Joystick

i am developing a pc game, and I need it to interact with the joystick, where can i get some SDK (if I need any) for different manufacturers.

Thanks

If you use directX I think you can use direct input and it takes care of compatibility...This should be on the game programming board

Yeah, if you're running Windows, DirectX should work. Or, there should be a WinAPI function to read the "game port". These techniques will use the Windows driver.

I think there is a de-facto standard... maybe a real standard for the joystick port. So, you could directly read the hardware port. You might want to do this if you are running true-DOS (not WinConsole).

But,
1- In general, hardware manufacturer's don't give you all the info you need. For example, printer manufacturer's no longer publish the escape codes to change fonts. The hardware manufacturer writes a driver to communicate thru Windows, and you write your application to communicate with thru Windows... Now, your application will work with any printer that has a Windows driver!

2- Windows NT, 2000, and XP, won't let you communicate directly with the hardware, unless you write a kernel-mode driver. I assume Linux has hardware-access restrictions too.