Full Input Keyboard
This script allows you to assign game keys to any key on your keyboard. It also provides methods for handling input such as checking for input triggers or releases.
This script was written by Cidiomar. The original post is copied below:
Hi, this is an rewrite of the RGSS3 Input with some features added. 224 keys in keytable Input.release? added Full Keyboard Layout Compatibility UTF8 reading with accents
Download
Script: download here
Addon: Interpreter patch – Conditional branch works properly
Installation
Place this script below Materials and above Main
Usage
You will first see the Key Map, which gives you the names of the keys on your keyboard.
Following the Key Map, you will see the control settings
UP = [KEYMAP[:UP]] DOWN = [KEYMAP[:DOWN]] LEFT = [KEYMAP[:LEFT]] RIGHT = [KEYMAP[:RIGHT]] A = [KEYMAP[:SHIFT]] B = [KEYMAP[:ESCAPE]] C = [KEYMAP[:RETURN]] X = [] Y = [] Z = [] L = [KEYMAP[:PRIOR]] R = [KEYMAP[:NEXT]] F5 = [KEYMAP[:F5]] F6 = [KEYMAP[:F6]] F7 = [KEYMAP[:F7]] F8 = [KEYMAP[:F8]] F9 = [KEYMAP[:F9]] SHIFT = [KEYMAP[:SHIFT]] CTRL = [KEYMAP[:CONTROL]] ALT = [KEYMAP[:MENU]]
This is where you will set up your game’s keys. Just follow the format and look up the Key Map if you are not sure what the name of the key is.
I know this post seems a bit late to the ball but this fixes the weird movement behavior. took like a few mins to figure it out.
def self.dir4
return 2 if self.press?(DOWN) unless self.press?(RIGHT) or self.press?(UP) or self.press?(LEFT)
return 4 if self.press?(LEFT) unless self.press?(RIGHT) or self.press?(UP)
return 6 if self.press?(RIGHT) unless self.press?(DOWN) or self.press?(UP) or self.press?(LEFT)
return 8 if self.press?(UP) unless self.press?(DOWN) or self.press?(RIGHT) or self.press?(LEFT)
return 0
end
Edit, nope only half worked, only tested them one by one.
return 2 if self.press?(DOWN) unless self.press?(RIGHT) or self.press?(UP) or self.press?(LEFT)
works if the other returns aren’t listed, I maybe have to add else inbetween to see if that helps.
After a full night of trying every possible method to fix this with no luck, I traced the script all the way back to this demo & I’ve found the only work around using many scripts to its default scripts to use its build in override.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/control-configuration-system-v1-5-04-07-2017.70517/
Scripts are as followed
Manual & Install Notes
System Settings - Cidiomar
Cidiomar's Input System
Vocab Settings - Cidiomar
Menu Settings
Default Input Checks
Main Functions
ITs the last two that act as the override & I cut the Default Input Checks to this.
module Input
def self.pref_ax
@pref_ax = ” if @pref_ax.nil?
return @pref_ax
end
def self.pref_ax=(val)
@pref_ax = val
end
def self.dir4
@dir4 = 0 if @dir4.nil?
return @dir4
end
def self.dir4=(val)
@dir4 = val
end
def self.dir8
@dir8 = 0 if @dir8.nil?
return @dir8
end
def self.dir8=(val)
@dir8 = val
end
def self.update_dir
xx = self.get_x
yy = self.get_y
self.dir8 = self.num_dir(xx,yy)
if xx != 0 && yy != 0
if self.pref_ax == ‘x’
yy = 0
else
xx = 0
end
elsif xx != 0
self.pref_ax = ‘y’
elsif yy != 0
self.pref_ax = ‘x’
end
self.dir4 = self.num_dir(xx,yy)
end
def self.get_x
xx = 0
xx -= 1 if self.press_ex?($system[:p1][:f_left])
xx += 1 if self.press_ex?($system[:p1][:f_right])
return xx
end
def self.get_y
yy = 0
yy -= 1 if self.press_ex?($system[:p1][:f_up])
yy += 1 if self.press_ex?($system[:p1][:f_down])
return yy
end
def self.num_dir(x,y)
if x != 0 || y != 0
return 5 – y * 3 + x
else
return 0
end
end
class << self; alias fix_dirs7761 update; end
def self.update
fix_dirs7761
update_dir
end
I have had the worst possible time trying to remap the keys, can someone help?
i mapped each key to what i wanted, then it gave me the error “line 419:type error occurred: cant convert array into integer” can someone help?
Any way to use this script to let the player decide their keybindings? If not, do you (or anyone reading this) know of a script that does this?
The script works really well but it disables the Xbox360 controller. Which is widely use. Is there a way to make it work with this script?
When using this script, the 4 directional movement becomes a little bit clunky.
Without the script installed, you are able to walk in one direction, and turn another direction as soon as you press another key; however, with this script, you can’t turn left or down while walking to the right until the right arrow key is released. Any way to make direction changes smoother?
This is an interesting case, in the sense that there are some odd cases
It is determined that this is due to the way the logic for checking direction keys is done. It always checks down first, and then it checks left, right, and up. So if you’re pressing left, the code will always just say you’re pressing left. If you were to then press up while holding left, the code will see that you’re pressing left, and then it wouldn’t say you’re pressing up.
Will need to figure out how to allow for such direction changes though.
Is there a way to check for all keys pressed first, before returning the direction of the key most recently pressed?
There is, but what would you do with that information?
The script, as it stands, does not return the key “most recently pressed”.
Instead, it returns “the first key it checks that’s currently pressed”
How do i make the normal conditional branches work again? Like on if button X is pressed (Which is A for me) when i try to edit anything at all it says “line 369 type error occurred no implicit conversion from nil to interger????? Please help (A demo would be really nice cus idk how to make a “If button” pressed event)
Wait i got it nevermind.
This script clashes with Jet’s mouse system, initially.
However, I found that simply putting the Mouse System script after this one, and binding “B” and “C” to :RBUTTON and :LBUTTON respectively sort of fixes the issues. It more or less functions the same, at any rate.
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Thanks for the great script, Hime~
Is there a RGSS2 version of this script? Since I’m using RPG Maker VX, a script like this would help me out a lot, but since it’s in RGSS3, I’m unable to use it.
I am not sure if there is one for VX (or whether this works with VX). You can try asking on the forums.
This script doesn’t work with RMVX. In fact, it just crashes with the first line (line 37) after the comments. I was just wondering if you knew how to convert this in RGSS2. I’ll try asking in the forums though. Thanks!
I’m using this script to enable players to move with WSAD as well As Up, Down, Left and Right arrows. Works 10/10.
But what do I have to do if I want to set ESCAPE to trigger a Common event? I just want to show a HUD when the menu is opened. So i’ll have the key activating a Common event modifying a Switch. The only thing I can’t get to work is telling the ESCAPE key to activate a Common Event.
Can you help me with this?
The purpose of this script is to provide a way to utilize the entire keyboard, as well as provide some input bindings for scripts. You should look for a script that will allow you to bind keys to certain common events, using this script to specify which key to use.
Thank you so much! I found a solution.
Along this same line, is it possible to bind controller inputs as well? I would like my game to be compatible with the xbox controller.
I’m not very knowledgeable with scripts. Would it be possible to set both the arrow keys and WASD keys to work for movement, battle, and menus using this script? I would like to be able to use either configuration on the fly. Thanks!
Yes. In the configuration section, you can assign multiple keys to a single button. So for example if you want both the UP key and the W key to go up, you would say
Great! That helps tremendously. I tried it out just now and it seems to work without any problems. Thanks for the speedy and detailed response.
Are there anymappings for gamepads? Like KEYMAP[:GAMEPAD_UP] or something?
Thanks for the script by the way.
Unfortunately, the script only supports keyboard inputs and was mainly intended for keyboards. If you have a script that enables gamepad usage it may be possible to use that to map both keys and gamepad buttons.
I’m having a bit of trouble getting this to work, I switchd
UP = [KEYMAP[:UP]] to UP = [KEYMAP[:LETTER_W]]
but I still cant us “W” for the up button (wanting to use WASD because I cant test due to arrow keys not fucntioning.)
It works fine for me when I do it in a new project. Maybe there’s a script conflict?
Um, I would like to ask– and I don’t understand much about scripts, so.. Which one I must rewrite in order to change Up-Left-Down-Right to W-A-S-D? Thanks.
Line 162 to 165
How would i go about checking with a conditional branch if a custom key is being pressed? So far as I know you’d have to use a script call for anything beyond the default.
Input.trigger?(:YOUR_KEY_HERE)
I think you need to say things like
Input.trigger?(:LETTER_X)
Check the key map to determine what symbol to use.
My Logitech Gamepad stopped working with my project once I started using the script. How do I map buttons for a Gamepad? Thank you!
I don’t have a gamepad so I couldn’t tell you how it would work (or whether it works) for gamepads.
I clicked on the “terms of use” link inside the script and it took me to some page that (I think) tried to give me malware.
Does anyone know what the terms of use are? Also that link should probably be removed… Thanks.
Thanks, the links used to point to the original posts (the domain has since expired and claimed by some other people). I will remove the links.
I believe the terms of use was to credit the author shown in the post.
I was wondering how would I configure the following controls for my battle system:
Z = Confirm
X = Cancel
V = Escape
R = To open a scroll-able window so you can look up combo recipes (part of the battle system)
D = Guard
This script allows you to map keys on your keyboard to a virtual key map that the engine uses.
You would have Z set to the LETTER_Z, X set to LETTER_X, and so on, but after that you need to tell your battle system what happens when the player presses those keys.
That would be outside of the scope of this script.
How would I get colon to work for the action button?
(as in ‘ : ‘ for “Confirm/Action Button” is at your ring finger, ‘L’ for “Cancel/Menu” is at your middle finger, and “Dash” is ‘shift’ at your right pinky finger)
I can get ‘L’ to work, but not the colon key, even though I tried both
C = [KEYMAP[:RETURN], KEYMAP[:colon]
and
C = [KEYMAP[:RETURN], 0x3a]
I mean C = [KEYMAP[:RETURN], KEYMAP[:colon]]
Try semi-colon. American keyboards require you to hold shift and press semi-colon to actually press colon.
Oh, durr. I live in America. I just wasn’t thinking right. But semicolon doesn’t work either.
Oh, you’re right, semi-colon doesn’t work. I wonder if this applies to all of the other punctuation keys as well…
Well “question” (the term for the ‘?’ key) and “0slash” (that is, if that means the ‘/’ key for forward “slash”) doesn’t work either.
I’m just trying to find something that is comfortable on the right hand and is far enough from the WASD placement of the left hand, but so far the keys I find would work the best are the ones that I either can’t use or don’t know if are available/know the term used for them.
How about I,J,K,L? That seems to be a fairly common layout I’ve seen for 2-player games.
I guess you’ll have to ask someone that’s left-handed to see how they optimize their keyboards for first-person shooters (if they do)
For that matter, LESS, GREATER, and the other punctuation don’t work either…
That’s strange.
Hm… Well so far the key combinations
‘U’ for cancel/map, ‘I’ for confirm/action, and ‘L’ for dash do work. But the position is just a tad awkward. Heheh.
I’m a bit unsure with this one.
So, in order to have WASD control, I’d have to change
UP = [KEYMAP[:UP]]
DOWN = [KEYMAP[:DOWN]]
LEFT = [KEYMAP[:LEFT]]
RIGHT = [KEYMAP[:RIGHT]]
to
LETTER_W = [KEYMAP[:UP]]
LETTER_S = [KEYMAP[:DOWN]]
LETTER_A = [KEYMAP[:LEFT]]
LETTER_D = [KEYMAP[:RIGHT]]
then change every mention of say “UP” to “LETTER_W”?
You can also just change
to
And the game should automatically recognize the new key
Script ‘–Conditional Branch Fix’ line 24: SyntaxError occurred.
unexpected ‘=’, expecting ‘(‘
(when I try to put the rest of this btw, the site says I have an invalid security token, must be the way it’s worded where the site sees it as a code)
Hmm I guess a little code can cause the comment system to go vicious lol.
It sounds like you accidentally removed too many characters.
Wait… oops, I mean that was the script error I got when I added the addon script. I didn’t change anything with that. And the only thing I changed with the main script is that one part for WASD movement. So that’s why I’m confused, since I didn’t change around anything.
I looked at the script and it looks like there were HTML-escaped characters for > and < which is a bit strange. I’ve fixed those.
Thanks. I’m not getting any errors so far. The reason I’m using WASD movement is because I’m also going to be using a mouse script. Hm, I wouldn’t know about people who are lefthanded. I don’t think you can condition a whole game based on what hand setting they choose (to have the action buttons on the left side of the keyboard, arrow keys for movement for lefthanders and to have the action buttons on the right and WASD movement for righthanders)
It is possible, but additions would need to be added to the script to re-map the keys dynamically. Currently it assumes whatever your configuration settings are, that’s how it’ll be for the rest of the game.
F9 is by default Debug no?
Only during test mode, but ya you might have some issues there with conflicting key assignments.
Some questions about his script. Firstly you have menu and F5 > F9 on this list as reference for default buttons which I can’t see a direct link to which they are. Does menu relate to pressing X or F1 without this script installed? Also, which of those buttons do F2 and F12 correspond to, assuming F9 is as listed.
My other question is if this script could be easily modified to reference controller inputs (specifically Xinput)? I’m obviously not talking about including pressure controls on those buttons, that’s not within this scripts power atm.
F1 and F2, and F12 are reserved for the game’s own purposes.. F5 to F9 are freely available and don’t have anything assigned to them by default.
I don’t know anything about controllers as I’ve never played with them.
I have… no idea how to get this to work. I don’t even know what this does. I want to make it so J is the action button, K is the menu/return button, and the like, but I don’t know how to do that or if this script or the addon can be used for such a function.
The docs in the usage is all you need. Obviously, it could be done better in terms of configuration.