bge.events. multiple keystrokes?

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1

I’m trying to figure out a simple way to see if a player is pressing several buttons and to execute running, etc.

for example WKEY is for walking forward,
but SHIFT +WKEY is for running.

so far I have managed to get keyboard sensor (keyboard.events) to give only one key as input.

I have keyboard with “All Keys” on, connected to Python module with the following:


keyboard = cont.sensors['Keyboard']

for key, status in keyboard.events:
  if status == bge.logic.KX_INPUT_ACTIVE:
    if key == WKEY:
      #Execute walk
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Simple, use logic.

Either have two different sensors connected to one (different) AND controller, and have that controller connected to your Sprint movement actuator.

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Or, you could have a separate sensor and put ‘Shift’ in the “Modifier” box of the keyboard sensor, and put ‘W’ in the “Key” box. Then have that connect separately to the Sprint actuator.

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You’re looping through and checking if each one is true. Instead, just poll each one in the active_events:


from bge import logic, events

keyboard = logic.keyboard

a_key = keyboard.events.get(events.AKEY) == logic.KX_INPUT_ACTIVE
b_key = keyboard.events.get(events.BKEY) == logic.KX_INPUT_ACTIVE

or make a helper function:


from bge import logic, events

keyboard = logic.keyboard

def check_active(keyboard, key):
    return keyboard.events.get(key) == logic.KX_INPUT_ACTIVE

a_key = check_active(keyboard, events.AKEY)