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Windows event handler - camera looking around

Started by extraneus Jan 14, 2008 at 5:23 AM 3 replies 1.1k views

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Jan 14, 2008 at 5:23 AM

Hello! I am using the Window Proc to get mouse events because i have heard you should no longer use dinput because it is no longer supported etc. Now i wanted to use this mouse event handler for looking around with a camera. The problem is that if the mouse cursor gets to a border of the window naturally the camera won't move anymore... How could I handle this? Maybe i could set the cursor to the other side of the window but this would be very hackish... Thanks a lot!

adam4813

Jan 14, 2008 at 6:29 AM

You can set the cursor position in DirectX just set it to the center after you get the movement. This way you program will still get the movement but wont know that the mouse was moved back to the center. Or better yet just store where the mouse was click at then keep moving it back there every update. Then once they release the mouse let it move where ever they move it.