Frustrated with keyboard input

[igpay]

I just can't seem to get keyboard input to work! I never get any errors, but while running my application, no keypresses register. Hopefully it's just a small mistake that I am overlooking, maybe someone can help.

I am using the event receiver class used in the tutorials, it is the first thing I declare, right after my includes.

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class MyEventReceiver : public IEventReceiver
{
public:
	// This is the one method that we have to implement
	virtual bool OnEvent(const SEvent& event)
	{
		// Remember whether each key is down or up
		if (event.EventType == irr::EET_KEY_INPUT_EVENT)
			KeyIsDown[event.KeyInput.Key] = event.KeyInput.PressedDown;

		return false;
	}

	// This is used to check whether a key is being held down
	virtual bool IsKeyDown(EKEY_CODE keyCode) const
	{
		return KeyIsDown[keyCode];
	}
	
	MyEventReceiver()
	{
		for (int i=0; i<KEY_KEY_CODES_COUNT; ++i)
			KeyIsDown[i] = false;
	}

private:
	// We use this array to store the current state of each key
	bool KeyIsDown[KEY_KEY_CODES_COUNT];
};

The problem is that OnEvent is never actually called, even if I press keys.
I'm not sure what could possibly be causing this, has anyone else encountered this problem?

[Epi]

are you telling irrlicht to use your eventreceiver?

[Lil Margin]

in your main int do this BEFORE the irrlicht device creation
MyEventReceiver receiver;

and declare your device like this :

if your using irrlicht 1.5

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IrrlichtDevice *device =
        createDevice(EDT_SOFTWARE, dimension2d<s32>(640, 480), 16,
            false, false, false, &receiver);

if you using irrlicht 1.6

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IrrlichtDevice *device =
        createDevice(EDT_SOFTWARE, dimension2d<u32>(640, 480), 16,
            false, false, false, &receiver);

the irrlicht 1.6 one wasnt tested but is suppose to work...
anyway let me know how your problem went.

[andres]

in your main int do this BEFORE the irrlicht device creation
MyEventReceiver receiver;

you can set the event receiver after device creation using the command "setEventReceiver"

[igpay]

Thanks you guys. I dont have time to try this right now, but I'm sure it'll work.

[igpay]

Got it. Thanks you guys.