minigame: realtime key press retrieval

[Eatrentpie]

I've been mucking about trying to create some simple code to have some realtime keypress retrieval for a game/games I have in mind but I can't find any good examples. I can detect that an even has a occured but I can't get any further than that. HELP!!!

[PyTom]

You need to explain in detail what you're trying to do.

[Eatrentpie]

Ok I'll try and be more specific. I need to be able to access the status of keys that are currently held down or released. For the purpose of realtime interaction (NOT turn based or the like) I'm interested in monitoring specific keys probably the space bar and maybe the wasd keys. Accessing duration would be good but it's not the most important thing. any specific questions about my question?

[PyTom]

There's two ways to do it. The best way is to use a creator-defined displayable, and look at the KEYDOWN and KEYUP events. That provides ordering information. You can also use pygame.key.get_pressed().

[Eatrentpie]

thanks I'll see if I can get it working either of those ways.
probably try the get key first

[Eatrentpie]

oh wait maybe not I already tried this method and the get key command caused a freeze