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nerobot 2 years, 3 months ago.
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Hi,
It looks like Keyboard.KeyHit has auto-repeat, at least on MacOS. That’s probably fine for an app, but kind of a problem for games. Before I implement my own way around this, is there an easy to either turn this off or maybe increase the auto-repeat interval (setting it very high would also work well in a game).
Thanks!What about using KeyReleased?
I always just check the state of keyDown …
It looks like Keyboard.KeyHit has auto-repeat, at least on MacOS.
IMO, it shouldn’t and this MAY be a new thing.
I’d like to fix this but am worried people are writing GUIs and depend on this behaviour – is this correct?
Perhaps KeyHit (and KeyPressed!) could look like: KeyHit( key:Key,repat:Bool=False )
Yes, KeyPressed ignoring auto-repeat and KeyHit using it ( or vice-versa, doesn’t matter to me) would be ideal! KeyHit seems to be undocumented, though. I only used it because I converted code from M1…
Codifies, keydown is not really ideal for actions that should not repeat until the player hits the button again – for instance, Megaman or Super Mario style jumps.
Thanks!
@ethernaut, no idea why really but I’ve often used a key released toggle for stuff like that…
I’ve added a ‘repeating:bool=False’ param to KeyPressed (and KeyHit) now in develop branch.
About keyhit.
As I know, keyhit usually return hits count since the beginning of main loop.
Also, Hit = Press + Release. (or only pressed but don’t increased until released)
So if we are not releasing key it should return 1 (or true) at a loop frame key was pressed. And than will flushed at next frame and will return 0 or false until we release and press again.
Upd. For gui apps we have OnKeyEvent() with full control of event, including its type that can be KeyRepeat.
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