C++ Question Advice for recording key events in a plugin

[Mr Martian]

Hi All,

I am trying to develop a simple plugin which interacts with vessels in a simulation (for example refuel all vessels). This is not a dialog box but rather a plugin which when active will always run.

However I cannot seem to be able to record key events.

I can interact with Orbiter's PreStep callback with the code below:

DLLCLBK void opcPreStep(double SimT, double SimDT, double mjd)
{
    
}

but I cannot seem to do this for the direct key callback. I have this:

DLLCLBK int opcConsumeDirectKey (char *kstate)
{
    if(KEYDOWN (kstate, OAPI_KEY_UP)) {
        sprintf(oapiDebugString(), "up key pressed");
    }

    return 0;
}

but this doesn't work. Am I missing something obvious? I remember I think I grabbed the opcPreStep function from one of the example pluggins in Orbiter's SDK.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Thanks in advance!

 

[BrianJ]

Hi,
I don't know if this is the correct way to do it, but I can get it to work in my current "CrewDragonMFD" project by declaring "ConsumeKeyImmediate" in the Class section:

class CrewDragonMFD: public GraphMFD {
public:
    CrewDragonMFD (DWORD w, DWORD h, VESSEL *vessel);
    ~CrewDragonMFD ();
    bool ConsumeKeyBuffered (DWORD key);
    bool ConsumeKeyImmediate (char *kstate);
..................etc.............................}

and using it like this:

bool CrewDragonMFD::ConsumeKeyImmediate (char *kstate)
{
    if(KEYDOWN (kstate, OAPI_KEY_UP))
        {
        sprintf(oapiDebugString(), "up key pressed");
        return true;
        }
    return false;
}

I know even less about MFD coding than I do about Vessels, so you may wish to ignore this advice.
Good luck!
BrianJ