Mouse Speed in GLUT and OpenGL?
- by CroCo
I would like to simulate a point that moves in 2D. The input should be the speed of the mouse, so the new position will be computed as following
new_position = old_position + delta_time*mouse_velocity
As far as I know in GLUT there is no function to acquire the current speed of the mouse between each frame. What I've done so far to compute the delta_time as following
void Display()
{
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
glColor3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
static int delta_t, current_t, previous_t;
current_t = glutGet(GLUT_ELAPSED_TIME);
delta_t = current_t - previous_t;
std::cout << delta_t << std::endl;
previous_t = current_t;
glutSwapBuffers();
}
Where should I start from here? (Note: I have to get the speed of the mouse because I'm modeling a system)
Edit:
Based on the above code, delta_time fluctuates so much
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1
20
0
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1
1
10
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0
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19
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0
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0
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Why does this happen?
