Hi guys, sorry I don't have my MMF1.5 in front of me at the moment but I was wondering if there's a way for the program to accept input for all twelve "F" keys without it doing it's default execution during runtime (ex. I think pressing F2 restarts the application, but I'd want it to do something else.)
I have twelve things in my game I want hooked up to hotkeys to make it easier for the player, and if I could use the F1-F12 keys that would be excellent.
Thank you
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28th July, 2008 at 08:33:23 -
That's a good point, I've never tried using the F12 buttons before and when I just tried then it wouldn't accept them. As a workaround, I guess you could use an extension such as ControlX (I think there might be better stuff to use somewhere) to check for the Function buttons. You would also need to turn off F2 as restart in the file menu.
I don't know where or what the accelerator is, so it might just be in MMF2
I have ControlX already somewhere, I'll look into that option. It just seemed to make sense in my case. I think having the function keys work in MMF would be very helpful for hotkeys or as item slots for an RPG game's inventory. Thank you for your help!
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I thought if you removed the menu references and then programmed specific functions for the buttons it would override their normal ones. O_o I could be wrong, however.
Well, your suggestions worked for all but ONE STINKING FUNCTION KEY!
The problem is the F10 key, which pauses the application. There seems to be no way to disable this feature from anything I see in MMF, so I wonder if this is a windows thing instead? I tried using the Control X object to go around it (you can't even enter "F10" in the keypress command line) but it too fails.
Everything works so well, but if I can't use F10 I can't use the other 11 keys. Any ideas of an object I could use aside from Control X, or if there's another way to disable the F10 key from pausing the game?
Help!!
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2nd August, 2008 at 04:33:53 -
That's what happened to me when I tried. I didn't realize it was only F10 that doesn't work. It was the only one I tried, where as the other ones work, as you mentioned.
I doubt it. Tried the same thing last month. For a rather stupid workaround, you could just.. not use the keys, or use only F1-F8. You'll have to rely on an extension, I think.
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Ah man, it just seemed so perfect.. 12 items that need hotkeys, 12 function buttons.. I guess I could have it so that the player has to select 4 out of 12 items for hotkey shortcuts and they could just use F1-F4.
Okay, thank you for trying everybody
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+ on message of type 260
+ wparam = 121
+ only one action when event loops
>>> whatever you want to happen when f10 is pressed
>>> set current message as handled
* message 260 = WM_SYSKEYDOWN (meaning either f10 or alt are down)
* wparam specifies the virtual key code of the last key pressed (121 refers to f10, so the alt key is unaffected).
Found it, but it costs $10 for the commercial license. I don't know if I want to spring a third of my game donatations for something I'd only most likely need for one thing
Any other way to do it that you know of?
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