Keys customisation shortcut ?

[YouGroove]

It is possible in LE3 to program key assignation by user ?

 

I mean how to have user be able to choose key letter , as it will be a string object in script slot input,

and use it in code.

 

In example below how to use a,b,c,d key letters in Keydown function ?

Make ourselves some correspondance table or function ?

It is not some shortcut programming tips ?

 

 
Script.left = "A"
Script.right ="B"
Script.up ="C"
Script.down ="D"


function Script:UpdatePhysics()

   local window = Window:GetCurrent()    
   local moveX = 0

   if window:KeyDown(Key.Q) then
       moveX = -1
   end
   if window:KeyDown(Key.D) then
       moveX = 1
   end
   if window:KeyDown(Key.Q) then
       moveX = -1
   end
   if window:KeyDown(Key.D) then
       moveX = 1
   end

[DudeAwesome]

You Need a function that returns which Key was pressed. There is no function for this in the API for now so you have to Check every Key in One Loop by yourself (KeyHit())

 

I would do it this way:

 

i have a file (i like xml) with the default Key configuration. You need a file here because this should be persistent.

A Script reads the file and sets the command for each Key. If you want to change the configuration You Need to overwrite the configfile and read it again

 

 

[Rick]

I'm not 100% sure about this, but if Key is a table then you should be able to access it's variables (the constants) with the string version as well since you can do that with Lua tables. I can't test yet but just an idea to test. If that works then you can replace the "D" with a variable that is the string key.

 

 

if(window.KeyDown(Key["D"]) then

[YouGroove]

I'll try, this would allow to easy read and bind input keys with what user could had choosen in some menu options.

[Rick]

Well, there are other ways to do this, they are just more work on your end

[Einlander]

I just wrote a blog post about this topic: http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/blog/120/entry-1184-key-configs-and-tedium/

Example: http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/files/file/515-key-config-host/