Input devices question

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Hi SDL users,

i read some information about input handling(sdldoc) and tried to run the event examples (with succes). But after this i have a question about input devices and input handling:

  • what kind of input devices does SDL support (besides mouse, joystick and keyboard)
    if SDL support other devices like spaceball, wheel etc, is there any information (like examples) about this.

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  • what kind of input devices does SDL support
    (besides mouse, joystick and keyboard)
    if SDL support other devices like spaceball, wheel
    etc, is there any information (like examples) about
    this.

I have a PS/2 steering wheel that I have connected
through a Super Joybox 5
(http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=23&products_id=3172)
and the wheel is treated like a JOY AXIS. This however
is a behavior of the Super Joybox 5, however, I don’t
see any other logical way for it to be treated. Why
don’t you plug in a wheel and find out?

If by spaceball you mean a trackball (like an inverted
mouse,) they are supported. Read these:

http://sdldoc.csn.ul.ieguideinput.php#GUIDEINPUTJOYSTICK
http://sdldoc.csn.ul.ie/sdljoyballevent.php

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[…]

If by spaceball you mean a trackball (like an inverted
mouse,) they are supported. Read these:

The Spaceball I know of is a “6D” CAD/DCC controller:

http://www.alsos.com/Products/Devices/SpaceBall.html

It’s a force sensitive device, and much more similar to an analog
joystick than to “endless” devices such as mice and trackballs.

I suppose the drivers could make it look like a 6 axis joystick or
something. There are a few games that explicitly support these
devices, but I don’t know how they do it on the API level.

//David Olofson - Programmer, Composer, Open Source Advocate

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Just a question… Does SDL support the force feedback on a joystick?
Thanks.

David Olofson wrote:>On Tuesday 25 May 2004 11.56, Donny Viszneki wrote:

[…]

If by spaceball you mean a trackball (like an inverted
mouse,) they are supported. Read these:

The Spaceball I know of is a “6D” CAD/DCC controller:

http://www.alsos.com/Products/Devices/SpaceBall.html

It’s a force sensitive device, and much more similar to an analog
joystick than to “endless” devices such as mice and trackballs.

I suppose the drivers could make it look like a 6 axis joystick or
something. There are a few games that explicitly support these
devices, but I don’t know how they do it on the API level.

//David Olofson - Programmer, Composer, Open Source Advocate

.- Audiality -----------------------------------------------.
| Free/Open Source audio engine for games and multimedia. |
| MIDI, modular synthesis, real time effects, scripting,… |
`-----------------------------------> http://audiality.org -’
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— Fabrice Chinjoie <fabrice.chinjoie at csiro.au>
wrote:

Just a question… Does SDL support the force
feedback on a joystick?
Thanks.

According to this:

http://sdldoc.csn.ul.ie/joystick.php

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