[jay1459]

So I have a problem, approximately half the keys on my keyboard are not traced, including the A, S and Return keys required by the game I am writing, here is the keyDownListener function, I am almost certain the actual code is correct, but am hoping someone can enlighten me on an error or of a problem with flash that causes this

function keyDownListener(e:KeyboardEvent):void
{
	trace(e.keyCode)
	
	if(e.keyCode == LEFT)
	{
		keyPressedLeft = true;
	}
	
	if(e.keyCode == UP)
	{
		keyPressedUp = true;
	}
	
	if(e.keyCode == RIGHT)
	{
		keyPressedRight = true;
	}
	
	if(e.keyCode == DOWN)
	{
		keyPressedDown = true;
	}
	
	if(e.keyCode == W)
	{
		keyPressedW = true;
	}
	
	if(e.keyCode == A)
	{
		keyPressedA = true;
	}
	
	if(e.keyCode == S)
	{
		keyPressedS = true;
	}
	
	if(e.keyCode == D)
	{
		keyPressedD = true;
	}
	
	if(e.keyCode == RETURN)
	{
		keyPressedReturn = true;
	}
}

[Ryano121]

What are the values of LEFT,W etc?

Have you tried using if(e.KeyCode == Keyboard.LEFT)

[jay1459]

space is one of the keys that works which is why return is missing and space has been replaced, Return was 32. the constants represent the keys value according to flash.

var keyPressedLeft:Boolean;
var keyPressedUp:Boolean;
var keyPressedRight:Boolean;
var keyPressedDown:Boolean;

var keyPressedW:Boolean;
var keyPressedA:Boolean;
var keyPressedS:Boolean;
var keyPressedD:Boolean;

var keyPressedSpace:Boolean;

const LEFT = 37;
const UP = 38;
const RIGHT = 39;
const DOWN = 40;

const W = 87;
const A = 65;
const S = 83;
const D = 68;

const SPACE = 32;

[Ryano121]

When you press a key and trace the e.keyCode(), what values are you getting?

For example when you hit the left arrow, what keycode is displayed?

[jay1459]

Apologies, Return Key was 13 Not 32

All the correct keycodes are displaying however, not all the keys are being tracked, for example, i require W,A,S,D, Return, Up Left Down and Right, all but A and S are got by flash when traced, on further analysis, i discovered that approx half of the keys are not got when i do:

trace(e.keyCode) 

Here is where my problem lies

87
85
68
71
88

in fact when traced, only these 5 keys appear in console after pressing all the alphabet only

[Ryano121]

Hang on so you mean the keyCode is not what you think it should be or the trace is not even being executed?

You don't have a strange international keyboard do you?

[jay1459]

Normal Dell qwerty Keyboard, the problem is the keys are not being picked up by flash at all, with trace(e.keyCode) all key presses should be output to console, so why am a missing most of the alphabet? sorry, im new if you couldnt tell but no matter what, tracing that should output all keypresses

[stayscrisp]

This works fine for me:s which keys are missing?