ASCIIcodes

ASCII code table

This section lists the key codes which can be passed to on_key_press and which keys they represent:

AGS KeyCode       Key         ASCII code
eKeyNone          none          0
eKeyCtrlA         Ctrl+A        1
eKeyCtrlB         Ctrl+B        2
eKeyCtrlC         Ctrl+C        3
eKeyCtrlD         Ctrl+D        4
eKeyCtrlE         Ctrl+E        5
eKeyCtrlF         Ctrl+F        6
eKeyCtrlG         Ctrl+G        7
eKeyCtrlH         Ctrl+H        8
eKeyCtrlI         Ctrl+I        9
eKeyCtrlJ         Ctrl+J       10
eKeyCtrlK         Ctrl+K       11
eKeyCtrlL         Ctrl+L       12
eKeyCtrlM         Ctrl+M       13
eKeyCtrlN         Ctrl+N       14
eKeyCtrlO         Ctrl+O       15
eKeyCtrlP         Ctrl+P       16
eKeyCtrlQ         Ctrl+Q       17
eKeyCtrlR         Ctrl+R       18
eKeyCtrlS         Ctrl+S       19
eKeyCtrlT         Ctrl+T       20
eKeyCtrlU         Ctrl+U       21
eKeyCtrlV         Ctrl+V       22
eKeyCtrlW         Ctrl+W       23
eKeyCtrlX         Ctrl+X       24
eKeyCtrlY         Ctrl+Y       25
eKeyCtrlZ         Ctrl+Z       26
eKey0             0            48
eKey1             1            49
eKey2             2            50
eKey3             3            51
eKey4             4            52
eKey5             5            53
eKey6             6            54
eKey7             7            55
eKey8             8            56
eKey9             9            57
eKeyA             A            65
eKeyB             B            66
eKeyC             C            67
eKeyD             D            68
eKeyE             E            69
eKeyF             F            70
eKeyG             G            71
eKeyH             H            72
eKeyI             I            73
eKeyJ             J            74
eKeyK             K            75
eKeyL             L            76
eKeyM             M            77
eKeyN             N            78
eKeyO             O            79
eKeyP             P            80
eKeyQ             Q            81
eKeyR             R            82
eKeyS             S            83
eKeyT             T            84
eKeyU             U            85
eKeyV             V            86
eKeyW             W            87
eKeyX             X            88
eKeyY             Y            89
eKeyZ             Z            90
eKeyAmpersand         &            38
eKeyAsterisk          *            42
eKeyAt                @            64
eKeyBackSlash         \            92
eKeyBackspace         Backspace     8
eKeyCloseBracket      ]            93
eKeyCloseParenthesis  )            41
eKeyColon             :            58
eKeyComma             ,            44
eKeyDelete            Delete      383
eKeyDollar            $            36
eKeyDoubleQuote       "            34
eKeyEquals            =            61
eKeyEscape            ESC          27
eKeyExclamationMark   !            33
eKeyForwardSlash      /            47
eKeyGreaterThan       >            62
eKeyHash              #            35
eKeyHyphen            -            45
eKeyInsert            Insert      382
eKeyLessThan          <            60
eKeyOpenBracket       [            91
eKeyOpenParenthesis   (            40
eKeyPercent           %            37
eKeyPeriod            .            46
eKeyPlus              +            43
eKeyQuestionMark      ?            63
eKeyReturn            RETURN       13
eKeySemiColon         ;            59
eKeySingleQuote       '            39
eKeySpace             SPACE        32
eKeyTab               TAB           9
eKeyUnderscore        _            95
eKeyF1                F1          359
eKeyF2                F2          360
eKeyF3                F3          361
eKeyF4                F4          362
eKeyF5                F5          363
eKeyF6                F6          364
eKeyF7                F7          365
eKeyF8                F8          366
eKeyF9                F9          367
eKeyF10               F10         368
eKeyF11               F11         433
eKeyF12               F12         434
eKeyHome              Home        371
eKeyUpArrow           UpArrow     372
eKeyPageUp            PageUp      373
eKeyLeftArrow         LeftArrow   375
eKeyNumPad5           NumPad 5    376
eKeyRightArrow        RightArrow  377
eKeyEnd               End         379
eKeyDownArrow         DownArrow   380
eKeyPageDown          PageDown    381

Use these key codes in your on_key_press function to process player input. For example:

if (keycode == eKeyA) Display("You pressed A");
if (keycode == eKeyPlus) Display("You pressed the Plus key");

The following extra codes can only be used with IsKeyPressed (ie. on_key_press is never called with these codes):

 403       Left shift
 404       Right shift
 405       Left ctrl
 406       Right ctrl
 407       Alt