SOLVED: Turn off/turn on keyboard

[barefoot]

Hi

Somewhere, I am sure, though can't seem to find it in the manual or here, there was Disable keyboard command.

The reason is because I do not want any keyboard action at certain points in the game. So turn off/turn on keyboard is what I am looking for.

eKeyboardMovement ?

I will go through keyboard scripts see if i can see anything.

I'm sure this is a noob question sorry.

barefoot

[Gilbert]

Just mess with the on_key_press() function (or whatever its correct name is).

Use a variable (say, kb_on) to hold the state on whether you want the keyboard to be active, and do something like:

Code: ags

if (kb_on){
  if (keycode==blah) bla bla;
}

[monkey0506]

To simplify it even further, instead of enclosing the entire contents of on_key_press inside of an if statement, you could add this to the top:

Code: ags

// GlobalScript.asc

bool kb_on = true;

function on_key_press(eKeyCode keycode)
{
  if (!kb_on)
  {
    ClaimEvent();
    return;
  }
  // ...put your normal interactions here...no need for an else block since we returned if we entered the if
}

// wherever

kb_on = false;

Edit: I specified the global script in the comments, but for best results you would want to do this in the top script (to prevent module scripts being processed before the GlobalScript's function gets called).

[barefoot]

Cheers a lot guys I'll give it a whirl 

barefoot

[barefoot]

Hi

after looking at things i decided that all I needed was to divert some keyboard keys (Arrows and Esc) and they only apply to 1 room so the below script seems to be more appropriate.

Code: ags

		
}


//ARROW KEYS DIVERT (GLOBAL)
 
 
 if(player.Room==2)
 if (keycode == eKeyRightArrow) 

{
	 cfighter1a.Walk(1227, 79, eBlock, eAnywhere);
 
 
 }
		
 
 if(player.Room==2)
 if (keycode == eKeyLeftArrow ) 

{
	 cfighter1a.Walk(1227, 79, eBlock, eAnywhere);
 
 
 }
		
 
 if (player.Room==2)
 if (keycode == eKeyDownArrow ) 

{
	 
  cfighter1a.Walk(1227, 79, eBlock, eAnywhere);
	 
 }
		
 
 if (player.Room==2)
 if (keycode == eKeyUpArrow) 

{
	  
  cfighter1a.Walk(1227, 79, eBlock, eAnywhere);
	 
	 
	 }
		
 
 if (player.Room==2)
 if (keycode == eKeyEscape ) 

{
	 
   gPanel.Visible=false;
   Display("You can't view control panel just now");
   cfighter1a.Walk(1227, 79, eBlock, eAnywhere);

 }
 
 //END ARROW KEYS
 

Thanks for your help anyway

cheers

barefoot

[monkey0506]

Instead of checking if the player is in room 2 multiple times in direct succession of itself, why haven't you included those statements inside of a set of braces??

Code: ags

  //ARROW KEYS DIVERT (GLOBAL)
  if ((player.Room == 2) && ((keycode == eKeyRightArrow) || (keycode == eKeyLeftArrow) || (keycode == eKeyDownArrow) || (keycode == eKeyUpArrow) || (keycode == eKeyEscape)))
  {
    if (keycode == eKeyEscape)
    {
      gPanel.Visible = false;
      Display("You can't view control panel just now");
    }
    cfighter1a.Walk(1227, 79, eBlock, eAnywhere);
  }
  //END ARROW KEYS

I also took the liberty of combining your multiple references to the exact same line of code.

[Khris]

What the hell is this?

Seriously, every Walk command is using the same arbitrary coordinates? All arrow keys and the escape key are doing exactly the same?

Are you sort of undoing the command afterwards?

I'll take a wild guess and assume that all you want to do is turn off keyboard commands in room 2.

All you need to do is either catch them in the room script:

Code: ags

function on_key_press(eKeyCode k) {

  // kill all keyboard functionality
  ClaimEvent();
}

Or put this at the start of on_key_press in Global.asc:

Code: ags

  if (player.Room == 2) return;

You know, if you want to shut out somebody from every room in your house, why not go ahead and lock the front door?

[barefoot]

Hi Guys

I did it because if someone presses an arrow key in the main Room (2) it would stop the player and the game and will render game practically useless.. other keys are fine.

Any arrow key pressed makes the player go to B where there is a Region which determines which scene to go to next.

Normally the player would go automatically after Timer has expired.

I have a sound (text to speech) before the players moves but there was a problem getting the sound to play before move. It's ok now.

Also, I have disabled mouse cursor views so pressing ESC will be useless because no mouse cursor to do anything so it does as arrow keys.

* This is a side scrolling game with the player only able to move up and down and fire weapons. The scenes have objects and a background object that scroll left giving the illusion of movement.

So I'm coming across things that need a thinking hat  

|| just remembered  :

Probably Ar** about Face... but it does work in this instance.

I've taken in what you have said and thanks Monkey and Khris for your help and guidance.



barefoot