Typematic rate for key press or better option?

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Typematic rate for key press or better option? #151376 08/31/07 17:45 08/31/07 17:45
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 21 J jfizer OP Newbie
jfizer OP Newbie J Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 21	if(key_o) { show_debug(); } The problem with this is that it detects the key press every frame and runs the function each time. Is there a good method for only detecting the key press and then waiting for the release before running again? I've been using somthing along these lines, but it seems sloppy and requires a lot of varriables. if(!key_space) { jumping=0; } // Jump if(key_space) { if(!jumping) { vec_set(temp, my_entity.x); temp.z -= 5000; if(c_trace (my_entity.x,temp,IGNORE_ME\|IGNORE_PASSABLE\|IGNORE_MODELS\|IGNORE_SPRITES) <= 25) { phent_addvelcentral(my_entity,vector(0,0,250)); } } jumping=1; } This just seems like one of those things with a simple solution that I just dont know about yet. Last edited by jfizer; 08/31/07 17:54.

Re: Typematic rate for key press or better option? [Re: jfizer] #151377 08/31/07 18:30 08/31/07 18:30
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Shadow969 User S Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 873	on_o = show_debug(); or in a loop if(key_o) { show_debug(); while(key_o){wait(1);} }

Re: Typematic rate for key press or better option? [Re: Shadow969] #151378 08/31/07 18:38 08/31/07 18:38
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jfizer OP Newbie J Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 21	But wouldn't that freeze the game while the key is pressed?

Re: Typematic rate for key press or better option? [Re: jfizer] #151379 08/31/07 19:10 08/31/07 19:10
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Shadow969 User S Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 873	just make an own loop for that. but i advise using on_...

Re: Typematic rate for key press or better option? [Re: Shadow969] #151380 08/31/07 19:43 08/31/07 19:43
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 21 J jfizer OP Newbie
jfizer OP Newbie J Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 21	Quote: just make an own loop for that. but i advise using on_... adding on_o=show_debug(); before the main() function but after the show_debug() function does nothing. Putting it in the main() function but outside of the while(1) loop crashes the program when the key is pressed... How would I add another loop outside of the main() while(1) one? I know I must be missing somthing fundamental here.

Re: Typematic rate for key press or better option? [Re: jfizer] #151381 08/31/07 19:50 08/31/07 19:50
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jfizer OP Newbie J Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 21	Odd... works fine if I use on_f1 but crashes if I use on_o

Re: Typematic rate for key press or better option? [Re: jfizer] #151382 09/01/07 04:48 09/01/07 04:48
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Shadow969 User S Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 873	add this somewhere Code: void use_debug_startup()//starter function, engine calls it on the startup { while(1) { if(key_o) { show_debug(); while(key_o){wait(1);} } wait(1); } } not sure why on_o doesn't work, have you defined it within a function?

Re: Typematic rate for key press or better option? [Re: Shadow969] #151383 09/01/07 06:51 09/01/07 06:51
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jfizer OP Newbie J Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 21	Quote: not sure why on_o doesn't work, have you defined it within a function? Nope. And its not just "dosn't work" it hard crashes (shrug).

Re: Typematic rate for key press or better option? [Re: jfizer] #151384 09/01/07 07:39 09/01/07 07:39
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 6,904 H HeelX Senior Expert
HeelX Senior Expert H Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 6,904	on_o = show_debug(); is wrong.. you have to assign the function pointer!: on_o = show_debug; The reason is that the on_ events are function* pointer callbacks which are automatically executed. If you would like to assign several function depending on the gamestate, use a wrapper function which does the selection: Code: function on_o_event () { if (gameState == gs_mainMenu) { switchDebugMenu(); } else { switchDebugDefault(); } } on_o = on_o_event; Or something like this..

Re: Typematic rate for key press or better option? [Re: HeelX] #151385 09/01/07 18:38 09/01/07 18:38
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jfizer OP Newbie J Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 21	Quote: on_o = show_debug(); is wrong.. you have to assign the function pointer!: on_o = show_debug; I'm aware of that, but for some reason I realy dont want to try and track down right now it just dosn't work. Using F1 is fine for now.

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