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Everything about DirectInput
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DirectInput is a legacy application programming interface developed by American company Microsoft that collects user input via devices such as the mouse, keyboard, and gamepads. It also provides a system for action mapping, which allows the user to assign specific actions within a game to the buttons and axes of the input devices. Additionally it handles haptic feedback/force feedback (input/output) devices. Microsoft also introduced a input library called XInput specifically for the Xbox 360 controller. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: DirectInputA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Beginning Direct3D game programmingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Research on vehicle performance test based on DirectInput data acquisitionCited 0 times
- Go sideways: GamepadA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Microsoft SideWinderA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
Beginning Direct3D game programmingWolfgang F. Engel · 2001
Isometric game programming with Directx 7.0Ernest Pazera · 2001
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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