Easter Eggs

[Monkey Mage]

I'm trying to create an easter egg in my game for example if the user presses the 8 and b key together it will display a message.  The problem is that I can't figure out how to tell the editor to trigger the message if BOTH the 8 and the b key are pressed.  Help!

p.s. Sorry for posting two comments in one day but I just registered for the fourms.

[Gilbert]

Use the IsKeyPressed() function.

I'll recommend something like below to be placed in the repeatedly_execute() function:

if (IsKeyPressed('8')&&IsKeyPressed('B')) {
  //Do whatever you want here
}

Note also that you shouldn't make the combination too complicated, since some of the keyboards cannot register some of the multiple key combination pressed at the same time, but I think just checking if 2 keys are pressed simultaneously is okay for most of them.

[Sam.]

surely a 3 button pressed detection is available on all keyboards, ctrl+alt+del?

[Mr Jake]

Its type of keys, for example it doesn't detect W, D and S at the same time on my keyboard.

[monkey0506]

I think it registers Ctrl and Alt differently than other keys, which is why you can make keycode combinations using those keys.  Which is pretty much what Hotspot just said...but I don't know if it works with other keys like Home or F5.

[Gilbert]

Yeah, it also depends on the keyboard, for example for my keyboard at home, it can register two arrow keys pressed simultaneously, but not with another key pressed together (eg. up+left+A).

[Sam.]

well, that shows me.

I never had any problem with key bcombinations of any multitude. Althoiugh windows does like to interrupt with "stick key" warnings.

[fovmester]

p.s. Sorry for posting two comments in one day but I just registered for the fourms.

I don't think you have to excuse yourself seeing that most people here post about 3 to 5 "comments" a day.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

You'll also probably want to put a limit on what the easter egg does (if anything).  For example, if it gives you a score or a special item, you obviously don't want it doing that a second time, so use setglobalint and getglobalint (or a global of your choosing) to keep track on whether the easter egg has been accessed.  Also, since you've posted the combination in this thread, it would be a good idea to use a different one ;>.