X feature, i don't hope to see support for future irrlicht releases but i0m wondering if there is already out there any extension to support direct input (to use a controller) as the controls i'm thinking to add into my project would be a bit difficult to use if the only input device is the keyboard.

thanks in advance!

[MasterGod]

Sorry I have no other solution for you but I just want to mention that I believe that as long as OpenGL doesn't have this DirectX's input system won't be used.

P.S
And because it has nothing to do with rendering.

[hybrid]

Well, Irrlicht does support input handling, so we might also include Direct Input. But onyl via some proper abstraction, which would also be implementable by other systems (and actually is).

[Halifax]

Yeah, I personally think it would be pretty cool to implement some abstractions, and then implement the input handling specifics under that. One reason being that I would like to use XInput just for some fun purposes.

[r2d2]

DirectX Input isn't that hard to handle, instead it's quite easy. Implementing it into your own Eventhandler/Inputhandler shouldn't be much of a Problem. I also once used it for an OpenGL app without problems, cause the GLFW InputHandling had some very nasty bugs in C#

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        private Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput.Device mKeyboard;
        private Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput.Device mMouse;

...

            mKeyboard = new Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput.Device(Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput.SystemGuid.Keyboard);
            mMouse = new Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput.Device(Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput.SystemGuid.Mouse);

            mKeyboard.Acquire();
            mMouse.Acquire();

...

        public void update()
        {
            Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput.MouseState state = mMouse.CurrentMouseState; // this is important cause everytime you call CurrentMouseState the distance the mouse travelled will be queried again and i don't think you will move your mouse very far during two function calls ;) so save the whole state in a variable and get the values from that one
            int mousex = state.X;
            int mousey = state.Y;

            if (mousex != 0)
            {
                float turny = (float)mousex / 5.0f;
                mMouseX = mousex;
                mOr.Z -= turny;
            }
            if (mousey != 0)
            {
                float turnx = (float)mousey / 5.0f;
                mMouseY = mousey;
                mOr.X += turnx;
            }

            if (mKeyboard.GetPressedKeys().Length > 0)
            {
                Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput.Key[] Keys = mKeyboard.GetPressedKeys();
                for (int i = 0; i < Keys.Length; i++)
                {
                    if (Keys[i] == Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput.Key.W)
                    {
// there is an error here somwhere, this is mathematically not completely right, but i have been too lazy to iron it out ;)
                        mPos.X += (float)System.Math.Sin(((mOr.Z % 360) / 180.0f) * System.Math.PI) * 0.4f;
                        mPos.Y += (float)System.Math.Cos(((mOr.Z % 360) / 180.0f) * System.Math.PI) * 0.4f;
                        mPos.Z += (float)System.Math.Cos(((mOr.X % 360) / 180.0f) * System.Math.PI) * 0.4f;
                    }

[Nadro]

Of course, You can use Direct Input with OpenGL renderer, but only on Windows... but Linux, MacOSX? If You need more advanced input system than currently from Irrlicht You should use: Object Oriented Input System: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wgois Project is cross-platform and it's on the zlib style license:)

[kburkhart84]

I currently use DInput8 for my projects instead of the Irrlicht's event manager, though I aquire all devices in nonexclusive mode so that Irrlichtr will still recieve input as well. I can freely give out the classes I use if anybody were to want them, though they aren't anything special, they do work.

[d3jake]

I'm using SDL to handle joystick input. I got the main code from a member here named "CuteAlien" and it works like a champ. Alien also told me that the code extends to keyboard and mouse (I think so anyway..). The best part is that it is cross platform.