Keydown does not register if W3D on stage

[fusion of elements]

I have a 3D model made in Max which i've imported into Director MX 2004. I have
made loads of custom script to interact with the model using the mouse - that
all works great. But I need to add a little extra navigation using the keyboard
- which doesnt work.

I've gone back to first principles. There is a text cast member on stage and a
w3d. There is a "go the frame" frame script and a behaviour attached to the
text sprite that changes the text on keydown. That is all that is in this
simple test movie.

Now, when pressing the keys nothing happens. But if I stop the movie, delete
the w3d, then play the movie, the key down does register, and the text changes.
Im relatively experienced with Director but cant for the life of me figure out
why Director wont capture the key response when the w3d is on stage.

Anyone ever come accross this before or have any solutions? I've tried
changing the DTS of the w3d, the active renderer and all sorts. What am I
missing?

[Agustín María Rodríguez]

fusion of elements wrote:

> I have a 3D model made in Max which i've imported into Director MX 2004. I have
> made loads of custom script to interact with the model using the mouse - that
> all works great. But I need to add a little extra navigation using the keyboard
> - which doesnt work.
>
> I've gone back to first principles. There is a text cast member on stage and a
> w3d. There is a "go the frame" frame script and a behaviour attached to the
> text sprite that changes the text on keydown. That is all that is in this
> simple test movie.
>
> Now, when pressing the keys nothing happens. But if I stop the movie, delete
> the w3d, then play the movie, the key down does register, and the text changes.
> Im relatively experienced with Director but cant for the life of me figure out
> why Director wont capture the key response when the w3d is on stage.
>
> Anyone ever come accross this before or have any solutions? I've tried
> changing the DTS of the w3d, the active renderer and all sorts. What am I
> missing?
>

Hi. SW3D sprite "eats" the key events. IIRC, you can fix it by catching
the pressed keys with a behavior attached to the SW3D sprite.

HTH,
--
Agustín María Rodríguez | Partner
Methanoia Studio | [url]http://www.methanoia.com[/url]
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[fusion of elements]

Thank you so much... such a daft little thing like that - as always. Many thanks for your help, that has saved me big time!

[ensamblador]

better check the keypressed on enterframe

on enterframe me

if keypressed("a") then
doAmethod()
end if
if keypressed(123) then
goLeft()
end if
end enterframe