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Dark GDK / w,a,s,d?

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mike5424
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Posted: 27th May 2009 20:44
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how do i use the w,a,s and d keys? would it be keystates?

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Bran flakes91093
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Posted: 27th May 2009 21:45 Edited at: 28th May 2009 03:59
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Yep you can use dbKeyState() to get if any key on the keyboard is pressed or not. You can manually go get the scan codes, but that takes a while and some memorization.

The better and easier way of getting key scan codes is to include "dinput.h" in your program.
This will allow you to use predefined numbers like this:


Instead of:


It's a lot easier to read and understand. Keys like the space bar would be something like DIK_SPACE and the right shift would be DIK_RSHIFT etc. Look into the header file toward the end for all of the definitions.

#ifdef _DEBUG
FixBugs(All);
#endif
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endre3000
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Posted: 27th May 2009 22:16
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Good one! I had been making my own scancode constants until now... how are users expected to find out this stuff?
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endre3000
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Oh, I just realised dinput.h is a DirectX thing not a GDK/TGC thing... Feels good to know I'm not just playing with a proprietary system, if DGDK is a way to ease me into learning DX all the better.
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puppyofkosh
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or you could just use #define, right?
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Bran flakes91093
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They are defined in the header file. Why define something that is already defined for you?

#ifdef _DEBUG
FixBugs(All);
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mike5424
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thanks.

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