KeyPressed/KeyDown2 checks
 

I'm having a problem with KeyPressed and KeyDown2. It only exists in v3/4, not v2, so it might belong in the Bugs section.

When the 's' key is caught with KeyPressed, a system sends a trigger to another NPC. However, I only want it to send the trigger once, not multiple times.
Originally, I set a flag that says the key was pressed, then use a timeout to check for when the player lets go of the key. When the player lets go of the key, it unsets the flag.

This doesn't work. While I'm holding down the 's' key, it continually calls the KeyPressed function, but KeyDown2 returns it as not being pressed.

NPC Code:

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function onKeyPressed(code,key) {

  if (key == "s" && this.holding == false) {

    findweapon("Blah").trigger("DoSomething",NULL);

    this.holding = true;

    setTimer(.05); 

  }

}



function onTimeout() {

  if (this.holding == true) {

    if (!keydown2(getkeycode("s"),false)) this.holding = false;

    setTimer(.05);

  }

}

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EDIT: My bad, I was using keycode() instead of getkeycode(). Changing it to getkeycode() made it work properly. This might have something to do with the hammer bug on GK?

i haven't scripted with GS2 yet but for the most part i understand what you are trying to do.

but, I think you might also have to check for the keypressed if you want to check for the keydown2, not do them at different times and use a timeout and check the the this. to tell if to check if the key is pressed.

I've never had the problem you're having with keypressed.

example in newfeatures:

NPC Code:

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if (keypressed) {

        code = strtofloat(#p(0));

        if (code==keycode(1,false)) message on;

        else if (code==keycode(2,false)) message off;

      }

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i know it's keycode, but it might be of some use to you too?