Hello, I have a very simple question:
Why is there no direct input in ET on Windows? (Linux has it!)
I heard that there was in_mouse -1 in the past but it doesn't exist anymore since the 2.60 patch.
What's the reason? Why etpro doesn't fix it?
Thank you!
Direct Input in ET
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Re: Direct Input in ET
There never was DI, neither in ET nor in RtCW.thompier wrote:Hello, I have a very simple question:
Why is there no direct input in ET on Windows? (Linux has it!)
I heard that there was in_mouse -1 in the past but it doesn't exist anymore since the 2.60 patch.
What's the reason? Why etpro doesn't fix it?
Thank you!
DI was introduced in Q3 in a patch/ point release. Afterwards they released another patch, because some players wanted to have the windows implementation back (Q3's DI implementation added a 12ms buffer, afaik). That's where in_mouse -1 comes from:
-1 -> windows implementation
1 -> direct input
So, in_mouse -1 only works in Q3.
However you can get direct input by using mforce. For more info take a look at this thread by anir/aion.
Fri May 06 14:52:57 2005
(21:33:18) (Noobie) In ET and RtCW (and CoD), DirectInput doesn't work, i.e. in_mouse -1 or 1 makes no difference (although some people reported it did for them...?). I had a chat with zinx (from the ETPro team) about it and he confirmed it.
(21:33:20) (Noobie) ^^
(21:33:31) (+som1) sheesh
(21:33:35) (+som1) dont believe anything he says
(21:33:39) (@zinx) Noobie: in_mouse 1 is windows, in_mouse 2 is directinput
(21:33:43) (+som1) if u believe something its diffrent for u
(21:33:45) (@zinx) Noobie: in_mouse -1 is just D&L
(21:33:47) (+som1) ok?:)
(21:33:53) (@[av]bani) in_mouse 2 doesnt work
(21:33:55) (@[NW]reyalP) erm, in_mouse 2 got killed in beta didn't it /
(21:34:02) (@[NW]reyalP) 2.6 beta, that is
(21:34:08) (@[av]bani) we tried to get DI working but win32 is too buggy
(21:34:08) (+som1) HEY ITS ABOUT UR MIND
(21:34:09) (@zinx) probably
(21:34:16) (@[av]bani) so it got killed
(21:34:18) (+som1) if you believe something is diffrent, it will feel diffrent
(21:34:20) (@zinx) \o/
(21:34:21) (@[av]bani) prolly same reason id killed it
(21:33:18) (Noobie) In ET and RtCW (and CoD), DirectInput doesn't work, i.e. in_mouse -1 or 1 makes no difference (although some people reported it did for them...?). I had a chat with zinx (from the ETPro team) about it and he confirmed it.
(21:33:20) (Noobie) ^^
(21:33:31) (+som1) sheesh
(21:33:35) (+som1) dont believe anything he says
(21:33:39) (@zinx) Noobie: in_mouse 1 is windows, in_mouse 2 is directinput
(21:33:43) (+som1) if u believe something its diffrent for u
(21:33:45) (@zinx) Noobie: in_mouse -1 is just D&L
(21:33:47) (+som1) ok?:)
(21:33:53) (@[av]bani) in_mouse 2 doesnt work
(21:33:55) (@[NW]reyalP) erm, in_mouse 2 got killed in beta didn't it /
(21:34:02) (@[NW]reyalP) 2.6 beta, that is
(21:34:08) (@[av]bani) we tried to get DI working but win32 is too buggy
(21:34:08) (+som1) HEY ITS ABOUT UR MIND
(21:34:09) (@zinx) probably
(21:34:16) (@[av]bani) so it got killed
(21:34:18) (+som1) if you believe something is diffrent, it will feel diffrent
(21:34:20) (@zinx) \o/
(21:34:21) (@[av]bani) prolly same reason id killed it