Holding a keydown...

[devilsknite1]

When a keydown() is used in a timeout it can just be held and it will do the action for you. How do I eliminate this? Just in case I'm not clear since I'm half-delusional from sleep and am not even reading while I type, here's an example:

PHP Code:

//#CLIENTSIDE

function onTimeOut() {
  if ( keyDown( 5 ) ) {
    foobar;
  }
  setTimer( 0.05 );
} 


So, yeah. I just want to know how to make so the player must tap the key to get repeated use out of it.

[DustyPorViva]

You need to initiate the timeout first. The only setTimer you have is in the timeout itself, so nothing is telling it to actually start looping. Throw a setTimer in an onCreated.

[devilsknite1]

I know this, I'm just saying the context of it. Obviously, the script is much more than an uninitiated timeout with a keydown() in it

[DustyPorViva]

Oh, sorry I just read the script.

Anyways the only way to break the repeating function is to keep a flag on the key being hit. You can use onKeyPressed() but that has a repeat function based on default keyboard(after a second or so it'll start repeating).

PHP Code:

function onTimeout() {
  if (keydown(5)) {
    if (this.keydown5 == true) dostuff();
    this.keydown5 = true;
  } else this.keydown5 = false;
} 


[devilsknite1]

I tried this and it didn't work... Although, when I did I combined the two line like this:

PHP Code:

if ( keyDown( 5 ) && this.keydown5 == false ) { 


Would that have anything to do with it?

I also noticed every flag is set to true. Am I missing something there?

[DustyPorViva]

No you have to do it exactly as my post says because of the way the nested code works. If you do it like (keydown(5) && this.keydown5 == false) then it won't revert the this.keydown5 back to false since it requires not pressing S AND it being false.

[devilsknite1]

Now it doesn't work at all o_o

[cbk1994]

PHP Code:

function GraalControl.onKeyDown(code, key, scan) {
  // if you care about matching default controls, use if (keydown) here
  if (key == "a" && ! this.keyA) {
    player.chat = "tap!";
    this.keyA = true;
  }
}

function GraalControl.onKeyUp(code, key, scan) {
  if (key == "a") {
    this.keyA = false;
  }
} 


It's certainly possible to do via timeout, as Dusty instructed, but there's no reason to do so when it can be done using events.

[Tricxta]

damn I was just going to post when i saw chris did it >.<

[devilsknite1]

Ah, thanks to all of you. I knew there was a different way aside from timeouts.
Dusty, I got yours to work, I just entered it wrong. Although I had to change a few things around to make it work.
Chris, thank you for this method... Probably a bit more efficient and much cleaner than what I did.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by devilsknite1

Ah, thanks to all of you. I knew there was a different way aside from timeouts.
Dusty, I got yours to work, I just entered it wrong. Although I had to change a few things around to make it work.
Chris, thank you for this method... Probably a bit more efficient and much cleaner than what I did.

His does not account for default key layout though tsk tsk.

[fowlplay4]

I like the..

PHP Code:

//#CLIENTSIDE
function onKeyPressed() {
  setTimer(0.05);
}

function onTimeout() {
  if (keydown(5)) {
    doStuff();
    setTimer(0.05);
  }
} 


way personally. Depends what you're doing in the end really.