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LilSpriteX
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08/05/2003
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28
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18th August, 2013 at 18/08/2013 03:06:21 -
A friend and I are trying to make a game for vision-impaired or motility-impaired players. The game uses one button, any key on the keyboard, so single player is easy to code. But we're a bit stumped on multiplayer. We want to have one player use the left side of the keyboard, and the other player use the right side (arrow keys, numpad, etc). Is there a way to test for multiple keys at once, in a single event, or will I need to code each key individually? I noticed Control X lets me test for a value, but I can't seem to test for a range of values.
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Riptide
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26/07/2013 21:07:20
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101
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18th August, 2013 at 18/08/2013 11:44:11 -
Hi there.
I think you can do it (but it would take so long to code)
2 Events for two players:
You make an event like
• Pressed A
OR (Logical)
• Pressed B
OR (Logical)
• Pressed C
=> Player 1 movement.
And so on...
And an other event like
• Pressed Left arrow
OR (Logical)
• Pressed Right arrow
OR (logical)
=> Player 2 Movement.
If you want to make an event to test multiple key-presses you can do it like that:
• Only one action when event loops
+ Repeat while the key x is pressed
+ Repeat while the key y is pressed
+ Repeat while the key z is pressed
As i said, It would take years to code it that way, it's just an idea, i think there's an other way to do it.
Why don't you use the built-in controls using the joysticks ?
One joystick for each player
And you can manage the keys for each joystick by editing the default controls
(Go in your game propreties => Go to the "Play" icon And search "Default controls" and press "Edit", obviously)
Even if it's not the thing you wanted to do, i have just that 2 ideas, don't give up ! I think the'rs other ways to do it.
And, btw, Sorry for my english, if i make mistakes it's because i'm french 
 Edited by Riptide
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UrbanMonk
BRING BACK MITCH
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07/07/2008
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19th August, 2013 at 19/08/2013 18:16:44 -
There are a couple of extensions that can help with this.
Either way it's going to require you to make a list of keys that you want to include on each side.
You'll have to use an array or delimited string.
The following extensions can get the value of the last key pressed and last key released. You can use this information to determine which keys are currently being pressed:
Control X - Old not recommended.
Key Object - Also old, but works better
Keyboard Object - Newest
Also keep in mind that these extensions aren't compatible with any other runtimes besides the Windows executable, so if you plan to make this a flash application, or anything else you'll have to use Riptide's method.
Both methods are going to require you to make a list of keys that should be detected either way.
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