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Jan 3, 2002 at 4:11 PM

Hi, i''m just asking this as a complete dummy to Direct X but.. Whats the point of using Direct Input when you can access user input throught the windows api? Is it better in any way? Thx, -J

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Jason2Jason

Jan 3, 2002 at 4:52 PM

how would that realy help though. Does it give you any noticeable performance increase?

wazoo69

Jan 3, 2002 at 6:21 PM

Let''s put it this way:

Would you rather stand in line and order your happy meal and wait while they get it for you, or would you rather go get the burger yourself?

Yes in SOME situations, using the win32 api is a better way to go, but for the most part DirectInput is tops. Direct access to
the hardware beats waiting for windows event messages anyday..

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