Engine API

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Engine Device API

Description:

The Device API is responsible for managing input devices in an abstract manner.
The input devices (such as mouse, keyboard, game controller) are registered externally via OS dependent input APIs (such as DirectInput or Win32 for Windows) and are not handled explicitly within the engine.
The Device API serves as a mapping from the external environment to the engine's internal abstract device specification.
Each device need to be registered and the event changes are submitted on appropriate intervals.
A device needs to be registered with an id (for single input applications passing 0 will suffice) and then the device needs to be attached to the appropriate SceneGraph API input node

Special notes:

This API should be called before XE_engine_initialize

Function List

Name	XE_device_register
Arguments	int device_id
Return Type	void
Description	Registers a device with the associated id. The user is responsible for handling input and then passing it on to the engine's device information. For single input applications passing 0 will suffice. Parameters: - device_id, the device id (use 0 for a single input configuration)
Notes:	This function should be called before XE_engine_initialize

Name	XE_device_set_max_values
Arguments	int device_id, int num_buttons, int num_axes
Return Type	void
Description	Sets the maximum number of buttons (e.g. mouse buttons) and axes (as provided in the XE_INPUT_AXIS enum) for each device id. For mouse-keyboard configurations, num_buttons and num_axes should be 5. Parameters: - device_id, the device id - num_buttons, the maximum number of buttons for this device (Default value is 5) - num_axes, the maximum number of axes for this device (Default value is 5)
Notes:	enum XE_INPUT_AXIS { XIA_MOVE_X, XIA_MOVE_Y, XIA_MOVE_Z, XIA_ROT_X, XIA_ROT_Y }; This function should be called before XE_engine_initialize

Name	XE_device_set_axis
Arguments	int device_id, int axis_id, float val
Return Type	void
Description	Sets a specific axis information for the device Parameters: - device_id, the device id - axis_id, the axis id - val, the normalized axis value between -1 and 1 (for keyboard configurations, this should be 1.0 or -1.0)
Notes:	This function should be called before XE_engine_update

Name	XE_device_set_button_pressed
Arguments	int device_id, int button_id, bool state
Return Type	void
Description	Sets a specific button information for the device Parameters: - device_id, the device id - button_id, the button id - state, a flag indicating whether this button is in pressed mode
Notes:	This function should be called before XE_engine_update

Last updated 27 May. 2013