Press and Release keys

[beefster09]

I know it can already be faked, but ZScript needs "Press(Input*)" And "Release(Input*)"

Pretty much they're just functions that return a bool when the input is true then not true and vice-versa.

You would need this if you wanted to make a playable ocarina, or even most custom items.

[Saffith]

I'm not sure I see how this would be different from what we already have. Do you mean to write event-driven scripts?

By the way, use [/color] instead of [color=Black]. It's white for some of us, remember.

[beefster09]

By the way, use [/color] instead of [color=Black]. It's white for some of us, remember.

Sorry, I use the WYSIWYG text editor.

Well, normally, the keypress events return true every frame, this way, they only return true once. (when the button just gets pushed or released)

[eXodus]

While Press* and Release* would indeed be helpful, it can be somewhat faked right now. Take a look at this part of my Fixed Direction script:

http://www.armageddongames.net/showthread.php?t=94457

    if (!Link->InputL && !Link->InputR) {
     turned = false;
    }
    if (Link->InputL) {
     Link->InputL = false;
     if (!turned) turn(false);
    }
    if (Link->InputR) {
     Link->InputR = false;
     if (!turned) turn(true);
    }

In case it isn't obvious from the snippet, that turn() function is setting turned to true. See how I just prevented the code from firing again as long as the button is still held down? You could hook a function to either side of the logic to emulate the two functions. Of course, you'd need a separate loop and boolean for each key/combination you want to check for...