Trouble registering for keypress events

[TaichiKid]

I would like to be able to sense when the left mouse button is clicked. I have the following script attached to an otherwise blank Quest. I have SKSE 1.6.6 installed. When I load up a test cell I see the "Looking for keys..." message, but never see the messages in the OnKeyDown event fire. I've checked my papyrus runtime log and don't see any errors from my script. I've tried registering for other keys; they don't work either.

 

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

 

Scriptname _KeyPressScript extends Quest

 

Event OnInit()

Debug.Notification("Looking for keys...")

 

UnRegisterForUpdate()

UnregisterForAllKeys()

 

RegisterForKey(256)

EndEvent

 

Event OnKeyDown(int keyCode)

Debug.Notification("keyCode = " + keyCode)

if keyCode == 256

Debug.Notification("left mouse key...")

EndIf

EndEvent

[TaichiKid]

I eventually figured this out. In case it helps someone in the future, there was nothing wrong with my script or the way I was registering for the keys. The problem was related to loading the test cell. I was starting the game and doing a coc to my test cell from the Main Menu. No matter what I did, the OnKeyDown event would not register any keys being pressed. However, if you save immediately after doing a coc to the test cell, and then load the save, everything starts working.

 

When testing anything I now always load my test cell, save, and load the save before trying new functionality. That seems to clear up a lot of headaches (caused by banging my head on the desk).

 

Cheers.

[monsto]

I eventually figured this out. In case it helps someone in the future, there was nothing wrong with my script or the way I was registering for the keys. The problem was related to loading the test cell. I was starting the game and doing a coc to my test cell from the Main Menu. No matter what I did, the OnKeyDown event would not register any keys being pressed. However, if you save immediately after doing a coc to the test cell, and then load the save, everything starts working.

 

When testing anything I now always load my test cell, save, and load the save before trying new functionality. That seems to clear up a lot of headaches (caused by banging my head on the desk).

 

Cheers.

 

MORE PEOPLE NEED TO DO THIS KIND OF FOLLOWUP.

 

I'm here trying to figure out where to attach and read keypress, and I think your post here helped me . . . I'll use "an otherwise blank script" to attach it to, which, apparently, will be inited on a loadgame. main menu coc I guess doesn't actually "Load" anything, so it seems a some inits are probably bypassed.

 

Thanks!

Edited January 14, 2017 by monsto