[Greyscale]

Is there any method of checking if a player is currently holding down the "+forward" key? I don't just want to know if they are moving, I need to make sure they are moving forward, is there any consistent way of checking for this?

Thanks,
Greyscale

[pRED*]

new buttons = GetEntData(client, Prop_Data, "m_nButtons")

#define IN_ATTACK		(1 << 0)
#define IN_JUMP			(1 << 1)
#define IN_DUCK			(1 << 2)
#define IN_FORWARD		(1 << 3)
#define IN_BACK			(1 << 4)
#define IN_USE			(1 << 5)
#define IN_CANCEL		(1 << 6)
#define IN_LEFT			(1 << 7)
#define IN_RIGHT		(1 << 8)
#define IN_MOVELEFT		(1 << 9)
#define IN_MOVERIGHT	(1 << 10)
#define IN_ATTACK2		(1 << 11)
#define IN_RUN			(1 << 12)
#define IN_RELOAD		(1 << 13)
#define IN_ALT1			(1 << 14)
#define IN_ALT2			(1 << 15)
#define IN_SCORE		(1 << 16)   // Used by client.dll for when scoreboard is held down
#define IN_SPEED		(1 << 17)	// Player is holding the speed key
#define IN_WALK			(1 << 18)	// Player holding walk key
#define IN_ZOOM			(1 << 19)	// Zoom key for HUD zoom
#define IN_WEAPON1		(1 << 20)	// weapon defines these bits
#define IN_WEAPON2		(1 << 21)	// weapon defines these bits
#define IN_BULLRUSH		(1 << 22)
#define IN_GRENADE1		(1 << 23)	// grenade 1
#define IN_GRENADE2		(1 << 24)	// grenade 2

Add any defines you are going to use at the top of your plugin.

Then you can do

if (buttons & IN_FORWARD) { //stuff }

I think you can also use 'm_nImpulse' to check impulse commands. Theres a list of what they do (in HL2) in player.cpp in the sdk

[pRED*]

To make this easier, I've added the defines and a stock function for this. Update to sourcemod revision 1832 (should be available in about an hour)

new buttons = GetClientButtons(client);

if (buttons & IN_FORWARD)
{
	//stuff
}

The full list of defines is in entity_prop_stocks.inc

[Greyscale]

Thanks a lot, appreciate that a lot

[Greyscale]

Hm, now if I could know when the player releases their forward key (-forward) then that would be awesome, but I can work around it if it's too much trouble or not even possible.

[Greyscale]

I just tried your example and it didn't work, but it's not the stock itself, it's the check you suggested using. It seems to always pass no matter what buttons are held down. When the player is moving forward it is printed as an "8" so I'll just check if it's equal to 8.

[pRED*]

You sure you did

if (buttons & IN_FORWARD)

not

if (buttons && IN_FORWARD)

?

Quite a difference.

[Greyscale]

Yeah I'm sure.

It passed every time, did you try it?

[pRED*]

weird. Na I havn't tested it.

Can't see why it would trigger on other numbers. I'll have a play with it later.

[Greyscale]

Originally Posted by pRED* weird. Na I havn't tested it. Can't see why it would trigger on other numbers. I'll have a play with it later.

I have no experience with bit strings or anything like that, but maybe it should have been

if (buttons &= IN_FORWARD)

?

I know I have seen that before but I could be wrong

If you look at a plugin I just released you can see what I ended up doing (last function in the code)