Dualsense support for DirectX

[gaetandezeiraud]

Is dualsense support planned for the DirectX project? I think for OpenGL it is supported out of the box because of SDL. But not for DirectX (win32).

Can be a great addition!

[squarebananas]

The reason Sony gamepads don't work with WinForms.DX11 is because those gamepads do not have XInput support (so the standard since the Windows XP era), and instead only work with DirectInput (the much older API introduced with Windows 95).

It is possible to extract the SDL gamepad code and use that with WinForms, although that means using a custom fork and takes a bit of work. Personally that is what I've done with my own games though.

In terms of adding this support directly to KNI, I guess there are a couple of options to consider:

• Decouple GameWindow #1612 If at some point this feature is implemented then maybe a SDL Game Window (and associated Input code) could be used along with DirectX graphics.

• Another option would be to switch KNI from XInput to the more modern GameInput API from Microsoft for the WinForms.DX11 platform.

https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.GameInput
GameInput is a functional superset of all legacy input APIs—XInput, DirectInput, Raw Input, Human Interface Device (HID), and WinRT APIs