[SDL] Force feedback in SDL

[sreyas k]

Hi guys,

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:04 AM, Ryan C. Gordon <icculus at icculus.org> wrote:

>
> > This is a question that keeps coming up, every once in a while.  And
> > yeah, I'd like to see it too.  But apparently the technology behind
> > force feedback is complicated enough that the developers are having some
> > trouble figuring out a good way to implement it.  The general consensus
> > seems to be, "We'll put this in once we figure out how to do it right."
>
> It's actually one of the ideas for the Google Summer of Code efforts.
>
> The gist is we need someone to figure out what's available on major
> operating systems, and build a reasonable API that all of them can
> use...which is more or less how all the other parts of SDL work.
>
> The first step is going to be research!
> The next step is probably deciding if this runs independently of the
> joystick API, or becomes part of it.
>
> -ryan.
>
Thanks a lot!!!


Regards,
Sreyas
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