keyscript question

[msmalik681]

if i set a keyscript to entity can I refer to keyscripts in external entity's or do all codes have to be within the keyscript file.

Also how can I disable a button for a set time after pressed and can I use start for other operations or will start always pause the game.

 

[Piccolo]

if i set a keyscript to entity can I refer to keyscripts in external entity's or do all codes have to be within the keyscript file.

No keyscript is actually just an event. What you can access in a keyscript event is basically the same as what you can access in other scripts events.

[quote author=msmalik681]
Also how can I disable a button for a set time after pressed[/quote]

I think you have to use update.c for that, and remove the disabled keys from the newskeys property of player during the interval you want. I can provide an example if necessary.

[quote author=msmalik681]can I use start for other operations or will start always pause the game.
[/quote]

Yes you can use it for other operations by using it in scripts and removing it froms player keys before the pause code is executed.

 

[msmalik681]

thanks for the insight and a example would be much appreciated 

 

[Piccolo]

Here's a partial example to get you started. It does disable all attack presses by removing the corresponding inputs at the start of each cycle.

This code should be in update.c

void removeDisabledKeys(){
	int playerIndex;
	
	for(playerIndex=0; playerIndex<4;playerIndex++){
		
		
		if(playerkeys(playerIndex, 1, "attack")){
			changeplayerproperty(playerIndex, "newkeys", 0);
			changeplayerproperty(playerIndex, "playkeys", 0);
		}
		
		
	}
	
}

void main(){
	removeDisabledKeys();
}

 

[msmalik681]

how long will this disable for i just want it to disable for a second or two

 

[Piccolo]

There is no timeout in this code.

If you want a timeout, you need an event to trigger it. Assuming the event is the button press itself, the code would look like this :

void removeDisabledKeys(){
	int playerIndex;
	
	for(playerIndex=0; playerIndex<4;playerIndex++){		
		
		if(playerkeys(playerIndex, 1, "attack")){
			int elapsedTime = openborvariant("elapsed_time");
			int lastAttackPressTime = getindexedvar("lastAttackPressTime_" + playerIndex);

			if(lastAttackPressTime == NULL() || elapsedTime > lastAttackPressTime + 100){
				setindexedvar("lastAttackPressTime_" + playerIndex, elapsedTime);
			} else {
				changeplayerproperty(playerIndex, "newkeys", 0);
				changeplayerproperty(playerIndex, "playkeys", 0);
			}
		}
		
		
	}
	
}

 

[msmalik681]

i will give this a try thanks for the help.

 

[msmalik681]

I have some other questions how do I make a input string like D F A for a keyscript and can inputs be based on holding a key or how long a key was held for and finally can a keyscript activate on button release rather then the initial press ?

any examples would be much appreciated.

 

[maxman]

You can take a look on this Daimao Cancel script which Piccolo did.

 

[msmalik681]

it did not answer all my questions but never the less very useful thank you.