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Started by terryleung September 22, 2004 01:36 PM

1 comment, last by Wysardry 19 years, 7 months ago

terryleung

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September 22, 2004 01:36 PM

i am now developing a game engine(windows platform) i am going to use opengl and glut for graphic and i need to use a joystick i know that i can use either directinput or glut which one is better or easier? any advice?

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September 22, 2004 02:24 PM

Might as well use GLUT. It's cross-platform.

FYI, SDL works much better than GLUT and is also cross platform. It has a 'joystick' module that works pretty well.

Wysardry

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September 22, 2004 04:36 PM

You might as well compare them with GLFW while you're at it.

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