Re: [pygame] my rpg game (so far)

["Charlie Nolan" <funnyman3595@xxxxxxxxx>]

set_repeat isn't exactly ideal because it produces jerky movement.  I
just ignore the events altogether and use pygame.key.get_pressed once
a tick.

-FM

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Paul Pigg <masterpigg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Have you tried using the pygame.key.set_repeat() function?  Otherwise, I
> would use the KEYDOWN event to set the speed in either x or y direction (I
> like diagonal movement ;)) and the KEYUP event to reset the directional
> speed to zero.  With that method, you'd need logic to deal with abrupt
> changes such as the user holding the up arrow, then pressing the down arrow
> before releasing the up arrow (which may again be taken care of by
> set_repeat).
>
> --p
>
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:13 AM, Michael Fiano <michael.fiano@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:39:31 +1000
>> Nicholas Dudfield <ndudfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > I am pretty sure you don't need to run event.pump() for every event.
>> >
>> > It doesn't seem like `keyinput` is being used at all so it's probably
>> > not needed.
>>
>> You're right. I don't need it anymore. keyinput was being used before
>> to make it so that more than one key could be pressed to move the
>> character. I gave up due to minor bugs in my code and forgot to remove
>> that little bit. What I would like to do:
>>
>> Right now if you are holding a directional key to move, and you press a
>> different directional key at the same time, the player will stop,
>> instead of changing directions. If anyone could give me some pointers
>> on how to do this I'd be very happy, because I want it to be
>> gamepad-friendly too.
>>
>> > <code>
>> > elif event.key == K_UP or event.key == K_DOWN or event.key == K_LEFT
>> > or event.key == K_RIGHT:
>> >     do_stuff()
>> > </code
>> >
>> > The python idiom for this is
>> >
>> > <code>
>> > elif event.key in (K_UP, K_DOWN, K_LEFT, K_RIGHT):
>> >     do_stuff()
>> > </code>
>>
>> Aha, nice. Thanks!
>
>