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Niels Henriksen

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Posted: 14th May 2008 17:55

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Right now Im using this code for moveing the player

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		if(dbScanCode() == 17)//W
			dbMoveObject(this->Id,1.0);

		if(dbScanCode() == 31)//S
			dbMoveObject(this->Id,-1.0);

		if(dbScanCode() == 30)//a
			dbTurnObjectLeft(this->Id,1.0);

		if(dbScanCode() == 32)//d
			dbTurnObjectRight(this->Id,1.0);

But I cant detect for W and A at the same time. How can I do this?

Niels Henriksen
www.tales-of-the-realms.com

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Lilith

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Posted: 14th May 2008 18:05 Edited at: 14th May 2008 19:04

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Try using dbKeyState (int iScanCode) which returns 1 if the particular key is being pressed.

At a quick guess

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if ((dbKeyState (17) == 1) && (dbKeyState(30)) {
   // do dat voodoo yoodoo so well
}

The thing to keep in mind is that this doesn't imply "just pressed". If they're both pressed the next time the loop cycles, you'll get the same response if the keys are still being held down. You'll need to arrange a mechanism detected the keys being releasesd if you don't want repeated activation in a fast loop.

Lilith, Night Butterfly
I'm not a programmer but I play one in the office

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tobi453

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Posted: 14th May 2008 18:06

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Use:
if(dbKeyState(17)==1){do something...}
if(dbKeyState(31)==1){do something...}
if(dbKeyState(30)==1){do something...}
if(dbKeyState(32)==1){do something...}

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