Joystick Support

[Guest Drag]

Hello guys,

The current version of Leadwerks have a Joystick support?

Best regards.

[Marleys Ghost]

LE does not handle those input devices directly. You'd need to do that in the language you are using and/or with 3rd party libs.

[Guest Drag]

There are ways to use external libraries? Could how i load?? I dont did find in documentation.

 

Thanks

[Canardia]

External libraries have nothing to do with LE, they work in any C++ program. The same way LE is just another external library for C++ as all the other thousands of libraries for C++.

 

The most popular Joystick libraries for C++ are SDL and OIS:

SDL: http://www.libsdl.org/download.php

OIS: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wgois/files/

 

I would probably use SDL, since it brings also MMO capable network functions.

 

If I want only a input library for Joysticks and other controllers and don't need anything else from SDL, then I would use OIS, since it's much smaller and not so bloated as SDL.

[machoman811]

Well, since Leadwerks is only for windows so far, I prefer to use the windows functions... check that out:

 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms712657%28VS.85%29.aspx

 

The functions are:

 

joyGetPos

joyGetPosEx

joyReleaseCapture

joySetCapture

[Volker]

For the Blitzmax users I can recommend FryPad.

 

"..is a free module that provides an abstract control interface that sits between your game logic and the various

control systems (keyboards, joypads etc.) the player wishes to use."