Two Player Same Keyboard?

[Armalite]

Hey guys, i'm having problems making a game that uses two players on the same keyboard.

My problem is that I can only have one player moving at a time if they are holding the key down.

One player can hold up and move constantly but the second player cannot.

They can both however, frequently press a button and move in smaller, slower, increments.

I've looked at other sources and I just can't find a solution.

Right now a sample of my movement looks like this:

Select Case KeyCode

code:

Case vbKeyUp If playerOne.Top > 0 Then playerOne.Top = playerOne.Top - 10 Else End If Case vbKeyDown If playerOne.Top < 900 Then playerOne.Top = playerOne.Top + 10 Else End If End Select Select Case KeyCode Case vbKeyW If playerTwo.Top > 0 Then playerTwo.Top = playerTwo.Top - 10 Else End If Case vbKeyS If playerTwo.Top < 900 Then playerTwo.Top = playerTwo.Top + 10 Else End If End Select

That is just for the first player moving up and down using arrow keys and the second player moving up and down using W and S.

Any help would be appreciated.

[GlobeTrotter]

Maybe you could have an array 0 .. 255 of boolean representing which keys are being pressed.

In the keyDown event, loop through and update any keys that are pressed.

Then in a timer event, use your boolean array to move your characters.

[Armalite]

Err...could you show me a simple example?

Sorry, but my VB skills are lacking.

[codemage]

Doing it in case might mean that only one key can be pressed at a time. (Not quite sure, since I can't see your whole setup).

Do it case independently.

As well, be aware that most cheap keyboards will only record about 4 keys pressed at the same time.

[wargamer17]

Hey, i know this was a topic from about a year ago, but i have the same problem. I am trying to get two player working in my game, but i can't seem to follow what is being said here. My teacher had the same idea as the post above with the use of a timer, but it doesn't make sense to me. Can someone please help me with this two player thing? i need this in about 3 days max.

thanks in advance!

[cool dude]

In the case of the topic being so old you should just start a new topic. Now i know exactly what your teacher meant by using a timer and i attached sample code to show you an example.

[wargamer17]

Thank you so much for this help!! it is greatly appreciated! The only reason why i asked in this topic was because usually when i create a new topic and that topic was already asked i get yelled at and told to put it in one that had the same topic, so that is why i put it in this one. But yes, thank you for the help.

[cool dude]

no problem mate. glad i can help. Don't pay attention to the idiots that yell at you for starting a new topic instead of posting in a really old one.

If you have anymore questions feel free to ask

[wargamer17]

Alright, i won't worry about them. I will hopefully post my program in the submission forum when the project is done.