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    Which touchpad device for PC acts like a mobile touch screen?

    somebosomebo Member
    edited August 2013 in General questions
    I'd like to buy a touchpad for Windows PC, to play with the simulator just like with my tablet. Do you know a device which can be set up to act like that?

    Mainly, my concern is, that a touch pad will probably have a separate left-click button and would not generate a click everytime you touch anywhere on the pad. Or it's software would not have the neccessary options.
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    • somebosomebo Member
      PS: I know a touchpad in general does not do what a touchscreen does, there's no direct translation from pad to screen, only relative moves etc. That's probably no way to ever play a game like Fruit Ninja. But if you'd develop a game that e.g. uses touch-drags and ignores where they occur, just for some acceleration or so (I did that in Gideros) then if you could set up a pad to translate points only to the Gideros simulator window, maybe you could get somewhere with this.

      PS2: I've got a 24" Screen with great colors, there's no Touchscreen like this :( At least no affordable. Did anyone try to use a touch pad with the simulator? And: In case I'd give up this touchpad idea and buy a touchscreen, does the Gideros simulator support PC touchscreens? In Windows 7?
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    • SinisterSoftSinisterSoft Maintainer
      edited August 2013
      Windows has a multitouch api since Windows 7. It would be good if the emulator supported it. - but I think this has been mentioned before.

      http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7trainingcourse_win7multitouchwmtouchnative_topic2.aspx
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