Custom Keyboard Problem

Fal01

Hi all,

I have a custom keyboard in my game and I'm having trouble backspacing.

I have a letter count attribute that counts up when i type and counts down when I hit the backspace button, but the letters dont disappear.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

tatiang

To make a backspace button, you'll need to first add each letter to a table row. Use a loop that constantly rebuilds the word from the table rows and stores it in a text attribute, or if you have a limited number of characters just manually concatenate the table rows: tableCellValue(table,1,1)..tableCellValue(table,2,1).. etc. into a text attribute. Display the text attribute to the player. Then, each time backspace is pressed, you delete a row from the table.

Fal01

Cheers @tatiang.

Fal01

Hi @tatiang,
I've kinda got this working now, but i'm having trouble making a spacebar.
I've got it registering in the letter count when I press it but it doesn't actually put the space in.
Any ideas?

tatiang

For my custom keyboard, I entered " " (pressing option+space to make the space) in the expression editor and it worked.

Fal01

Thanks again @tatiang.

One last thing , how do I use what i've typed as an attribute? so I can check if the word typed is the same as the word required.

Sorry for being a pain!

tatiang

On each letter button, as you are adding the letter to the table, you also need to concatenate it to the end of a text attribute (e.g. Change Attribute game.Word to game.Word..self.Letter). Another way is to constrain game.Word to all of the tableCell Values (e.g. Constrain Attribute game.Word to tableCellValue(table,1,1)..tableCellValue(table,2,1)..etc.). Of course, that only works if you have a set maximum length for your word (otherwise, if they type 50 characters and you've only manually concatenated 20 rows, you'll lose the rest).

Fal01

Cheers!