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Wings with SpaceOrb / Joystick - engrenage - 04-18-2021
Years ago I got myself a SpaceOrb 3D 6-axis game controller. I thought it wasn't that great at the time, but I still have it and it's apparently a pretty straightforward joystick-like thing that connects to a serial port and has a few additional buttons.
Is there a chance I can use Wings with my thingy?
Alternatively, being able to connect a second mouse could be helpful
RE: Wings with SpaceOrb / Joystick - micheus - 04-19-2021
engrenage Wrote:Is there a chance I can use Wings with my thingy?Dedicated input devices usually requires a proper driver and code to handle their information.
It's like for tablets device. Some can be used with Wings3D, but there is no guarantee they will work 100% because it really was not designed (coded) to use specific inputs. And in order to do that the programmers must to have access to them (own one).
RE: Wings with SpaceOrb / Joystick - engrenage - 04-26-2021
this seems fallacious to me.
I first tried my "spaceorb" with the game "descent" ; the controller probably didn't even exist at the time the game was released, yet it was still recognized as a joystick and - same thing as using the mouse - you could tell the game "this button does this, this axis does that, ...."
I'm pretty sure comm protocol for joysticks is a standard.
this night be of interest:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_port
RE: Wings with SpaceOrb / Joystick - micheus - 04-26-2021
Anyway, still need to process an nós standard input device like a mouse or keyboard. Dedicated code to handle joystick input will need to be written.