Can you use a joystick to control movements of OpenGL objects, like for a game?

Graphics and GPU Programming Programming OpenGL

Started by ju2wheels October 08, 2001 11:12 AM

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October 08, 2001 11:12 AM

I am not really good at using openGL but I like the graphics it produces and I wanted to make a game, but I have no idea how to use a joystick or some kind of controller to actually move the "objects" around once I finish creating them....can anyone help with this or have some code that might help?

WayfarerX

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October 08, 2001 11:15 AM

OpenGL has no way to do this as it is only a graphics API. Things to search for:
SDL
Direct Input
Win32 Joystick Functions
I''m not sure if GLUT has any input stuff or how robust it is, but it''s worth a look.

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