Re: [isugamedev-devel] gamekernel analog inputs

[Kevin M. <ke...@vr...>]

I'm leaning towards the -1 to 1, since then you know when the device 
swings the other way (like in a joystick)...  I guess it is arbitrary 
though.

On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Chad Austin wrote:

> > I'd say it should always return some sane value such as:
> > 
> > [0..1]     (normalized 0 to 1)
> > [-1..1]    (normalized -1 to 1)
> 
> Yes, definitely.

> In fact, I was just discussing input devices with a longstanding programmer
> friend (my mentor, if you will) about input devices, and he even implements
> digital devices as being an analog device that only outputs 0 or 1 (square
> wave).


I'm starting to think our Interface classes should provide this for 
digital, and a delta capability for analog.  this makes it a little more 
complex, but these are so often used in games:

DigitalInput: binary 2-state data, edge triggered 4-state data
AnalogInput:  analog data, delta'd version of ana data.

I can think of cases where all 4 versions would be very convienient to 
have, which would also make game code more readable.

> 

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