Original Challenge: *FAST* Joystick Library for QB!! ;*) !

[Adigun A. Polack]

Dearest ***WORTHY*** QB45/QB71 community,

Hello there and WELCOME!!! !

Just currently today, I was already working on adding some **HOT**, smooth-controlling joystick routines to the game Frantic Journey (FJ). I’ve tested the ORIGINAL QuickBASIC joystick routines for one of my programs, and the whole operation of the program SLOWED down (even though the routines did work properly). And, I’ve tried DirectQB’s own joystick routines for FJ, and the result there was that some of the controls there were _absolutely_ jerky, making the game a pain to play using those joystick routines (which was WHY I had to just throw them out of the project for good! ! ), even though they did not slow the game down at all.

And that, my friends, brings me to my next original challenge which is this:

Create the FASTEST AND MOST RESPONSIVE joystick library for QuickBASIC as _accurately_ as possible!! :king: !!

Here are the rules:

• 1 • You are to create your own original joystick code from Assembler (ASM) or any other programming language only, and NOT from QB.
  2 • Your original joystick code must support at least one (1) gamepad with at least FOUR (4) buttons.
  3 • After your original joystick code has been created, be sure to save it and compile it into a QuickBASIC-readable library (for at least QuickBASIC 4.5, with the .LIB and .QLB files included in your newly-created lib).
  4 • Make sure your commands for your joystick library work as properly for your gamepads/joysticks as possible *WITHOUT* slowing your program operation down at all.
  5 • Create a .BI file listing ALL of the commands for your own joystick library.
  6 • Add some examples to show the user how your routines work.
  7 • After you are all done, please present your ENTIRE library (routines, examples, documentation, along with your .LIB, .QLB, and .BI files as well) in the form of a .ZIP archive file only.

Entries that fail to follow either of the seven (7) steps *WILL* be disqualified. PERIOD.

With all of that in mind,
DO YOUR RATHER SPLENDID BEST!!! !!



WISHING YOU SUCH ***EXCELLENT*** GOOD FORTUNE,


Adigun Azikiwe Polack
One of the Founders of “Aura Flow”
Webmaster of the AAP Official Homepage
Official Founder of the “QuickBASIC Caliber Programming Compo”