bindCmd & getWord
by John Roberts · in Torque Game Builder · 06/05/2010 (7:45 am) · 3 replies
Hello all.
I am attempting to edit part of a behavior for a small game I'm working on, in the science-fiction vein. The behavior creates a keybind, which allows an object (the player's spaceship) to fire a set of laser turrets.
The keybind function already works quite well, but I am attempting to make it a little more flexible. As shown below, it performs perfectly:
moveMap.bindCmd(keyboard, "s", "Player.FireLaser();", "Player.StopLaser();");
The above code lets me call a function both when the "s" key is pressed, and also when it is released.
However, if I want to change the key that controls these functions, I have to go back to the code, instead of changing it within the GUI via a behaviorField, like so:
%template.addBehaviorField(FireKey, "Key that fires the laser.", keybind, "keyboard S");
My problem, and my question, is this: is there a way to edit the bindCmd function so that it will recognize the key chosen by the behaviorField? I have made a few attempts using getWord, but to no avail.
Does anyone have a thought?
I am attempting to edit part of a behavior for a small game I'm working on, in the science-fiction vein. The behavior creates a keybind, which allows an object (the player's spaceship) to fire a set of laser turrets.
The keybind function already works quite well, but I am attempting to make it a little more flexible. As shown below, it performs perfectly:
moveMap.bindCmd(keyboard, "s", "Player.FireLaser();", "Player.StopLaser();");
The above code lets me call a function both when the "s" key is pressed, and also when it is released.
However, if I want to change the key that controls these functions, I have to go back to the code, instead of changing it within the GUI via a behaviorField, like so:
%template.addBehaviorField(FireKey, "Key that fires the laser.", keybind, "keyboard S");
My problem, and my question, is this: is there a way to edit the bindCmd function so that it will recognize the key chosen by the behaviorField? I have made a few attempts using getWord, but to no avail.
Does anyone have a thought?
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#2
I could have sworn I had already attempted what you've shown me, but it didn't work properly that time around.
Another case of code being just a character off, I suppose.
Nevertheless, thank you very much! This was exactly what I needed.
06/05/2010 (2:42 pm)
?I could have sworn I had already attempted what you've shown me, but it didn't work properly that time around.
Another case of code being just a character off, I suppose.
Nevertheless, thank you very much! This was exactly what I needed.
#3
06/05/2010 (7:06 pm)
Happy to help. 
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The generic input behavior on tdn has what you're looking for.
So to adapt it to you example, you would do this:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Torque Game Builder // Copyright (C) GarageGames.com, Inc. //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- if (!isObject(GenericInputActionBehavior)) { %template = new BehaviorTemplate(GenericInputActionBehavior); %template.friendlyName = "Freaking laser beam firer"; %template.behaviorType = "Input"; %template.description = "Fires a freaking laser beam"; %template.addBehaviorField(FireKey, "Key that fires the laser.", keybind, "S"); } function GenericInputActionBehavior::onAddToScene(%this, %scenegraph) { if (!isObject(moveMap)) return; moveMap.bindCmd(getWord(%this.FireKey, 0), getWord(%this.FireKey, 1), "Player.FireLaser();", "Player.StopLaser();"); }I didn't test this but it should work.