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SFML - Key Presses?

Started by Dezachu Nov 28, 2012 at 9:32 PM 2 replies 1.9k views

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Nov 28, 2012 at 9:32 PM

Hi hi,

I'm creating a game for my portfolio and at present it's a simple sprite running around a screen (no rotations or anything implemented yet) and I'm finding a minor issue quite annoying.

If a player is holding down the up key to move vertically and then hits the right key to head right, whilst still holding down the up keupon release of the right key the sprite doesn't move upwards as you'd expect.

I can kind of see why it does what it's doing, but I can't think of a solution. Any ideas?

Here's my input function:

[source lang="cpp"]void Game::getInput()
{
sf::Event Event;
while (MyGameWindow->GetEvent(Event))
{
if (Event.Type == sf::Event::Closed)
MyGameWindow->Close();
if ((Event.Type == sf::Event::KeyPressed) && (Event.Key.Code == sf::Key::Escape))
MyGameWindow->Close();
if(Event.Type == sf::Event::KeyPressed) currentKey = Event.Key.Code;
if(Event.Type == sf::Event::KeyReleased) currentKey = sf::Key::Numpad9;
if ((Event.Type == sf::Event::KeyPressed) && (Event.Key.Code == sf::Key::R))
paused = false;
}
}[/source]

And then my update function:

[source lang="cpp"]void Game::update()
{
if(!paused)
{

ELAPSED_TIME = myClock.GetElapsedTime();
if (ELAPSED_TIME > FRAMERATE)
{
switch(currentKey)
{
case sf::Key::Up:
P1.MoveUp(10);
break;
case sf::Key::Down:
P1.MoveDown(10);
break;
case sf::Key::Left:
P1.MoveLeft(10);
break;
case sf::Key::Right:
P1.MoveRight(10);
break;
case sf::Key:

:
paused = true;
break;
}

myClock.Reset();
}
}
}[/source]

Cheers guys!

riverreal

Nov 28, 2012 at 9:49 PM

Try to use booleans like
[source lang="cpp"]
bool upPressed = false;
...
...
if( ...( sf::Key::Up) )
{
upPressed = true;
}
[/source]

and obviously if not sf::Key::Up
upPressed = false;

That will be only the input.

So in the game logic you need to put something like:
[source lang="cpp"]
if( upPressed )
{
P1.MoveUp( 10 );
}
[/source]

Dezachu

Nov 28, 2012 at 11:53 PM

Thanks, I'll try implementing it later

BeerNutts

Nov 29, 2012 at 7:20 PM

My suggestion would be to give your character a velocity when certain buttons have been pressed. Something like this (pseudo-code):


 #define DEFAULT_SPEED 10
 
 // If a key is pressed, give it an initial velocity
 if (Key.IsPressed) {
 // handle X movement
 if (Key.Type == RIGHT) {
 Player.xVelocity += DEFAULT_SPEED;
 }
 else if (Key.Type == LEFT) {
 Player.xVelocity += -DEFAULT_SPEED;
 }
 
 // Handle Y movement
 if (Key.Type == UP) {
 Player.yVelocity += -DEFAULT_SPEED;
 }
 else if (Key.Type == DOWN) {
 Player.yVelocity += DEFAULT_SPEED;
 }
 }
 
 // When a key is release, subtract that same velocity
 if (Key.IsReleased) {
 if (Key.Type == RIGHT) {
 Player.xVelocity -= DEFAULT_SPEED;
 }
 else if (Key.Type == LEFT) {
 Player.xVelocity -= -DEFAULT_SPEED;
 }
 if (Key.Type == UP) {
 Player.yVelocity -= -DEFAULT_SPEED;
 }
 else if (Key.Type == DOWN) {
 Player.yVelocity -= DEFAULT_SPEED;
 }
 }
 
 // When moving, just move the player by their veloctities in both directions)

Good luck!

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