Joypad userlib (several joysticks at the same time)

[Dr. Dri]

Nobody has tested the small app i posted here, however, the few persons who tested it didn't have any problem. The lib is now available for download and i hope game programmers will enjoy it.

The help file doesn't work properly but i will see what i can do later... Maybe can someone fix it for me ?


Joypad.zip


next step : force feedback

Dri

[whertz]

Excellent. This will come in very handy for my 4-player game. I will give it a try and let you know how it works.

[Dr. Dri]

The compiled userlib was not the good one, if you have downloaded it, optional params may not work...
Fixed and uploaded ^^

Dri

[dontmailme]

Very Nice

You think you can add Force Feedback ? Seems to be a minefield to me

[Dr. Dri]

Excellent. This will come in very handy for my 4-player game. I will give it a try and let you know how it works.

I hope your game will be excellent too ^^

You think you can add Force Feedback ? Seems to be a minefield to me

I will add it, but i first have to see how it works. And of course i have to think about the easiest way to do it (for the user) with the maximum of force feedback effects...

Dri

[Shannara]

Heh, i can continue my bomberman clone now Sweeeeet, thank you!

[Dr. Dri]

Heh, i can continue my bomberman clone now Sweeeeet, thank you!

I can even say that your bombs will be able to shake our joypads

Good news:
joypads are now listed with an array instead of a linked list
no more "current element" problems (for example with threads...)

i'm ading force feedback support. i only plan to use standard effects.
i have made functions to list supported effects, effects names and i will probably make a stack to add effects to the joypad.

-> i wanted to use this but i really think it's too much
http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.php?t=22367

Bad news:
if i create a unicode program that use the lib JoypadName fails, it does not append if i "includefile" the source code...

Dri

[Flype]

Heh, i can continue my bomberman clone now Sweeeeet, thank you!

there's also the JoystickEx userlib which handle up to 16 joystick since some month, yet. but well, no problem

http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... highlight=

mine is based on all the available joystick's functions of the winmm.lib
the only bad thing with the winmm is that it can't handle forcefeedback.

dr dri's one is based on directx, like the one built in purebasic.
so forcefeedback can be implemented. dr dri's working on it.

that's good to have two more joystick's userlib.
i can see one more possible implementation : SDL.
(i have done it month ago - somewhere on my harddisk)

so today, for using joysticks :

- PureBasic - only one device supported (directx)
- JoystickEx UserLib (winmm)
- Joypad UserLib (directx)
- SDL_joystick

[Flype]

Bad news:
if i create a unicode program that use the lib JoypadName fails, it does not append if i "includefile" the source code...

i encountered the same problem with tailbite with some libs.
but, are you using strings inside your lib ?

[Dr. Dri]

i encountered the same problem with tailbite with some libs.
but, are you using strings inside your lib ?

JoypadName() and JoypadEffectName()

Dri

[Flype]

hello dr dri, do you manage to implement the force feedback ?
maybe if you hesitate for the name of the functions we can vote and help.

[Dr. Dri]

i'm working on something else (we talked about it on french forum, pm)
i just wait for a wheel with force feedback

i also needed some sound (synchro) functions so i got deeper in dx stuff to see what's possible.
http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.php?t=23336

Dri

[oakvalley]

I downloaded this thing, very nice! Work as expected, but only when
I added this into the Source\Joypad.pb

Macro DegToRad(Angle)
(Angle * #PI / 180)
EndMacro

at the top of the source just before the first procedure.

Otherwise it could not compile.