Getting the keyboard input without using events

[Raven]

hello, heres a newbie question,
can I get the Keyboard input from within a loop instead of using the event class... Something like this:

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while(...) {
if (/*currently pressed key, say... "KeyInput::Key"*/ == KEY_W)  // thats a guess
{ /* code for the pressed key */ }
}

that would be very usefull to port my old app to Irrlicht

[keless]

what I do for 'currently pressed' keys, is to store a bool keys[] array,

when a key event happens, i set the key in keys[] to true or false

then in my update function, simply refer to the keys[] array.

a code example of this is listed in the howto forum

[saigumi]

The example Keless pointed out is perfect for key polling via Irrlicht. Though, you can craft your own input handler external from Irrlicht. Since Irrlicht is a graphics engine only, a true purist would say that even the Event handler shouldn't be part of the core. But it is nice that it is.

Now that I think of it, there are libraries for networking, sound, physics, AI, etc... out there, but I can't think of a single Input library. Time to do some googlin'.

Anyone know of a LGPL, MIT, or similiarly licensed Input handling library? One that handles key, mouse, and controller input like Microsoft's DirectInput?

[stodge]

The example Keless pointed out is perfect for key polling via Irrlicht. Though, you can craft your own input handler external from Irrlicht. Since Irrlicht is a graphics engine only, a true purist would say that even the Event handler shouldn't be part of the core. But it is nice that it is.

Now that I think of it, there are libraries for networking, sound, physics, AI, etc... out there, but I can't think of a single Input library. Time to do some googlin'.

Anyone know of a LGPL, MIT, or similiarly licensed Input handling library? One that handles key, mouse, and controller input like Microsoft's DirectInput?

SDL?

[carb]

The thing though is, if SDL didn't create the windowing context, how does it know where in the window (controlled by Irrlicht) the mouse is?

- Ben