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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:32 am
by KingAl
I believe Defcon only uses relative inputs, not absolute, so tablets/smartboards etc. won't work nicely with it.

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:34 pm
by Wasgood
Can I ask you to elaborate without sounding like a complete idiot?

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:05 pm
by KingAl
Sure! I just mean that when you move your mouse in Defcon, I believe the game only reads the movement of the mouse rather than the absolute position of it -- the in-game pointer doesn't care what pixel the pointing device is indicating, just the change in position from where it was before. As a result, pointing devices like tablets and smartboards which rely on indicating a specific position on screen don't work properly -- the game ignores where they're pointing, and only registers how they're moving.
(This is just hearsay, I haven't had a chance to try it on a tablet PC etc. myself)

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:10 pm
by bert_the_turtle
Dunno about fullscreen mode, but in windowed mode, I'm pretty sure the ingame cursor just follows the regular mouse cursor, so tablets and touchscreens should work there.

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:45 pm
by Wasgood
Thanks. Be nice if multitouch was implemented. I mean it would be awesome if I could place two fingers onto the screen to zoom in and whatnot.

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:37 pm
by skull13
I can imagine the people through those windows weren't too happy. (If there were any there.)

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:06 pm
by _human_
Cool photo. Good example of how games could be advertised :)