Adding Keys Other Than The Default Keys
Say you want to make a 2-player Flash game (I don’t quite know how yet but I’m getting there). I have noticed that the selection of keys is limited to only a few keys (The arrow keys are there, and so are keys like Shift and Caps Lock, but there are many missing). I have played Flash games that had a second player using the A,S,D, and W keys for movement as well as the arrow keys. My only guess on how to get these keys is with one of the following incomplete codes:
if(Key.isDown(Key.getAscii()))
if(Key.isDown(Key.addListener()))
if(Key.isDown(Key.getCode()))
if(Key.isDown(Key.removeListener())
Hey, please correct me on this if what I want to do has nothing to do with these. They’re my only guess. If one of these pieces of code will go in the direction that I want, please tell me how. Thanks!
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Posted on: 06-17-2006, 04:25 AM
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