Mouse capture.
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I have two questions:
1. When I run my DX application in fullscreen I can see my windows mouse cursor. How do I make it disappear?
2. Is there any gain in using DirectInput instead of Win32 Api for mouse and keyboard input?
Thanks in advance.
[Edited by - soldier2 on August 17, 2005 1:55:54 PM]
There is a huge performance gain by using direct input. You don't have to mess with the message loop, which will slow you down.
There is a command for hiding the cursor:
ShowCursor(FALSE);
When you want to display the cursor again, you can write:
ShowCursor(TRUE);
There is a huge gain in using DirectInput instead of Win32, because the input capture is much more precise. Win32 input is quite slow, a button press can be missed if you push two buttons quickly enough. So my advice is to use DirectInput every time you need precise input capturing.
ShowCursor(FALSE);
When you want to display the cursor again, you can write:
ShowCursor(TRUE);
There is a huge gain in using DirectInput instead of Win32, because the input capture is much more precise. Win32 input is quite slow, a button press can be missed if you push two buttons quickly enough. So my advice is to use DirectInput every time you need precise input capturing.
Author
Thank`s for your help. Joni-Matti can you also tell me where do I call that function. I just took a look on MSDN but I didn`t find too much detail there.
You can call it right after initializing and showing the window. It is also good to call ShowCursor(TRUE) when you exit the program.
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