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No more than two keys at once?

by Eric Robinson · in Torque Game Builder · 10/12/2006 (9:42 pm) · 5 replies

Is there a limitation in the code for key presses? If I hold down two keys then a third key-press is not registered. Bug? Incorrect setting somewhere?

Thoughts?
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Associate Tom Eastman (Eastbeast314)
#1
10/12/2006 (9:52 pm)
Most keyboards have a key limit (or perhaps it's in software) - but nevertheless it's probably not a TGB issue. I've made non-TGB multiplayer split-screen games and was always limited to 3 keypresses at a time.

Two doesn't sound like very many though. Can you test it on another computer?

Hope that helps a bit.

Torque Owner Eric Robinson
#2
10/12/2006 (10:04 pm)
I could see it being a non-TGB software issue but I highly doubt it. Unless OSX (my dev platform OS) sets a limit by default then I don't really see any reason for it besides TGB.

As for counterexamples... why not look at any FPS game? Jump while strafing left and moving forward. (Usually: hold down [A] and [W] and press [Spacebar]. There's three right there and that's one of the simplest of scenarios...

Associate Tom Eastman (Eastbeast314)
#3
10/12/2006 (11:26 pm)
A quick google found some interesting tidbits here and here. Looks like the limit could be caused by one of many different systems.

Hmmm. Hope that helps some.

Torque Owner Teck Lee Tan
#4
10/13/2006 (1:19 am)
Most keyboards, especially the cheaper ones, will have certain simultaneous key limits, and these typically differ from key to key as well.

Torque Owner Joshua Dallman
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#5
10/13/2006 (10:49 am)
It's definitely a hardware or OS issue, not a TGB limitation. Sometimes there's even a BIOS setting on your computer that you can change.