Movement: Keyboard & GamePads

Adding a generic keyboard to Azura was not that hard. Using proper Win32 documentation. It was easily to register the Events and use them.

Here is the demo showcasing generic keyboard events:

To use a Keyboard Event (Gamepad also, check Scene’s Update Code), We use the CoreManager:

Register Calls

// Register These calls in your game
mCoreManager.OnKeyUp(wParam); // WPARAM wParam
mCoreManager.OnKeyDown(wParam);

// Below is the Win32 Message that you need to listen in WndProc.
case WM_KEYDOWN:
  if (game) {
    game->OnKeyDown(wParam);
  }

  break;

case WM_KEYUP:
  if (game) {
    game->OnKeyUp(wParam);
  }

  break;

Use the Events

Use the calls in the Update event of your game Scene. Each Scene in Update Phase gets the GameUpdateState (shown below as mGameUpdateState). A State that contains all the Inputs and other stuff essentially needed for the Update Phase.

// Get Controls & Camera
auto control = mGameUpdateState->GetKeyboard();
// For Gamepad Input use:
// auto control = mGameUpdateState->GetDefaultGamePad();
// Rest Everything stays the same! :D

auto camera = GetActiveCamera();

// Get Values
auto position = camera->GetPosition();
auto value = control->GetHorizontalAxis();

// Modify
position.x += value * 0.05;

// Update the scene
GetActiveCamera()->SetPosition(position);