Qt5 FPS camera mouse movement

[dganster]

Hi everybody,

I have already successfully integrated Irrlicht into Qt5, and added an FPS camera to my scene (with the sceneManager->addCameraSceneNodeFPS() method).
I can also move the camera using the arrow keys, but I simply cannot get mouse movement to work.

I followed the steps here:
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/forum/v ... 6&p=271024

which contains this code snipped:

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void QIrrlichtWidget::mouseMoveEvent(  QMouseEvent* event )
{
    irr::SEvent irrEvent;
    
    irrEvent.EventType = irr::EET_MOUSE_INPUT_EVENT;
    
    if ( device != 0 )
    {
        irrEvent.MouseInput.Event = irr::EMIE_MOUSE_MOVED;
        
        irrEvent.MouseInput.X = event->x();
        irrEvent.MouseInput.Y = event->y();
        irrEvent.MouseInput.Wheel = 0.0f; // Zero is better than undefined
        
        qDebug() << "Mouse event: " << event->x() << "/" << event->y() << endl;
        
        device->postEventFromUser( irrEvent );
    }
    
    event->ignore();
}
 

I can confirm that the method is being called anytime I move the mouse by looking at the debug output.
However, the mouse is not captured by the window, and does not stay centered like it does in the Movement irrlicht sample.

Is there any reason why the fps camera would ignore mouse inputs?

[CuteAlien]

No obvious reason. The code looks pretty similar to what we use for WTL (another gui lib).

On mobile platforms (Android, iphone) CursorControl might not exist, but I guess you are not on one of those.
Easiest solution is probably compiling Irrlicht in debug and setting a breakpoint in CSceneNodeAnimatorCameraFPS.cpp in ::OnEvent and in ::animateNode. If you are working with VisualStudio that's easy to do (compile project files and then just add that project to your solution for debugging).