Animations with Keybinds

[mistaparadox 10]

Hey guys, I'm a pretty new scripter here, so I've just been testing out experimental things, learning what I can.

With this specific situation, I'm able to bind an animation to the Tab key, but when they press it, all that happens is the animation plays for a split second, then they go back to normal. What I want to happen is for them to be able to click Tab, have them stay in the animation until they want to click Tab again to go back to normal. I have all the files on hand if you'd like to see them.

Thank you very much,

-MistaParadox

[jshock 513]

It sounds like you need to have it check for the key press, play the animation in a looping manner with a waitUntil key pressed again to break out of that loop. At least that's my best guess, I haven't used custom key bindings before, but that sounds like it could be the issue.

So in a really simplistic concept look at the code:

_pressed = false;

waitUntil { key pressed };

_pressed = true;

while (_pressed) do {

//play animation

if (key pressed) then {_pressed = false;};

sleep 5; //or whatever the time it takes to completed said animation

};

Edited October 7, 2014 by JShock

[dreadedentity 278]

Can you post the code for your displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown", {}]?

[iceman77 18]

Tested with an unarmed blufor unit in the SP editor.

init.sqf

MY_KEYDOWN_FNC = {
 toggled = toggled + 1;
   if (_this == 15) then {
       nul = [] execVM "keytest.sqf";
   };
}; 

toggled = 0;
waituntil {!isnull (finddisplay 46)};
(findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown","(_this select 1) call MY_KEYDOWN_FNC;false;"];  

keyTest.sqf

while {toggled == 1} do {
if (animationState player != "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_Ease") then {
	player playMove "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_Ease";
};
};

player switchMove "";
toggled = 0;

Edited October 7, 2014 by Iceman77

[dreadedentity 278]

(findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown","(_this select 1) call MY_KEYDOWN_FNC;false;"];

My thoughts exactly, Iceman. It sounds like you forgot to return false. Returning false overrides the default behavior of the pressed key.

[iceman77 18]

Updated for smooth transition, initial key press works and optimization. Tested with an unarmed Blufor soldier as the player, in the SP editor.

init.sqf

MY_KEYDOWN_FNC = {
   if (_this == 15) then { // using if instead of switch since it's faster when evaluating only one condition
       nul = [] execVM "keytest.sqf";
   };
}; 

toggled = 0;

waituntil {!(isNull (findDisplay 46))};
(findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["KeyDown","(_this select 1) call MY_KEYDOWN_FNC;false;"]; 

keytest.sqf

toggled = toggled + 1;

while {toggled == 1} do {
   if ((animationState player) != "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_Ease") then {
       player playMove "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_Ease";
   };
};

if ((animationState player) != "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_EaseOut") then {
player switchMove "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_EaseOut";
toggled = 0;
};

Edited October 7, 2014 by Iceman77

[thesnypr 38]

lokking for something similar, i need to show a help screen and close it by pressing any key

 

 

goout = false;
(findDisplay 46) displaySetEventHandler ["KeyDown", "goout=true"];
waituntil {goout ==true};

i don't hundertand how to pass goout = false by goout = true  before the waituntil??

 

[ProKosovich 13]

Worked for me, thanks.

[Tajin 349]

For the love of god please avoid using hardcoded keybinds in scripts.

Not everyone uses the same control layout. You might end up overwriting important keys for a user!

 

 

Use the actionKeys command to get keybinds for default actions (if you want to overwrite something specific) or use one of the Useraction keybinds that users can set up.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/inputAction/actions (the ones named "User1 - 20")