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[Endemoniada]

Hi guys, I don't want to use DirectInput in my game. Is this the best way to get the mouse delta:

// called every frame

void heartbeat()
{
GetCursorPos(&point);
SetCursorPos(screenWidth/2,screenHeight/2);

delta.x=point.x-lastPoint.x;
delta.y=point.y-lastPoint.y;

lastPoint.x=point.x;
lastPoint.y=point.y;
}

I also want to determine if the mouse buttons are depressed. I was thinking of something simple like this:

// gets called when a WM_LBUTTONDOWN message comes in
void OnLButtonDown()
{
leftButton=TRUE;
}

// gets called when a WM_LBUTTONUP message comes in
void OnLButtonUp()
{
leftButton=FALSE;
}

// then in heartbeat() I can just do:

if(leftButton)
...

Does all that look right ? Maybe there is a better way ? Thank you.

[ApochPiQ]

You might also want to look into Raw Input.