Special characters, keyboard input, Windows and HTML vs Mac

Armelline

@adent42 You're probably the only one who can answer this, but input from anyone is welcomed.

I'm trying to allow a player to input @ using their keyboard and pass it to a string.

On Mac, I can simply say if key @ is pressed, add @ to the string.

If I preview that same logic as HTML5, though, it doesn't work.

If I preview it on PC, it doesn't work.

Okay then, I thought to myself. I'll just monitor for both the SHIFT (either left or right) and 2 being pressed simultaneously. Doesn't work.

Okay then, I thought to myself. I'll monitor both individually and increment an attribute when each is pressed. If that attribute reaches 2, then add @ to the string. Testing on Mac, if the 2 is pressed and then the SHIFT is pressed, this work. If the SHIFT is pressed and then the 2 is pressed... the 2 doesn't get registered. On PC, the SHIFT is not registered at all, regardless of the order.

Is @ not possible on PC, or have I just spent way too long developing on Mac?

(Note this is not using the Keyboard Input behaviour, but a custom keyboard and the Actor Receives Event Key Is Down rule condition.)

adent42

I'd need to look into it more on PC creator, but with:

Rule for Any Left or Right Shift Pressed

Rule for 2 Press

Append '@'

Works on chrome on PC

Armelline

Wow, that doesn't work on Mac Creator, so I'd dismissed it. But you are correct, it works in HTML5. Since HTML5 is the ultimate target, problem solved I guess! Thanks!