BYTE Keys[256]; //Keys is a buffer for a LPDIRECTINPUTDEVICE8
bool keyboard_check(UINT key) {
return (Keys[ MapVirtualKeyEx(key,0,GetKeyboardLayout(0)) ] & 0x80);
}Converting Virtual Keys to Scan Codes (for DirectInput)
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Well, I found the tutorial here that describes it, but I'm running into one problem: This function doesn't work with the arrow keys (I haven't tested many other keys though). I know it works with the letters, and the shift key, but when I use VK_UP or VK_DOWN, it always returns false. Here's the function:
Why don't you use DIK_ constants as in http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/directx9_c_Summer_04/directx/input/tuts/tut1/step6retrievingfromkeyboard.asp ? Maybe that's the problem.
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Well, with my game I'm going to *attempt*, I am going to make key configuration. I already have the psuedo stuff worked out on Game Maker, but I need a way to retrieve the key code (virtual is my preference) of the current key being pressed, using a loop (0-255). Plus, I have an array of strings that name each key, and uses the virtual key system (i.e. key_name[32]="Space"). It's easier to loop through with virtual key codes that it is with scan codes (I suppose).
[Sorry about replying so late]
[Sorry about replying so late]
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The tutorial is at: http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article842.asp
That is where I got the function names for converting Scan Code to Win32 Virtual Keys.
That is where I got the function names for converting Scan Code to Win32 Virtual Keys.
I've read just now the tutorial... your function is totally different if compared to the tutorial one! [oh] I can't understand why you added 0x80 (maybe you're interested in only the first 128 scan codes). Anyway you will never detect the VK_UP/VK_DOWN and other keys (such as F1, F2,...) because theese have multybyte scan code. The tutorial says "In most cases, using char(result[0]) would provide the desired output"... not in all cases! [smile] So, to solve your problem, you have to use ToAsciiEx function (as you see in the tutorial [smile]).
Hope this helps.
[Edit - added emoticons]
Hope this helps.
[Edit - added emoticons]
For reference in case you need to manually check the numbers... I spent three hours adding a way to assign controls to keys in my old Stormrunner game (mostly with coordinate placing of the bitmap.. ugh).
Ignore blah, calc, and temp. blah & calc were the coordinates while temp was the width (normally 22).
HIGHLIGHTED, on the other hand, is what is returned by wParam when a WM_KEYDOWN event occurs.
Snippet!
-Greven
Ignore blah, calc, and temp. blah & calc were the coordinates while temp was the width (normally 22).
HIGHLIGHTED, on the other hand, is what is returned by wParam when a WM_KEYDOWN event occurs.
Snippet!
//now draw the keys.. temp=22; if(HIGHLIGHTED==VK_BACK) { blah=348; calc=345; temp=46; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==VK_TAB) { blah=24; calc=369; temp=46; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==VK_RETURN) { blah=348; calc=393; temp=70; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==VK_SHIFT) { blah=24; calc=417; temp=71; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==VK_CONTROL) { blah=24; calc=441; temp=46; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==VK_SPACE) { blah=148; calc=441; temp=94; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==VK_PRIOR)//page up { blah=474; calc=345; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==VK_NEXT)//page down { blah=474; calc=369; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==VK_DELETE) { blah=424; calc=369; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==VK_END) { blah=449; calc=369; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==VK_HOME) { blah=449; calc=345; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==VK_LEFT) { blah=424; calc=441; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==VK_UP) { blah=449; calc=417; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==VK_RIGHT) { blah=474; calc=441; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==VK_DOWN) { blah=449; calc=441; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==VK_INSERT) { blah=424; calc=345; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED>47 && HIGHLIGHTED <58)//0-9 { if(HIGHLIGHTED==48) {blah=273; calc=345;}//0 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==49) {blah=48; calc=345;}//1 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==50) {blah=73; calc=345;}//2 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==51) {blah=98; calc=345;}//3 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==52) {blah=123; calc=345;}//4 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==53) {blah=148; calc=345;}//5 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==54) {blah=173; calc=345;}//6 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==55) {blah=198; calc=345;}//7 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==56) {blah=223; calc=345;}//8 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==57) {blah=248; calc=345;}//9 } else if(HIGHLIGHTED>64 && HIGHLIGHTED <91)//a-z { if(HIGHLIGHTED==65) {blah=73; calc=393;}//a else if(HIGHLIGHTED==66) {blah=198; calc=417;}//b else if(HIGHLIGHTED==67) {blah=148; calc=417;}//c else if(HIGHLIGHTED==68) {blah=123; calc=393;}//d else if(HIGHLIGHTED==69) {blah=123; calc=369;}//e else if(HIGHLIGHTED==70) {blah=148; calc=393;}//f else if(HIGHLIGHTED==71) {blah=173; calc=393;}//g else if(HIGHLIGHTED==72) {blah=198; calc=393;}//h else if(HIGHLIGHTED==73) {blah=248; calc=369;}//i else if(HIGHLIGHTED==74) {blah=223; calc=393;}//j else if(HIGHLIGHTED==75) {blah=248; calc=393;}//k else if(HIGHLIGHTED==76) {blah=273; calc=393;}//l else if(HIGHLIGHTED==77) {blah=248; calc=417;}//m else if(HIGHLIGHTED==78) {blah=223; calc=417;}//n else if(HIGHLIGHTED==79) {blah=273; calc=369;}//o else if(HIGHLIGHTED==80) {blah=298; calc=369;}//p else if(HIGHLIGHTED==81) {blah=73; calc=369;}//q else if(HIGHLIGHTED==82) {blah=148; calc=369;}//r else if(HIGHLIGHTED==83) {blah=98; calc=393;}//s else if(HIGHLIGHTED==84) {blah=173; calc=369;}//t else if(HIGHLIGHTED==85) {blah=223; calc=369;}//u else if(HIGHLIGHTED==86) {blah=173; calc=417;}//v else if(HIGHLIGHTED==87) {blah=98; calc=369;}//w else if(HIGHLIGHTED==88) {blah=123; calc=417;}//x else if(HIGHLIGHTED==89) {blah=198; calc=369;}//y else if(HIGHLIGHTED==90) {blah=98; calc=417;}//z } else if(HIGHLIGHTED>95 && HIGHLIGHTED<106)//numeric keypad { if(HIGHLIGHTED==96) {blah=509; calc=441;}//0 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==97) {blah=509; calc=417;}//1 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==98) {blah=534; calc=417;}//2 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==99) {blah=559; calc=417;}//3 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==100) {blah=509; calc=393;}//4 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==101) {blah=534; calc=393;}//5 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==102) {blah=559; calc=393;}//6 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==103) {blah=509; calc=369;}//7 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==104) {blah=534; calc=369;}//8 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==105) {blah=559; calc=369;}//9 } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==106)//num* { blah=559; calc=345; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==107)//num+ { blah=584; calc=369; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==109)//num- { blah=584; calc=345; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==110)//num. { blah=559; calc=441; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==111)//numslash { blah=534; calc=345; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED>111 && HIGHLIGHTED<124)//Function keys { if(HIGHLIGHTED==112) {blah=62; calc=321;}//f1 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==113) {blah=87; calc=321;}//f2 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==114) {blah=112; calc=321;}//f3 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==115) {blah=137; calc=321;}//f4 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==116) {blah=175; calc=321;}//f5 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==117) {blah=200; calc=321;}//f6 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==118) {blah=225; calc=321;}//f7 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==119) {blah=250; calc=321;}//f8 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==120) {blah=288; calc=321;}//f9 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==121) {blah=313; calc=321;}//f10 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==122) {blah=338; calc=321;}//f11 else if(HIGHLIGHTED==123) {blah=363; calc=321;}//f12 } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==186)//; { blah=298; calc=393; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==187)//= { blah=323; calc=345; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==188)//, { blah=273; calc=417; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==189)//- { blah=298; calc=345; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==190)//. { blah=298; calc=417; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==191)//slash { blah=323; calc=417; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==192)//tilde key { blah=24; calc=345; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==219)//[ { blah=323; calc=369; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==220)//backslash { blah=373; calc=369; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==221)//] { blah=348; calc=369; } else if(HIGHLIGHTED==222)//' { blah=323; calc=393; }-Greven
@ deadimp:
if I were you I would give a look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/WindowsUserInterface/UserInput/VirtualKeyCodes.asp instead of the code Evil_Greven posted. [smile]
@ Evil_Greven:
Instead of a so many lines of code [sick] you can make use of a switch statement with cases (instead of else if... else if ...). You can do yet better if you use an array:
an so on.
Instead of a switch you just need theese assignments:
int myblah=array[HIGHLIGHTED].blah;
int mycalc=array[HIGHLIGHTED].calc;
int mytemp=array[HIGHLIGHTED].temp;
P.S.- HIGHLIGHTED is a var so you should write it in lowercase, just to avoid confusion with constants (in uppercase) [smile]
if I were you I would give a look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/WindowsUserInterface/UserInput/VirtualKeyCodes.asp instead of the code Evil_Greven posted. [smile]
@ Evil_Greven:
Instead of a so many lines of code [sick] you can make use of a switch statement with cases (instead of else if... else if ...). You can do yet better if you use an array:
struct { int blah; int calc; int temp;} array[256];array[VK_BACK].blah=348;array[VK_BACK].calc=345;array[VK_BACK].temp=46;an so on.
Instead of a switch you just need theese assignments:
int myblah=array[HIGHLIGHTED].blah;
int mycalc=array[HIGHLIGHTED].calc;
int mytemp=array[HIGHLIGHTED].temp;
P.S.- HIGHLIGHTED is a var so you should write it in lowercase, just to avoid confusion with constants (in uppercase) [smile]
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