If don't you see this part on your console


. . . . . . and some more text

I'm pretty (almost) sure that it doesn't find the plugin.

@Preacher:

hi,
you asked me how I fixed my problems with jinput. . .
The solution was to build the whole thing by myself.

You assumed the problem is in the plugin classloader in utils.jar --> you're right

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: IllegalName: net/java/games/input/DirectInputEnvironmentPlugin

The problem is that the plugin loader uses slashes to specify the path/filename (only dots are allowed)

The code, wich you can check out from CVS, is fine. I built it and everything was fine.  I don't know if someone updated the binaries meanwhile.

my file hierarchy looks like this:

./dxinput.dll
./jinput.jar
./utils.jar
./Controller/dxinput.jar
./standard/ /* here are some testfiles*/

./ is the root from where my program is executed

this post might be useful for you too (the plugin problem):
http://www.java-gaming.org/cgi-bin/JGNetForums/YaBB.cgi?board=jinput;action=display;num=1098543727



. . . it wasn't good for mine either

Scanning jar: dxinput.jar
Examining file : META-INF/
Examining file : META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
Examining file : net/
Examining file : net/java/
Examining file : net/java/games/
Examining file : net/java/games/input/
Examining file : net/java/games/input/DirectInputAxis.class
Examining file : net/java/games/input/DirectInputDevice.class
Examining file : net/java/games/input/DirectInputEnvironmentPlugin.class
Found candidate class: net/java/games/input/DirectInputEnvironmentPlugin.class
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Illegal name: net/java/games/input/DirectInputEnvironmentPlugin
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:538)
     at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:123)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:251)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:55)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:194)
     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:187)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:289)
     at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:274)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:282)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:235)
     at net.java.games.util.plugins.Plugins.processJar(Plugins.java:112)
     at net.java.games.util.plugins.Plugins.scanPlugins(Plugins.java:85)
     at net.java.games.util.plugins.Plugins.<init>(Plugins.java:73)
     at net.java.games.input.DefaultControllerEnvironment.scanControllersAt(DefaultControllerEnvironment.java:174)
     at net.java.games.input.DefaultControllerEnvironment.scanControllers(DefaultControllerEnvironment.java:164)
     at net.java.games.input.DefaultControllerEnvironment.access$000(DefaultControllerEnvironment.java:57)
     at net.java.games.input.DefaultControllerEnvironment$1.run(DefaultControllerEnvironment.java:108)
     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
     at net.java.games.input.DefaultControllerEnvironment.getControllers(DefaultControllerEnvironment.java:106)
     at firstTest.FirstTest.main(FirstTest.java:36)

has anyone seen this before? all the code does is a call DefaultControllerEnvironment.getControllers() . That's the output . . . any ideas?