Sending input to Dolphin programmatically

[boogagiga]

Ok, I'm pretty sure there isnt a post about this, at least I couldn't find it...

I want to be able to send input programmatically to Dolphin to set up simple bots for games that I play. The reason I'm posting this in this forum as opposed to a coding forum will become apparent soon.

First I tried using SendKeys (this is in VB .NET), but Dolphin wasn't catching input, but then I realized that I should be making the program make it look like its actually coming from the hardware, so then I looked up the SendInput API (user32) which is supposed to work on a lower level.

After switching to SendInput API, key strokes were successfully being sent to other applications but Dolphin still was not picking it up.

Is there something special with how Dolphin reads hardware input? Or better yet, is there a simpler way to do this?

Thanks in advance...

[neobrain]

You're probably better off directly hacking the ControllerInterface in the Dolphin source or something..

[HawaiianPunch]

Just FYI, Dolphin uses DirectInput so you could look up how DirectX does it.

[skid]

Also, UDP Wiimote is another way that Dolphin accepts input via UDP.

[boogagiga]

Thanks for the replies.

@Hawaiian, the SendInput API is supposed to simluate a DirectX event, which is why I thought it would work, because I knew Dolphin uses DirectX.

@skid Ill see if I can go that route.

@neobrain Ill try that too.