DotNET+DirectInput(Joystick) Help needed!

[ypuech]

ToString() method is useful to print non-string managed values:
test.ProductGUID.ToString()
The ProductName seems good but if you print the Guid value, does it looks good ?

[DaXiiD]

Thank you for your input :)



"test.productGUID.ToString()" does the trick and outputs the GUID as needed.

But here comes an other problem probably due to my lack of expereience with dotNET/Directinput via maxscript:
By using "ToString()" it gives me: "ca03046d-0000-0000-0000-504944564944" as a productGuID. But it also gives me an error on the next line where i try to create a new device for the steeringwheel: -- Runtime error: No constructor found which matched argument list: Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput.Device

By not using "ToString()" i get no errors , and GuiD prints:"dotNetObject:System.Guid" But Acquire() returns undefined :(

Or I think atleast I am trying to create a new device :D In C# it would be like this?:
wheelDevice = new Device(deviceInstance.ProductGuid);
But how do you do it through maxscript? Thank you in advance

[ypuech]

But here comes an other problem probably due to my lack of experience with dotNET/Directinput via maxscript
Maybe you're the first in the world to use DirecInput in MAXScript :).

You build the Device with dotNetObject so it's good but try to enclose the Guid between ():
rool = dotNetobject "Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput.Device" (test.ProductGuid)
It's the only solution I can see :D...

[DaXiiD]

Maybe you're the first in the world to use DirecInput in MAXScript :).

Didn't expect that Then I am probably quite alone on this. :p

Nope brackets don't work either.

By investigating furter I found that "rool" has properties of my wheel, like its name and etc. So a new device is created!! But Acquire() still returns undefined. I'll try to investigate further.

[ypuech]

By investigating furter I found that "rool" has properties of my wheel, like its name and etc. So a new device is created!! But Acquire() still returns undefined. I'll try to investigate further.
So, it looks that it's not related to the MAXScript code.

[DaXiiD]

Right you are!
Actually almost everything was working from the beginning. rool.Acquire() returning "undefined" scared me away, but it is correct. I can get some axis data from my wheel by using "rool.Currentjoystickstate.x", yay!

Now the buttons and some UI :)

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