Duck Hunt VR Alpha 05 on the Oculus Quest 2

A quick (one evening) port of my old Duck Hunt VR game to the Oculus (a.k.a. Meta) Quest 2. Mainly to check what kind of performance I can expect from this device.

The build is still a little rough especially on the light and shading side. Also the mapping of the Zapper (gun) to the Quest 2 controllers needs some polishing, as the trigger is off-center on the physical controllers.

C# – XBox 360 Controller library with a sample application

Created an easy to use XBox 360 Controller library in C# (with a sample application) using the SharpDX.XInput managed .NET wrapper of the DirectX API.

 https://github.com/okmer/XBoxController

Screenshot of the sample application.
Screenshot of the sample application.

A BUG in SharpDX.XInput ci-ci217, resulting in issues with the  left Thumb Stick, Left Trigger, and Right Trigger! Please stick to SharpDX.XInput v4.1.0-ci184 for now.

using System;
 
using Com.Okmer.GameController;
 
namespace XBoxSampleConsole
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            XBoxController controller = new XBoxController();
 
            Console.WriteLine("XBox 360 Controller (Press ENTER to exit...)");
 
            //Connection
            controller.Connection.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Connection state: {e.Value}");
 
            //Battery
            controller.Battery.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Battery level: {e.Value}");
 
            //Buttons A, B, X, Y
            controller.A.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"A state: {e.Value}");
            controller.B.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"B state: {e.Value}");
            controller.X.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"X state: {e.Value}");
            controller.Y.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Y state: {e.Value}");
 
            //Buttons Start, Back
            controller.Start.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Start state: {e.Value}");
            controller.Back.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Back state: {e.Value}");
 
            //Buttons D-Pad Up, Down, Left, Right
            controller.Up.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Up state: {e.Value}");
            controller.Down.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Down state: {e.Value}");
            controller.Left.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Left state: {e.Value}");
            controller.Right.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Right state: {e.Value}");
 
            //Buttons Shoulder Left, Right
            controller.LeftShoulder.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Left shoulder state: {e.Value}");
            controller.RightShoulder.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Right shoulder state: {e.Value}");
 
            //Buttons Thumb Left, Right
            controller.LeftThumbclick.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Left thumb state: {e.Value}");
            controller.RightThumbclick.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Right thumb state: {e.Value}");
 
            //Trigger Position Left, Right 
            controller.LeftTrigger.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Left trigger position: {e.Value}");
            controller.RightTrigger.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Right trigger position: {e.Value}");
 
            //Thumb Positions Left, Right
            controller.LeftThumbstick.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Left thumb X: {e.Value.X}, Y: {e.Value.Y}");
            controller.RightThumbstick.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Right thumb X: {e.Value.X}, Y: {e.Value.Y}");
 
            //Rumble Left, Right
            controller.LeftRumble.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Left rumble speed: {e.Value}");
            controller.RightRumble.ValueChanged += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine($"Right rumble speed: {e.Value}");
 
            //Rumble 0.25f speed for 500 milliseconds when the A or B button is pushed
            controller.A.ValueChanged += (s, e) => controller.LeftRumble.Rumble(0.25f, 500);
            controller.B.ValueChanged += (s, e) => controller.RightRumble.Rumble(0.25f, 500);
 
            //Rumble at 1.0f speed for 1000 milliseconds when the X or Y button is pushed
            controller.X.ValueChanged += (s, e) => controller.LeftRumble.Rumble(1.0f, 1000);
            controller.Y.ValueChanged += (s, e) => controller.RightRumble.Rumble(1.0f, 1000);
 
            //Rumble at the speed of the trigger position
            controller.LeftTrigger.ValueChanged += (s, e) => controller.LeftRumble.Rumble(e.Value);
            controller.RightTrigger.ValueChanged += (s, e) => controller.RightRumble.Rumble(e.Value);
 
            //Wait on ENTER to exit...
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

C# – MutableWhen Extension for the Task Parallel Library (TPL)

This is a little playful MutableWhenAny and MutableWhenAll extension for the Task Parallel Library (TPL), using a ObservableCollection.

The extension makes it possible to add or removed tasks to/from an ObservableCollection<Task> while the MutableWhenAny or MutableWhenAll is used to wait on the tasks in this (mutable) collection.

 https://github.com/okmer/MutableWhen

It’s not super useful in practice, but a nice little exercise that combines two cool C# features into a fun asynchronous “magic” trick.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
namespace Com.Okmer.Extensions.ObservableCollectionOfTask
{
    public static class ObservableCollectionOfTaskExtention
    {
        private const int INFINITE = -1;
 
        public static async Task MutableWhenAll(this ObservableCollection<Task> collection)
        {
            await MutableWhenSomething(collection, Task.WhenAll);
        }
 
        public static async Task MutableWhenAny(this ObservableCollection<Task> collection)
        {
            await MutableWhenSomething(collection, Task.WhenAny);
        }
 
        private static async Task MutableWhenSomething(this ObservableCollection<Task> collection, Func<IEnumerable<Task>, Task> whenSomething)
        {
            Task waitAllTask = null;
            Task helperTask = null;
 
            bool isCollectionChanged = false;
 
            do
            {
                //Cancellation on collection changed event
                var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
                var cancelActionHandler = (sender, arg) => cts.Cancel(false);
                collection.CollectionChanged += cancelActionHandler;
 
                //Current collection
                waitAllTask = whenSomething(collection);
 
                //Wait on current collection or collection changed event
                try
                {
                    helperTask = Task.Delay(INFINITE, cts.Token);
                    await Task.WhenAny(waitAllTask, helperTask);
                }
                finally
                {
                    isCollectionChanged = cts.IsCancellationRequested;
                    cts.Cancel(false);
                    cts.Dispose();
                    collection.CollectionChanged -= cancelActionHandler;
                }
            }
            while (isCollectionChanged);
 
            //Return the WaitAll on collection results
            await waitAllTask;
        }
    }
}

A simple example application that demonstrates the MutableWhenAll extension on an observable collection of tasks. The longest running task is added to the observable collection after MutableWhenAll is called, but the MutableWhenAll will complete only when all tasks (included this longest running task) are completed.

using System;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
using Com.Okmer.Extensions.ObservableCollectionOfTask;
 
namespace MutableWhenAllTest
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            ObservableCollection<Task> tasks = new ObservableCollection<Task>();
 
            Task t1 = Task.Run(async () => { await Task.Delay(1000); Console.WriteLine("t1"); });
            Task t2 = Task.Run(async () => { await Task.Delay(2000); Console.WriteLine("t2"); });
            Task t3 = Task.Run(async () => { await Task.Delay(3000); Console.WriteLine("t3"); });
 
            tasks.Add(t1);
            tasks.Add(t2);
 
            Task a1 = tasks.MutableWhenAll();
 
            tasks.Add(t3);
 
            a1.ContinueWith(t =>
            {
                if (t.IsCanceled)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Canceled");
                }
 
                if (t.IsFaulted)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Faulted");
                }
 
                if (t.IsCompleted)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Completed");
                }
            });
 
            a1.Wait();
 
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
 
    }
}

C# – DynamicBag playing with Dynamic and Polymorphism

DynamicBag is a toy project that used a Dictionary<string, dynamic> to create a dynamic storage class.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 
namespace Com.Okmer.DynamicTypes
{
    [Serializable]
    public class DynamicBag : Dictionary<stringdynamic>
    {
        public DynamicBag() { }
 
        public DynamicBag(int capacity) : base(capacity) { }
 
        public DynamicBag(IDictionary<stringdynamic> dictionary) : base(dictionary) { }
 
        public DynamicBag(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) : base(info, context) { }
 
        public void ToBinaryFile(string fileName)
        {
            BinarySerialization.ToFile(this, fileName);
        }
 
        public static DynamicBag FromBinaryFile(string fileName)
        {
            return BinarySerialization.FromFile<DynamicBag>(fileName);
        }
    }
}

These DynamicBag(s) can be serialized to and deserialized from a file using BinarySerialization.

using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
 
namespace Com.Okmer.DynamicTypes
{
    public static class BinarySerialization
    {
        public static void ToFile<T>(T value, string fileName) where T : ISerializable
        {
            IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
            using (Stream stream = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None))
            {
                formatter.Serialize(stream, value);
            }
        }
 
        public static T FromFile<T>(string fileName) where T : ISerializablenew()
        {
            T result = new T();
            IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
            using (Stream stream = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
            {
                result = (T)formatter.Deserialize(stream);
            }
            return result;
        }
    }
}

The simple example application uses polymorphism to print the content of the DynamicBag(s) to the console.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
 
using Com.Okmer.DynamicTypes;
 
namespace SampleApplication
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            DynamicBag shoppingBag = new DynamicBag();
            DynamicBag spareBag = new DynamicBag();
 
            shoppingBag.Add("spareBag", spareBag);
            shoppingBag.Add("shoppingList"new string[] { "eggs""milk""cheese" });
 
            spareBag.Add("carCoin""50ct");
            spareBag.Add("carValue", 50);
 
            Print(shoppingBag);
 
            Console.Write("---------------------------> ENTER <----: ");
            Console.ReadLine();
 
            shoppingBag.ToBinaryFile("shoppingBag.bin");
 
            DynamicBag shoppingBagFromBinaryFile = DynamicBag.FromBinaryFile("shoppingBag.bin");
 
            Print(shoppingBagFromBinaryFile);
 
            Console.Write("---------------------------> ENTER <----: ");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
 
        private static void Print(DynamicBag bag)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("BAG BEGIN");
            foreach (string key in bag.Keys)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(key + ": ");
                Print(bag[key]);
            }
            Console.WriteLine("BAG END");
        }
 
        private static void Print(IEnumerable<dynamic> values)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("ENUMERABLE BEGIN");
            foreach (dynamic value in values)
            {
                Print(value);
            }
            Console.WriteLine("ENUMERABLE END");
        }
 
        private static void Print(bool value) => Console.WriteLine("bool -> " + value.ToString());
 
        private static void Print(int value) => Console.WriteLine("int -> " + value.ToString());
 
        private static void Print(double value) => Console.WriteLine("double -> " + value.ToString());
 
        private static void Print(string value) => Console.WriteLine("string -> " + value.ToString());
 
        private static void Print(object value) => Console.WriteLine("object-> " + value.ToString());
    }
}