Hello there!

I made a simple game where I have a spaceship that can fire against some enemies..

So far I press the CONTROL key to fire bullets.. The code below (at the end of the post) prevents the auto-fire. That means the spaceship fires a bullet each time the user presses the control key. Even if the user presses once the control key and holds it down then the spaceship fires only one bullet.

I also have an arcade button connected through arduino that I use it to fire bullets. Can anyone tell me how to prevent the auto-fire for this button? I mean for the keyboard keys there are the keyPressed() and keyReleased() but what is going on when you have a button like this?

Thanks!


  if (spacebar==true && canfire==1) {
    craft.craftMagazine.bullets.add(new Bullet(craft.get_direction()));
    canfire=0;
  }


void keyPressed() {



  switch (keyCode)
  {
  case CONTROL:
    spacebar = true;
    break;
  }

  if (spacebar==true && canfire==1) {
    craft.craftMagazine.bullets.add(new Bullet(craft.get_direction()));
    canfire=0;
  }
 
}

void keyReleased()
{
  switch (keyCode)
  {
    case CONTROL:
    spacebar = false;

    canfire=1;

    break;
  }
}