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Typing with direct input

Started by TonyFish Apr 11, 2001 at 5:24 AM 0 replies 350+ views

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Apr 11, 2001 at 5:24 AM

Hi, I''m writing a 3d engine and have got to the state where I need to input text into the environment. I''m using Direct Input to control my player''s movement etc.. but as soon as I enter ''text input mode'' the keyboard input continues at the speed of the game.. in other words when I type a character it prints out 5 times even though I''ve just hit it not held it down. Also if I hit a number of keys at the same time they ALL print out rather than just the last one to be pressed. I''ve tried using the WndProc appraoch too but I get similar results... Help !!!! [-T-] Out

CrazySwede

Apr 11, 2001 at 7:23 AM

Hi!

In my input class I have an array like this.

bUpLast[255]

my functions then work like this

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KeyDown(key)
{
return dxinput.keydown(key)
}

KeyPressed(key)
{
if dxinput.keydown(key)
{
  if bUpLast[key] = true
  {
   bUpLast[key] = false
   return true
  }
} else {
  bUpLast[key] = true
}
return false
}

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Then I use KeyDown for movement and things and KeyPressed for text input and menu movement.

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