Custom keys for mods: minetest.register_on_keydown(player,key)

[webdesigner97]

What about allowing mods to check wheter keys are pressed which aren't included to get_player_controls? This would allow e.g. a car mod to change gears or something like this. How it could look like

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minetest.register_on_keydown(player,key)
  if key == "esc" then
    minetest.chat_send_player(player:get_player_name(),"You pressed ESC!");
  end
end


or

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local ctrl = player:get_player_controls()
if ctrl.esc then
  minetest.chat_send_player(player:get_player_name(),"You pressed ESC!");
end


[Evergreen]

What about allowing mods to check wheter keys are pressed which aren't included to get_player_controls? This would allow e.g. a car mod to change gears or something like this. How it could look like

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minetest.register_on_keydown(player,key)
  if key == "esc" then
    minetest.chat_send_player(player:get_player_name(),"You pressed ESC!");
  end
end


or

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local ctrl = player:get_player_controls()
if ctrl.esc then
  minetest.chat_send_player(player:get_player_name(),"You pressed ESC!");
end


That would be so useful.

[rubenwardy]

This would introduce lag, and so would be better if it ran on the client. Current key presses work this way, with the client controlling the player's movement.

This could be added as a quick way, but I recommend that it works more llike this:

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minetest.register_on_keydown("e",function(player)

end)


So the player only sends the keydown when it needs too.
"e" can be a list, and function can contain key with the key id.

[jojoa1997]

This would introduce lag, and so would be better if it ran on the client. Current key presses work this way, with the client controlling the player's movement.

This could be added as a quick way, but I recommend that it works more llike this:

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minetest.register_on_keydown("e",function(player)

end)


So the player only sends the keydown when it needs too.
"e" can be a list, and function can contain key with the key id.

Yes but if everything is client then you cant mod with any cool features. Just like the fov.

[webdesigner97]

This would introduce lag, and so would be better if it ran on the client. Current key presses work this way, with the client controlling the player's movement.

This could be added as a quick way, but I recommend that it works more llike this:

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minetest.register_on_keydown("e",function(player)

end)


So the player only sends the keydown when it needs too.
"e" can be a list, and function can contain key with the key id.

Ah, es. Thi way seems to be better. But why would it cause lag?

[rubenwardy]

This would introduce lag, and so would be better if it ran on the client. Current key presses work this way, with the client controlling the player's movement.

This could be added as a quick way, but I recommend that it works more llike this:

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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minetest.register_on_keydown("e",function(player)

end)


So the player only sends the keydown when it needs too.
"e" can be a list, and function can contain key with the key id.

Yes but if everything is client then you cant mod with any cool features. Just like the fov.

Client API

[rubenwardy]

Ah, es. This way seems to be better. But why would it cause lag?

There is time between when the player presses the key, and when the server receives the player press.

With the other method, all key presses would be sent which is a lot of key presses.

[webdesigner97]

Ah, es. This way seems to be better. But why would it cause lag?

There is time between when the player presses the key, and when the server receives the player press.

With the other method, all key presses would be sent which is a lot of key presses.

AH, this is what you mean! So this really needs client-side code execution...