GMan's Mods & Stuff — Keys input

Re: Keys input

null@example.com (Ferret) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:46:11 +0000

Thx Gman,

For mi curent project i'm using MiniB3D because its easy to get in to if you know Blitz3D.

But, i'm going to keep playing with the Irrlicht mods untill i know enough to make a game with it.
I see this as the next step in mi game making adventures, but its still to advanced for me to create a full game with.
The info i got so far and the eamples are great.

And all these great mods for free, you got mi full support!

Thx again

Re: Keys input

null@example.com (gman) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:58:33 +0000

greetings the mod needed recompile for v1.5 of Irrlicht. it also did not have a GetChar equivalent. please download the newest version.

you should be able to use Chr() straight from BMAX. for the rest use the following methods on SmoothEventReciever:

GetChar() => PopKey()
KeyHit() => KeyHitCnt()
FlushKeys() => FlushKeys()

Re: Keys input

null@example.com (Ferret) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:48:09 +0000

I think that is what i need but i get a error when i import Irrlicht.Addons,

Linking:15.loadirrfile.debug.exe
C:/Program Files/BlitzMax/mod/irrlicht.mod/addons.mod/addons.debug.win32.x86.a(addons.bmx.debug.win32.x86.o): undefined reference to `_irrlicht_core_SMaterial_create'
Build Error: Failed to link D:/MaxDev/irrlicht_examples/examples/15.LoadIrrFile/15.loadirrfile.debug.exe
Process complete

Is ist posible to get what key was pressed like GetChar(), instead of cycling trough all posible keys?

Re: Keys input

null@example.com (gman) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:50:45 +0000

Re: Keys input

null@example.com (Ferret) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:58:45 +0000

This is the code.

Function UpdateConsole()

Local key%
Local chatMsg$
'Local extension$ = "_"

key = GetChar()

If key >= 32 And key <= 126
chat = chat + Chr(key)
EndIf

If key = 8 Then If chat <> "" Then chat = Left(chat, Len(chat) - 1)

If key = 13 Then
'Info("" + localPlayer\Name + " : " + chat)
'BP_Message (0,localPlayer\id,msgChat,chat,True)
If chat <> ""
AddTxt playername + " : " + chat
chatMsg = Chr(ID_CHAT) + playername + " : " + chat
If Online = True Then RN_Send(peer, chatMsg$, Len(chatMsg$) + 1, HIGH_PRIORITY, RELIABLE_ORDERED, 0, RN_GetSystemAddressFromIndex(peer, 0), False)
EndIf
chat = ""
Chatting = False
End If

If MilliSecs() > chattimer
If extension = "_"
extension = ""
'chattimer = MilliSecs() + 1000
ElseIf extension = ""
extension = "_"
'chattimer = MilliSecs() + 1000
EndIf
chattimer = MilliSecs() + 500
EndIf

DrawText chat + extension ,20,GraphicsHeight() - 20

End Function

Keys input

null@example.com (Ferret) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:19:05 +0000

Hi,

I created a server and a client with accounts and chat working.
Now i want to use Irrlich as 3D engine but the BMax input commands for keys don't work.

How do i get input for a simple chat and movement?

These are the commands i need for the chat to work as is,

Chr()
GetChar()
KeyHit()
FlushKeys()

Thx,