From: "finding" <finding AT bigfoot DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Allegro-accelerating
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 17:03:51 +0800
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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thx....it's what i need...

exph <quake AT megsinet DOT net> wrote in message news:382e81ce DOT 546447 AT news...
> On 13 Nov 1999 18:01:54 GMT, Forsberg Sakari <zacu AT cc DOT tut DOT fi> wrote:
>
> >Raul Carolus <carolura AT luther DOT edu> wrote:
> >> be sure to call install_keyboard() before using:
> >
> >> while(keypressed())
> >> {
> >>  variable++;
> >> }
> >
> >I think if you're programming a real-time game, then you
> >should use
> >
> >if ( keypressed() )
> > variable++;
> >
> >because otherwise your game stops when you are pressing a key
> >
> >**      Sakari Forsberg zacu AT cc DOT tut DOT fi       **
> >** Information: finger zacu AT assari DOT cc DOT tut DOT fi **
>
> Simple enough to decrease the variable when a key is not being
> pressed. Taking Sakari's example...
>
> if ( keypressed() )
> variable++;
> else
> variable--;
>
> or if you need to accelrate faster..
>
> int acc=5;
>
> if ( keypressed() )
> variable+=acc;
> else
> variable-=acc;
>
> Are you picking up what I'm putting down?
> Hope this helps.
> -exph-