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(Message started by: novacat on May 8^th, 2009, 11:32am)

Title: Keyboard commands in game
Post by novacat on May 8^th, 2009, 11:32am

I have lost many a game by time in the fraction of a second it takes to hit the send button. Granted, most of them I was going to lose anyway, but once or twice I was really close to winning.

Thus, I was wondering if it is possible to make a key stroke send the move. The "enter" or "s" key might not be good because of the chat screen, but what about "alt+s" or something like that?

Title: Re: Keyboard commands in game
Post by mistre on May 8^th, 2009, 1:10pm

that's a great idea!

Title: Re: Keyboard commands in game
Post by Arimabuff on May 8^th, 2009, 3:40pm

Good Idea but I'd rather it be a simple key like "enter" for instance since what matters is what window is active at the time. If you type, "enter" and the game window is active it'll have a different effect from when it's the chat window. At least that's how it works on my computer. for "alt+s" you need both your hands and therefore you have to let go of the mouse, it could become tiresome to have to do that 60 or 70 times consecutively.

Title: Re: Keyboard commands in game
Post by omar on May 9^th, 2009, 4:10pm

I've never done keyboard short-cuts in flash before, but I'll check it out.