[resolved] Fullscreen crashes!

Doing this


m_refRenderWindow = m_refRoot.CreateRenderWindow
(
"Main RenderWindow", 1024, 768, true, misc
);


crashes the application at an unknown position (debugger does not stop on any line)... What can be wrong?

What's the Ogre exception?
Does misc have a "externalWindowHandle" set ? If yes, that's probably the problem.

misc has "externalWindowHandle" yes.. No Ogre exception. How can I bypass this problem?

Do you need "externalWindowHandle" because you want to use window forms events for input ?
I'm not sure if it can work with fullscreen, you may need to use an input library like DirectInput or MOIS (in the latest Mogre SDK) for input when on full-screen.

If I don't use externalWindowHandle, I get two windows when I start my application.

And to answer your question (sorry, forgot you asked something)... yes, I am basically using a form for the input since DirectInput gets a loaderlock when I try to debug the system... it's weird.

You can ignore the loaderlock exceptions... In fact just disable it, in visual studio.

How do I disable it, and is that really such a good thing to do?

Read this: http://www.thezbuffer.com/articles/304.aspx
It says why it doesn't matter and how to disable it.

Aha, thanks! It's weird that I have only seen this error occur when using Mogre..

Another problem (these never seem to end...), when I set the cooperative level for input devices, I have to pass a control as the first argument, but if I don't use a form any longer (to be able to have fullscreen), what do I pass as the argument??

Is there no tutorial on how to get DirectInput working with Mogre? Should be...

I believe you would have lesser problems if you used MOIS

You can still get the handle, even if you are using fullscreen. When you get the handle you would do something like this:
mouseDevice.SetCooperativeLevel( handle, DXI.CooperativeLevelFlags.Exclusive | DXI.CooperativeLevelFlags.Foreground );

Well, I won't be inheriting Form anywhere since that seems to be causing lots of unwanted problems like two windows popping up and more, so there is no real handle to get, right?

The thing is, that I have understood, is that I need to get rid of "externalWindowHandle" to be able to run the program in fullscreen mode. But, doing this, will show two windows whenever the application starts, one for the form and one for Mogre. If I don't inherit Form anywhere, then I get one window, but I cannot use DirectInput (afaik).

I checked out MOIS, and it's basically the same as the Ogre input system, which is unusable for me. Whenever a key event occurs, I need to get the keycode and use that as an integer like this:


key_down:
int key = (int)key_event;
bKeyArray[key] = true;

key_up:
int key = (int)key_event;
bKeyArray[key] = false


Nevermind, found the Axiom stuff, and I got it to work like I wanted. Super!

Now.. ahem.. just a small question before I wrap up this thread... how do I get the cursor to show? Now it just disappears. I need it visible for as long as I don't have CEGUI implemented, which lies further down on the list.

I checked out MOIS, and it's basically the same as the Ogre input system, which is unusable for me. Whenever a key event occurs, I need to get the keycode and use that as an integer like this:


key_down:
int key = (int)key_event;
bKeyArray[key] = true;

key_up:
int key = (int)key_event;
bKeyArray[key] = false

I don't quite understand what you mean. MOIS works similar with Axiom input, there's a 'IsKeyDown' method and KeyPressed/KeyReleased events with arguments a MOIS.KeyCode enum and the key as text.

how do I get the cursor to show? Now it just disappears.
With Axiom input there's a Initialize method that accepts a bool for whether Directinput should get the mouse exclusive or not. You need to pass false there.

Super! Thanks to everyone who helped out!