class SDL2::Haptic::Direction
Structure that represents a haptic direction. The following was copied directly from SDL_haptic.h, v2.0.0 and translated by BadQuanta into Ruby code using sdl2_ffi.
Directions can be specified by: - SDL2::Haptic::POLAR : Specified by polar coordinates. - SDL2::Haptic::CARTESIAN : Specified by cartesian coordinates. - SDL2::Haptic::SPHERICAL : Specified by spherical coordinates. Cardinal directions of the haptic device are relative to the positioning of the device. North is considered to be away from the user. The following diagram represents the cardinal directions: \verbatim .--. |__| .-------. |=.| |.-----.| |--| || || | | |'-----'| |__|~')_____(' [ COMPUTER ] North (0,-1) ^ | | (1,0) West <----[ HAPTIC ]----> East (-1,0) | | v South (0,1) [ USER ] \|||/ (o o) ---ooO-(_)-Ooo--- \endverbatim If type is SDL::Haptic::POLAR, direction is encoded by hundredths of a degree starting north and turning clockwise. SDL::Haptic::POLAR only uses the first \c dir parameter. The cardinal directions would be: - North: 0 (0 degrees) - East: 9000 (90 degrees) - South: 18000 (180 degrees) - West: 27000 (270 degrees) If type is SDL::Haptic::CARTESIAN, direction is encoded by three positions (X axis, Y axis and Z axis (with 3 axes)). SDL::Haptic::CARTESIAN uses the first three \c dir parameters. The cardinal directions would be: - North: 0,-1, 0 - East: -1, 0, 0 - South: 0, 1, 0 - West: 1, 0, 0 The Z axis represents the height of the effect if supported, otherwise it's unused. In cartesian encoding (1, 2) would be the same as (2, 4), you can use any multiple you want, only the direction matters. If type is SDL::Haptic::SPHERICAL, direction is encoded by two rotations. The first two \c dir parameters are used. The \c dir parameters are as follows (all values are in hundredths of degrees): - Degrees from (1, 0) rotated towards (0, 1). - Degrees towards (0, 0, 1) (device needs at least 3 axes). Example of force coming from the south with all encodings (force coming from the south means the user will have to pull the stick to counteract): @code direction = SDL2::Haptic::Direction.new # Cartesian directions direction.type = SDL2::Haptic::CARTESIAN # Using cartesian direction encoding. direction.dir[0] = 0 # X position direction.dir[1] = 1 # Y position # Polar directions direction.type = SDL2::Haptic::POLAR #We'll be using polar direction encoding. direction.dir[0] = 18000 # Polar only uses first parameter # Spherical coordinates direction.type = SDL2::Haptic::SPHERICAL # Spherical encoding direction.dir[0] = 9000 # Since we only have two axes we don't need more parameters @code \sa SDL_HAPTIC_POLAR \sa SDL_HAPTIC_CARTESIAN \sa SDL_HAPTIC_SPHERICAL \sa SDL_HapticEffect \sa SDL_HapticNumAxes
END OF SOMETHING COPIED AND PASTED FROM SDL_haptic.h !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!