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Window / Keyboard Input : event::keypressed vs. keyboard::isKeyPressed
« on: January 17, 2022, 08:34:27 pm »
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Too hasty a post, as I have found this chain:
https://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?topic=14350.0
To which zsbzsb's answer has given me something to chew on.
Cheers.
[original]
Hello. I have seen implementations for keyboard input done two ways:
1) while polling events, check event.type for event::keypressed
2) directly query keyboard::isKeyPressed(key)
I saw an SFML dev reference that either one could be used for, e.g., a player entity's movement (so long as the event method sets a boolean input state rather than enact movement directly, in order to avoid the initial stutter).
I have seen both of these work on my own (including correcting for the stutter). My question: is there a difference? It could be subtle or obvious, but I'd be happy to know more.
Thank you.
Too hasty a post, as I have found this chain:
https://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?topic=14350.0
To which zsbzsb's answer has given me something to chew on.
Cheers.
[original]
Hello. I have seen implementations for keyboard input done two ways:
1) while polling events, check event.type for event::keypressed
2) directly query keyboard::isKeyPressed(key)
I saw an SFML dev reference that either one could be used for, e.g., a player entity's movement (so long as the event method sets a boolean input state rather than enact movement directly, in order to avoid the initial stutter).
I have seen both of these work on my own (including correcting for the stutter). My question: is there a difference? It could be subtle or obvious, but I'd be happy to know more.
Thank you.