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XINPUT_GAMEPAD_LEFT_THUMB_DEADZONE := 7849 Device subtypes available in XINPUT_CAPABILITIES Device types available in XINPUT_CAPABILITIES Newer versions of XInput may require additional constants. NOTE: These are based on my outdated copy of the DirectX SDK.

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Device is verified not XInput, so add it to the list of DInput devicesĪ slightly improved version of this code is in the legacy DirectInput Joystick sample.Initializes XInput.ahk with the given XInput DLL.ĭll - The path or name of the XInput DLL to load. If (dwVidPid = pGuidProductFromDirectInput->Data1)įor (size_t iDevice = 0 iDevice guidProduct ) ) Compare the VID/PID to the DInput device If (strPid & swscanf_s(strPid, L'PID_%4X', &dwPid) != 1) WCHAR* strPid = wcsstr(var.bstrVal, L'PID_') If (strVid & swscanf_s(strVid, L'VID_%4X', &dwVid) != 1) WCHAR* strVid = wcsstr(var.bstrVal, L'VID_') If it does, then get the VID/PID from var.bstrVal This information cannot be found from DirectInput Check if the device ID contains 'IG_'. If (SUCCEEDED(hr) & var.vt = VT_BSTR & var.bstrVal != nullptr) Hr = pEnumDevices->Next(10000, _countof(pDevices), pDevices, &uReturned) įor (size_t iDevice = 0 iDevice Get(bstrDeviceID, 0L, &var, nullptr, nullptr) If (FAILED(hr) || pEnumDevices = nullptr) Hr = pIWbemServices->CreateInstanceEnum(bstrClassName, 0, nullptr, &pEnumDevices) RPC_C_AUTHN_LEVEL_CALL, RPC_C_IMP_LEVEL_IMPERSONATE, RPC_C_AUTHN_WINNT, RPC_C_AUTHZ_NONE, nullptr,

If (FAILED(hr) || pIWbemServices = nullptr) Hr = pIWbemLocator->ConnectServer(bstrNamespace, nullptr, nullptr, 0L, If (FAILED(hr) || pIWbemLocator = nullptr)īstrNamespace = SysAllocString(L'\\.\root\cimv2') if (bstrNamespace = nullptr) goto LCleanup īstrClassName = SysAllocString(L'Win32_PNPEntity') if (bstrClassName = nullptr) goto LCleanup īstrDeviceID = SysAllocString(L'DeviceID') if (bstrDeviceID = nullptr) goto LCleanup Hr = CoCreateInstance(_uuidof(WbemLocator), So we can call VariantClear() later, even if we never had a successful IWbemClassObject::Get(). IEnumWbemClassObject* pEnumDevices = nullptr Unfortunately this information cannot be found by just using DirectInputīOOL IsXInputDevice( const GUID* pGuidProductFromDirectInput ) Enum each PNP device using WMI and check each device ID to see if it contains To do this, insert this code into your DirectInput enumeration callback: #include You will need to determine which of your DirectInput devices are legacy devices, and which are XInput devices, and remove them from the enumeration of DirectInput devices. All XInput devices will show up as both XInput and DirectInput devices, but they should not be handled through DirectInput. When enumerating your DirectInput devices, all DirectInput devices will enumerate correctly. If you want your game to support legacy DirectInput devices, you may use DirectInput and XInput side by side. XInput and DirectInput Side by Sideīy supporting XInput only, your game will not work with legacy DirectInput devices. In order to test the trigger values separately, you must use XInput. The solution was to combine the triggers, setting one trigger to a positive direction and the other to a negative direction, so no user interaction is indicative to DirectInput of the 'control' being at center.

Older games would therefore assume user interaction. However, the newer controllers were designed to register minimum value, not center, when the triggers are not being held. Games have always assumed that DirectInput device axes are centered when there is no user interaction with the device.

The combination of the left and right triggers in DirectInput is by design.

Querying for headset devices will not be available.

The vibration effects will not be available.

The left and right trigger buttons will act as a single button, not independently.

However, some functionality provided by XInput will be missing from the DirectInput implementation: The XUSB controllers are properly enumerated on DirectInput, and can be used with the DirectInputAPIs.

XInput device will have vibration functionality only when using XInput APIs.

There will be a large installed base of controllers.

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Both Xbox and Windows programming will use the same sets of core APIs, allowing programming to translate cross-platform much easier.

XInput is easier to use and requires less setup than DirectInput.

There are several advantages to using XInput over DirectInput:

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The APIs are available through the DirectX SDK, and the driver is available through Windows Update. XInput enables applications to receive input from the XUSB controllers. Windows Store apps do not support DirectInput.

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This document compares XInput and DirectInput implementations of controller input and how to support both XInput devices and legacy DirectInput devices.

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See GameInput API for details on the next-generation input API supported on PC and Xbox through the Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK).