How to make a function where the player holds down a key?
Can't figure out how to make that function, could someone send me a link to the wiki or a video on how to do it (or just show how to do it), I've been looking and they're all horribly outdated. (Im making a brick move when you hold down either WASD) all I've done is this:
# local tabDown = false local input = game:GetService("UserInputService") local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer local prog = 0 local RunService = game:GetService("RunService") move = workspace.CamPart.RemoteEvent cam = workspace.CamPart velocity = cam.BodyVelocity.Velocity event = Vector3.new(0,0,0)
input.InputBegan:connect(function(k) local key = k.KeyCode if key == Enum.KeyCode.A then tabDown = true event = Vector3.new(25,0,0) move:FireServer(event)
elseif key == Enum.KeyCode.D then tabDown = true event = Vector3.new(-25,0,0) move:FireServer(event) end end) #
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I typically wait for the user to press the key using InputBegan, and then store the key value as an index in a dictionary, and remove the index when the key is being released, which is discovered using InputEnded.
I then create a loop at the very bottom of the script. I check if the key is being held via if-statement by attempting to reference the key's name as an index in the dictionary. If it returns nil, then it's not being pressed. Otherwise, the if the conditional passes, then I can execute whatever I wish. Here's an example.
```lua local UIS = game:GetService('UserInputService') --For easier reference local KeysPressed = {}; --The table that we use to store our keys
UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(Key, Process) if (Process) then return nil end; KeysPressed[Key.KeyCode.Name] = true; --If a GUI with Modal is visible, like in the menu, then this will not function. end);
UIS.InputEnded:Connect(function(Key) --We don't need Process here, because if we return nil, then the user will be able to do freaky stuff, like allowing keys to be held by selecting another process. KeysPressed[Key.KeyCode.Name] = true; end);
game:GetService('RunService').RenderStepped:Connect(function(Loop) if (KeysPressed('W') then print('W is being held.') end if (KeysPressed['A']) then print('A is being held.'); end if (KeysPressed['S']) then print('S is being held.'); end if (KeysPressed['D'] then print('D is being held.'); end end)
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