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Player Controls
Author:  Kodiakwarz [ Tue May 31, 2011 9:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Player Controls
What is it you are trying to achieve?
<I'm trying to make an option in my bomberman game so that you may change the controls of a player because certain people have certain preferences. I was just wondering if somebody could give me some base code and/or explain to me how to do this since I have tried and failed miserably so I'm am turning to the good people of comsci for help>
Author:  DemonWasp [ Tue May 31, 2011 11:33 pm ]
Post subject:  RE:Player Controls
Right now, you probably have some code that looks like the following, assuming you're using Input.KeyDown():

Turing:

if keys ( 'a' ) then
    % go left because player pressed A
end if


You should change it to:

Turing:

if keys ( control_left ) then
    % go left because player pressed left
end if


Then you need to have a separate settings file that your program can read. Then you need a way for a human to change the file. Either it should be possible to change the file manually (human-readable), or your program should be able to change it for the user (or both).
Author:  Raknarg [ Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:19 am ]
Post subject:  RE:Player Controls
If you wanted to have a choice between arrow keys and chars, you would use 2 if statements.
Turing:

if key (KEY_LEFT_ARROW) or key (KEY_RIGHT_ARROW)  or key (KEY_UP_ARROW)  or key (KEY_DOWN_ARROW)  then
     % set keys here as arrow buttons
else
     % set keys here as letters
end if

Chars and KEY_LEFT_ARROW aren't interchangable (as far as I know), so its a bit more difficult to use them at the same time.
Author:  Raknarg [ Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:21 am ]
Post subject:  RE:Player Controls
You could even make it simple and ask the user for their key preference (either arrows or WASD).

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