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fiero, joyGetPosEx is part of the old joystick API and is not part of the new DirectInput standards, however it still works fine provided you have standard joystick input. Here is something I found that makes it really quick and easy to get joystick input going with the JoyGetPosEx commands: Install...

I looked into it some more and it looks like the SpaceBall support was made for the old SpaceWare drivers and serial devices. It does not seem to be able to work with newer devices and from what I've seen these commands did not work on all platforms either.

I see that glut has native SpaceBall support using the glutSpaceballMotionFunc, glutSpaceballRotateFunc and glutSpaceballButtonFunc callbacks. I am trying to modify a program using glut to work with the SpaceNavigator. Is there any way to get these callbacks to work with the SpaceNavigator or do the...