event on key release

bearSoft · Post by **bearSoft** » Fri May 13, 2005 3:01 pm

hello
is it posible to get an event when a keyboard key is released
ty.

jox · Post by **jox** » Fri May 13, 2005 3:17 pm

I recommend reading the tutorials

http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/tutorials.html

especially this one:

http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/tut004.html

There key-up events are processed.

bearSoft · Post by **bearSoft** » Fri May 13, 2005 4:15 pm

ty but that wont do
i use

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if(event.EventType == irr::EET_KEY_INPUT_EVENT)
{
   keys[event.KeyInput.Key] = event.KeyInput.PressedDown; 
}

to be able to use a more generalized reciver -simply put i do not want any action in the reciever code -it ought to be an external class with total transparency regarding the action in the main part
putting motion etc in the reciver is not a good thing (OOP wise)
i simply want a boolean state change when the keys in the key-array is inactive -eg 'up'

keless · Post by **keless** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:01 pm

then you're also also going to have to keep a bool key_changed[] array and set it to true for a key that just changed. You'll have to make sure your update function sets all the flags to false at the end of an update.

Personally, I dont like this idea- instead I use the EventReciever class to pipe events into my current game state object, so an event can be handled when its generated. see ICE 3.0 for more details

bearSoft · Post by **bearSoft** » Sat May 14, 2005 11:34 am

ty. both -as for now i use a 'compromize' sort of..
in the reciver (std irr) i only make a state change -then i let the behaviour depend on the state- with this i can still have the event implemented outside the reciever
-not 'good' but reasonably functionallity ;(

-Next step: use a timer as udater for the behaviour
endresult : semiautomatic shooting