hmmm interesting
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my keyboard input doesn''t work i had a way of making it work but i forgot what that was now. it was using WMKEYDOWN but i forgot now can someone please show me how it''s done?
hmmm interesting
hmmm interesting
hello_there,
The way it works is like this:
Create a global array which has 256 boolean elements.. then use WM_KEYDOWN/WM_KEYUP to set the keys'' states.... eg:
Hope this helps....
The way it works is like this:
Create a global array which has 256 boolean elements.. then use WM_KEYDOWN/WM_KEYUP to set the keys'' states.... eg:
// this is global to the programBOOL key_buffer[256];// ... in your Window Proc...case WM_KEYDOWN: { key_buffer[wParam] = TRUE; } break;case WM_KEYDOWN: { key_buffer[wParam] = FALSE; } break;// ... then in your main loop you can do something like this...while (!done) { ... // if escape key was pressed if (key_buffer[VK_ESCAPE]) // give it a sign it should quit SendMessage(hMainWnd, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0); ... } Hope this helps....
You can get the keystate at any time using GetAsyncKeyState(). For example:
#define KEY_IS_DOWN(x) (GetAsyncKeyState(x) & 0x8000)
if (KEY_IS_DOWN(VK_LEFT))
{
// blah
}
if (KEY_IS_DOWN(VK_RETURN))
{
// etc.
}
This uses the virtual-key codes. See MSDN for info (or the game programming genesis series here, which I think also mentions it).
Of course, if you can track the WM_KEY* messages yourself then this isn''t really necessary.
Alistair Keys
"There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on."
-- Robert Byrne
#define KEY_IS_DOWN(x) (GetAsyncKeyState(x) & 0x8000)
if (KEY_IS_DOWN(VK_LEFT))
{
// blah
}
if (KEY_IS_DOWN(VK_RETURN))
{
// etc.
}
This uses the virtual-key codes. See MSDN for info (or the game programming genesis series here, which I think also mentions it).
Of course, if you can track the WM_KEY* messages yourself then this isn''t really necessary.
Alistair Keys
"There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on."
-- Robert Byrne
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