Slick2D Two Input Questions and More

Newbie & Debugging Questions
#1

Hi, back when I was using Java2D I used this code to listen to the mousewheel.


canvas.addMouseWheelListener(new MouseWheelListener() {
        @Override
	public void mouseWheelMoved(MouseWheelEvent e) {
		if (-e.getWheelRotation() == 1) {
			//Do stuff
		} else if (-e.getWheelRotation() == -1) {
			//Do stuff
		}
	}
});

How do I listen to the mouse wheel with Slick2D? I have this but I can’t find an option for mouse wheel.

public void update(GameContainer gc, StateBasedGame sbg, int delta) throws SlickException {
	Input input = gc.getInput();
        //input.    <---- I did input.addMouseListener(new MouseWheelListener) { } but had errors with that
}

My second issue I’m having with input is when the user hits keys on the keyboard the program registers it each time it updates the game loop (I currently have it set to 60fps). To better explain my issue: I have a main menu and when I hit the up arrow to go to the next option it jumps a couple of options because I didn’t click on the up arrow super quickly. I could sleep the Thread but that would pause the whole game. Does someone know how I can fix this? Here is some code to show what I’m doing. Fixed! x), I changed it to input.isKeyPressed

When moving sprites how do I use delta time? I’ve seen tutorials that use delta time and I’m not quite sure why I’d need to. For example I’ve seen x += delta * 0.1 * 1 , why can’t I just do x += movementSpeed;

Last question, why isn’t v-sync standard? Is there some reason on why I shouldn’t use v-sync?
Thank you so much for your time.

#2

Override mouseWheelMoved(int) in BasicGame or BasicGameState.

delta is the amount of time that has elapsed since the last frame. We use it mainly for two reasons: (1) to ensure consistent play speed across platforms and (2) to reduce stuttering and make for smoother movement.

#3

I’m not too familiar with Slick2D but I’m pretty sure if you look around at the JavaDocs/Input classes/Tutorials/billions of resources, you will find your answer :slight_smile:
EDIT: davedes stole my thunder! >:(

And for deltaTime, x += movementSpeed depends on your update-rate to be exactly 60 times per second. If for some reason it slows down, the game play will slow down. You multiply by your deltaTime to make sure no matter how many times update is called, the game play will stay the same speed.

#4

Ah, thanks for the help davedes and ra4king. So that means I’d want to have everything be affected by delta then? Such as a moving bullet and scrolling text? Also what about V-sync? Thanks again for the help though.

Also how do I detect a Tilde with Slick2D? I was able to do it with Java2D by doing

public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {

		if (e.getKeyChar() == '`')

my best guess was doing this but alas it doesn’t work


	public void update(GameContainer gc, StateBasedGame sbg, int delta)
			throws SlickException {
                Input input = gc.getInput();
                if (input.equals("`")){
#5

You can’t compare the Input object to a String XD

You’ve got to use event methods in Slick2D just like Java2D.

#6

Override keyPressed(int key, char c) in BasicGameState or BasicGame.

the c parameter is similar to calling KeyEvent.getKeyChar() and the key parameter is similar to calling KeyEvent.getKeyCode()