Ignoring input?

[RsX]

I made a pong game for school.

I have a problem that when the game ends, you naturally end up with your finger still on the key. The program stores the input and then it gets used when the program goes back to the main menu, causing chaos

Is there any command I can use to get the program to ignore keyboard inputs between certain points?

[do_pete]

You could stick a delay in to let the user take his fingers of the buttons

[TokenHerbz]

Are you using keydown? or getch..

Try adding a "Input.Pause" or perhaps a delay for a second...

[Tony]

if you're using getch, you could flash the buffer by reading all of it.

code:

loop    exit when hasch = false    getch(c) end loop

[do_pete]

Input.Pause wouldn't work because it would only pause until the user presses something

[RsX]

The thing is, I tried delaying, but even that doesnt pause the input. I tried adding a delay of 2 seconds after the game is over, but then the user still has his finger on s for like 20 miliseconds.

[RsX]

this is the users code:

code:

if multi="y" then % multi if if hasch then getch (multimove) if multimove="w" then if P2Pad + 50 <= 380 then P2Pad := P2Pad + 30 end if elsif multimove="s" then if P2Pad >= 20 then P2Pad := P2Pad - 30 end if end if end if else % multi if

Theres an option to either play 2 players or 1 against the computer, hence the if multi


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[[Gandalf]]

Tony has already posted the answer, it should be good enough for you to create some working code. If you have a more specific question, ask it, but try to solve the problem on your own first.

[TokenHerbz]

you should have a nice code, what i mean is like...

code:

for i: 1 .. 20     if i < 10 then         put "AHA"     else         put "FOO"     end if end for

and i don't get the resons you posted that bit...

[RsX]

I updated it to what you suggested but it still doesnt work:

code:

if multi="y" then % multi if if hasch then loop    exit when hasch = false    getch (multimove) end loop if multimove="w" then if P2Pad + 50 <= 380 then P2Pad := P2Pad + 30 end if elsif multimove="s" then if P2Pad >= 20 then P2Pad := P2Pad - 30 end if end if end if else % multi if

Ill tell you how it works... The whole program, including the getch, is within a loop... Once the game is over, you exit the loop and enter the loop that was wrapping the games loop. Then it asks if you want to play again, so automatically you dont even see that message because your finger was still pressing the key as you exited the loop. Plus, you would most likely enter a sub-menu which forces you to retype all the settings.

[RsX]

Thats why I need an input pauser, to pause inputting in the parent loop (the one wrapping the games loop).

P.S. isnt there a way to edit posts lol

[Tony]

no, you don't get a way to edit your posts

your program should be like:

code:

loop    loop       game    end loop > flash input here <    menu end loop

you flash the buffer right before the menu

[RsX]

Great!

That helped Thanks!

If I can ask one more question regarding the code above...

How would I make it move smother?

Using the keys W and S the 2nd player is supposed to move his pong up and down, but it doesnt move smoothly at all... Once the user presses he has to wait about 1 second before seeing a movement, and it cuts off a lot. Is there any way to fix that?

[RsX]

This is the code that needs re-writing (sorry about the double posting)

code:

% Opponent if multi="y" then % multi if if hasch then loop    exit when hasch = false    getch (multimove) end loop if multimove="w" then if P2Pad + 50 <= 380 then P2Pad := P2Pad + 30 end if elsif multimove="s" then if P2Pad >= 20 then P2Pad := P2Pad - 30 end if end if end if else % multi if

[do_pete]

Look up how to use View.Update to get rid of the flicker and use reals instead of ints for your coordinates and speed variables, this will allow you to shorten your delays