Keyboard Control Conundrum

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Sat, 11 Aug 2018, 10:11
Charles	Keyboard Control Conundrum Hi all. I'm setting up keyboard controls for a 2D game with standard 8-directional movement, using PureBasic. I have these kinds of checks: If Right key is pressed, and not Down, Left or Up, move East If Right and Down keys are pressed, and not Left or Up, move Southeast Etc. If more than two directional keys are pressed at the same time, nothing should happen. And in fact nothing happens if I press Up-Right-Down or Right-Down-Left (it doesn't matter in what order the keys are actually pressed, it will stop movement if all three are pressed simultaneously). However, if I press Down-Left-Up, my character moves in the Southwest direction. And if I press Left-Up-Right, he moves Northwest. That's for the directional arrow keys. If I change the mappings to WASD, then Left-Up-Right and Right-Down-Left stop, but the other two combinations don't. I've had other unexpected results with multiple key presses, while gamepad controls work fine. Any ideas?
Sat, 11 Aug 2018, 13:10
spinal	My guess is that if you hit a key first, then the other keys, your code is activating that instruction before the other keys are pressed. -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
Sat, 11 Aug 2018, 13:30
Jayenkai	Either that, or youâ€™re hitting a physical keyboard limit. Due to the way all those 100+ buttons all hook up via a tiny cable, only certain combinations of buttons will physically work. This has been a known limitation for a long long long time, and isnâ€™t going away any time soon. As a result, you should never expect 3 nearby keys to be pressed in combination, as in most cases, the technology simply cannot support it. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sat, 11 Aug 2018, 14:34
Charles	Thanks for the replies. I've been doing some reading about keyboards, and I think I am, in fact, hitting that limit. My game has a strafing button as well, and if I map that to a key close to WASD, it becomes impossible to move diagonally. Thanks goodness for gamepads!