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haribubba
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this may well be a very stupid question, but how do i check it say the 'W' button is pressed on the keyboard. I read throught the manual, but im not sure if i understand.
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if inkey$ = "W"

or

if scancode(17) = 1

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if keystate(some wierd number)=1

thats what you do
you can check the wierd numbers if you go to "help" and then "examples" and look for keyboard control, press the button you want, say its the W key, you press that and at the bit that says "scancode" it sould say 17, so you just type
"if keystate(17)=1 then "and so on!
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haribubba
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yes. thank you.

but i also have another question.

this is the code i have so far. it compiles with no errors. but when i try to run it, the cube does not move or rotate at all.
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haribubba, you are better off using Keystate() function IMHO. there is a scancode chart around which you will need because Keystate function accepts 1 parameter, the scancode of the key you are interested in.

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haribubba
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yes i realized that.
also, it looked like it wasn;t moving because there was nothing to refrence the cube to!

but i still cant seem to move the camera.
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haribubba
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also, would it be hard to code an object that always faces the player? i.e. a cube which one side would always face the player and would rotate to face the player.
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rotate in smaller incrememnts to test the code, then you'll see it moving regardless of other objects

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Quote: "if keystate(some wierd number)=1"


heres those weird numbers in a nice printable chart:



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More specific: Those "weird nubmers" are called ASCII which stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

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Nope, those weird numbers are IBM keyboard scancodes and originally were all about the key positions on the keyboard - nothing to do with ASCII at all.

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Quote: "IBM keyboard scancodes "


'Ding, right on the dot, and i didn't create the table, i found it about 6 years ago, and put it on a freinds site...

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The codes on that table wouldn't work on a keyboard with a different layout however (e.g. from a different country). You might be better of using inkey$ or controlkey, escapekey, etc...

Am I the only one here who's really confused?
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haribubba
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thanks for your help with the keyboard question!
any ideas for my second question would be greatly appreciated
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haribubba
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*uh, i mean, third question!
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Please have in mind this is not tested. You could do something like this: Store the camera positions in variables, and then have this code : POINT OBJECT Object Number, CameraX, CameraY, CameraZ. Hope it works.

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