On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:10 PM, EdwardP <verashac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd like to add some simple buttons to trigger a game state change
> ("New Game", "Options" - that sort of thing) and I am considering the
> best way to implement these? A WidgetManager and a Widget for each
> button looks very promising but unfortunately I have gone down an
> input management route that is independent of OSWindow events - I've
> used OIS to get joystick support (because I thought this might be
> going from G3D at some point). This works very well, with objects just
> checking current and cached states of the input devices directly as
> part of the game loop. However do you think I have, as a result,
> really blown it with widgets or would there be a way to still leverage
> some functionality from them?

> I need to be able to change button selection-highlights with things
> other than the mouse (an XBox360 gamepad and/or keyboard,
> specifically) but also know if a mouse click has hit a particular
> button so that I can deal with a variety of possible input devices
> with the one UI.

> Any suggestions or advice gratefully received, as always.

> E