I have a function where I want to use the delete button.
So I've put:

if(key[SCAN_DEL])


{


 blah();


}

inside my while loop.

It doesn't work, because I seem to have a different scancode for delete from the one verge uses.
When I use SCAN_D it works fine, since that scancode does match.

I checked it. My scancode for delete is 211, not 83.
Furthermore:
For 'Insert' it's 210, not 82
For 'Page_Up': it's 201, not 73
For 'Page_Down': 209, not 81
For 'Home': 199, not 71
For 'End': 207, not 79
(Mine are 128 units higher)

So when I use key[211] it works fine, but it may not for other keyboards.

Why's this? Is it because I have a European keyboard? (I think I do anyway).
More importantly: How do I solve this? I'd like a universal interface...

Wolf my suggestion to you would be to make a control keys setup bit for your game. That way ppl can specify which key they would like to use for up down left right jump shoot whatever ...

Then it wont matter what keyboard setup they have.

Man, I copied those scancode #defines right out of some directx .h file. If keys are missing, I blame microsoft!

.. which seems to be the trendy thing to do anyway!

Quote:Originally posted by vecna

Man, I copied those scancode #defines right out of some directx .h file.

Ooookay... That was mistake #2.

Glad it's all working Wolf, sorry, I should have put a note in the docs on that when I first noticed it... but there's so many things I'm making work-arounds for each time I program, I forget sometimes. :)

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