Communication Process

General Pipeline Flow

Haptic Folders

• Haptic folder: A haptic folder contains a configuration file and haptic files. The folder name will be used as Game_ID.

• Configuration file: This file details links between External_effect_ID given by Chroma dll and haptic events. There is a single configuration file per haptic folder. Its extension is .config.
  Note: Using this configuration file, each external effect could trigger multiple haptic events on targets defined in the file. This allows the user/designer to mod the haptic effects without having to recompile the whole game.

• Haptic files: Each haptic file contains a haptic effect which can be used though the configuration file. Their extensions are .haps and they can be created using Haptic Composer.

Example folder structure:

Synesthesia/HapticFolders/MechWarrior5/
  ├── haptic.config
  ├── footsteps.haps
  ├── shot.haps
  ├── explosion.haps

External Commands

Command Formalism

The Chroma dll must be able to ask the Synestesia process to load, unload, play or stop haptic effects. Therefore, a formalism was put in place for this purpose.

General formalism:

[COMMAND ID];[ARGUMENT_1];[ARGUMENT_2];…;[ARGUMENT_X]