thend wrote:
tracert, if I missunderstood what what you were saying I do apoligise.. I see your 2nd to last post, where you provide the link in reguards to a game pad.. As I didnt see it the last time I posted. So again I apoligise if I didnt understand what you were saying... I'd love the defination of direct input comtrolers..
I posted the link to POL's policy on controllers, and I get no apology. No big deal, though.
DirectInput is simply the set of drivers used by DirectX to communicate with input devices (i.e., mouses, keyboards, controllers, etc).
If you run %windir%/system32/dxdiag.exe, you'll see a whole lot of crap. Under DirectInput, you might see this:
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DirectInput Devices
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Device Name: Mouse
Attached: 1
Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
FF Driver: n/a
Device Name: Keyboard
Attached: 1
Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
FF Driver: n/a
Device Name: Microsoft Wireless Optical MouseĀ® 1.0A
Attached: 1
Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x045E, 0x006A
FF Driver: n/a
Device Name: Nostromo n52 Speedpad2
Attached: 1
Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x050D, 0x0815
FF Driver: n/a
Poll w/ Interrupt: No
Registry: OK
I hate that I had to show that a controller is a freaking DirectInput controller specifically and not a piece of 3rd-party software. I generally try to avoid discussions in which such inane demands will be made.
If you ask me to distinguish the n52 from a bowl of spaghetti, I'm leaving.
Edited, Fri Feb 18 18:24:45 2005 by Dryhus