Re: Problems Linking With a C++ Lib

[jsquirek@gmail.com]

I am very interested in your project to port Direct Input because it directly relates to my Doom 3 project. I have actually tried in the past to port it, but the fact that it is fully OOP caused too many head aches.

This is a bit off topic, but are you aware that Microsoft has deprecated Direct Input? They recommend for you to use "Raw Input" which is actually used by the Direct Input library for all its functionality. It is possible to write your own keylogger and generic controller driver with Raw Input but again it proved too be too much of a pain to finish advanced features like those. I ended up implementing the mouse and keyboard controls with Raw Input and using Window's new XInput API to deal with Xbox controllers.

Another reason to not use Direct Input is that modern Xbox controllers have a fatal flaw with the right and left trigger where data is lost and they are tied together into one value.

Here are some links you may find helpful

Current Input API:
https://github.com/AdaDoom3/AdaDoom3/blob/master/Engine/Systems/Windows/neo-system-input-import.adb
https://github.com/AdaDoom3/AdaDoom3/blob/master/Engine/neo-system-input.ads

Key Logger Attempt:
https://github.com/AdaDoom3/AdaDoom3/blob/input/Engine/Systems/Windows/neo-system-input-import.adb