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Novan

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Posted: 1st Aug 2008 04:22

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I have searched and searched for hours and cant find the solution to my problem. I want to move the character one space when the player presses the up key. Instead the character moves all the way to the top. How do i get the key to only happen once per press.

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Ian G

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Posted: 1st Aug 2008 06:44

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Use a flag to know when the user has pressed the key and reset when they have let go.

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keyFlag as boolean

do
    if upKey() and keyFlag = 0
        keyFlag = 1
        print "Toggle"
    endif
    
    if upKey() = 0 then keyFlag = 0
loop

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Nano brain

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Posted: 2nd Aug 2008 00:36 Edited at: 2nd Aug 2008 00:36

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Actually, this

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do
lastup=up
up=upkey()

if up=1 and lastup=0
    print "Toggle"
endif
loop

might be a bit more efficient and clean, leaving out the need to reset a flag when the key is not pressed.

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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Character Movement problem