Is there any built-in way to count input?(SOLVED)

Questions
1

Is there a way that one will be able to count input without manually counting it like the case I had with timer.delay?

2

What do you mean by “count input”? Count the number of times a key was pressed?

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3

exactly

4

I tried searching in API reference but didnt get any luck

5

You need to do that yourself. Maybe:

function init(self)
	self.action_count = {}
end

function on_input(self, action_id, action)
	if action.pressed then
		self.action_count[action_id] = (self.action_count[action_id] or 0) + 1
	end

	if self.action_count[hash("attack")] > 5 then
		print("Rampage!")
	end
end
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6

oh thanks

7

It doesnt manage to call self.action_count

8

btw dont I need to use table.insert to put that data in this table/array(whatever its called in lua)?

9

I have another solution I will try it tommorow I feel so stupid asking this question

10

I wrote the code without testing. There were two issues: 1) I didn’t acquire input 2) The comparison did compare with nil and was outside the action.pressed check.

New version that has been tested:

function init(self)
	msg.post(".", "acquire_input_focus")
	self.action_count = {}
end

function on_input(self, action_id, action)
	if action.pressed then
		self.action_count[action_id] = (self.action_count[action_id] or 0) + 1

		if self.action_count[hash("attack")] and self.action_count[hash("attack")] > 5 then
			print("Rampage!")
		end
	end
end
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11

May I ask why not use

function init(self)
	msg.post(".", "acquire_input_focus")
	self.action_count = 0
end

function on_input(self, action_id, action)
	if action.pressed then
		self.action_count = self.action_count  + 1

		if self.action_count > 5 then
			print("Rampage!")
		end
	end
end
12

Björn’s example keeps track of the count for different action_id’s, in case that’s needed.
E.g. to distinguish between the “down” and “up” pressed counts.

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13

i thought that was the case, thanks for clearing this out.

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