[Help] Key repeat

[BoredMatt]

When holding an arrow key down, is there a way to have a delay between the first trigger and the next that is longer than key_repeat_interval ?

Like in a text editor, you can do individual presses to move one character at a time, but if you hold down it then accelerates.

I'd need that to be able to move fast and yet still be able to be exactly where I want or just be able to have my player face a specific direction without starting moving immediately.

[Stephen Lavelle]

Apologies, I probably meant to reply all but hit the wrong button

> Would that be difficult to implement ?

As a puzzlescript user it's not something I'd recommend tackling.  As a developer I don't want to - it's a very specific behaviour and I don't think I can fine-tune it well for general games, and the complexity of consideration isn't something I'd want to expose makers of puzzlescript games to.

Am Mi., 10. Feb. 2021 um 20:05 Uhr schrieb Celine Liki <celin...@gmail.com>:

Was this answer supposed to be private ? ;)

Thank you for answering anyway.

This is pretty much standard behaviour to have a  delay before the repeat triggers when holding down a key, though I can see why you wouldn't want it in some games. Would that be difficult to implement ?

(Sorry if you receive this message twice, there has been a slight mishap).

Le mer. 10 févr. 2021 à 11:49, Stephen Lavelle <anal...@gmail.com> a écrit :

> is there a way to have a delay between the first trigger and the next that is longer than key_repeat_interval

nope

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[BoredMatt]

I wasn't thniking about anything too complicated. Just a prelude property as a switch between the current mode and a mode with a fixed interval between the first trigger and the second ( key_repeat interval being used between the second and third and so on). Exactly as in a text editor. There isn't even a need to let the user choose the length of the interval since it would only be used to allow single key strokes even when key_repeat interval is set at a low value. Using the same value as the default one of key_repeat_interval would work just fine.

That would definitely be something simple for the game makers.

Now I definitely understand if it's not something you want to tackle, or if you want to keep PuzzleScript as simple as possible. It already offers great possibilities.

[That Scar]

On Windows, there are global keyboard settings called "character repeat delay" and "character repeat rate" - this would be just like that. You could set a number and, by default, the delay would be 0, like it is in all current puzzlescript games.

Now that I think about it, I sometimes wish to increase repeat rate but don't because then it makes tapping a single move hard. A delay would make single moves easy - after all, that's why the operating system has both of these settings.