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   Thefox
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   Although i will still be using AS2 to do all of my programming testing/beta versions, I would love to be able to translate it all into AS3 for the final product for two main reasons.
   1) It's a lot faster
   2) It's closer to an actual language like C++

   So i am currently trying to change my platforming engine into AS3 right now and i am stumped on how to do my key presses.

   How would i change this kind of code into AS3?

   if(Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)
   if(!Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) && !Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT))

   Thanks for the help!

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   Brian Sexton
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   In ActionScript 3, you can use the addEventListener method to add a KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN event listener to the stage. When you do so, you will specify a handler function/method for the event and within that, you will check a KeyboardEvent variable to see if the key press matches a key in which you are interested. You'll have to keep track of which keys are up or down yourself by responding to both KEY_DOWN and KEY_UP events.

   Here is some information about the flash.events.KeyboardEvent class, including examples:
   http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/events/KeyboardEvent.html

   Brian Sexton makes games too.

   Posted 3 years ago #

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