Hi,
Casey comments in a post somewhere that if I want to make an engine capable of rebinding keys I should send all key states from the platform layer to the game and the game should take care of the rebinding.
My question is: Is the overhead of sending all the keys each frame (most of them without any use) something I should be concerned about?
*edited for clarity
Casey comments in a post somewhere that if I want to make an engine capable of rebinding keys I should send all key states from the platform layer to the game and the game should take care of the rebinding.
My question is: Is the overhead of sending all the keys each frame (most of them without any use) something I should be concerned about?
*edited for clarity
Edited by Israel Fernández Angullo
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No.
You can use 1 byte per key (storing the current state in 1 bit, the previous state in 1 bit and the repetition count in 6 bits if you need it). If you want to support every Virtual Key Windows presents you can use a 256 bytes array. 256 octets is nothing to worry about.
You can use 1 byte per key (storing the current state in 1 bit, the previous state in 1 bit and the repetition count in 6 bits if you need it). If you want to support every Virtual Key Windows presents you can use a 256 bytes array. 256 octets is nothing to worry about.
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Thank you!
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