This topic pertains only to application development in Visual Basic. See DirectInput C/C++ Tutorials.

This tutorial shows how to test for the presence of a force-feedback device, how to create and play an effect, and how to change the parameters of an effect as it is playing.

The tutorial breaks down the tasks into the following steps:

• Step 1: Initialize the Force-Feedback Device
• Step 2: Set Device Properties
• Step 3: Create an Effect
• Step 4: Modify an Effect