More Aux keys for games and mods

[TX Miner]

Recently I have been working on a new game for Minetest, while I was working on it I thought that it would be really helpful if the Minetest Engine had more Aux keys (and mouse buttons) that could be registered to by a game or mod, so that the engine could call a function in the mod when a key is pressed. Some thing like this, maybe:

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minetest.register_aux_key({
	auxnum = [Some Aux key number (keyboard and mouse)],
	action = function(pos, player, [etc.])
	        [Do job assigned to this key]
	end,
})

There are many uses for this, such as a game may want the use of the left hand, so on a 5 button mouse the side buttons could control the left hand, or there could be a key, like sneak, that lets the player crawl without messing with other keys.

[Blockhead]

Everyone wants better controls, but nobody has made a PR yet apparently. Here's the most recent GitHub discussion: #12488.

[TX Miner]

Thank you.

[TX Miner]

So, please correct if I'm wrong, there are people that want this feature, but no one has had the time or has had higher priorities, and that is why it doesn't exist yet. If so, I may look into working on it, because it I think this would be really nice to have.

[Blockhead]

So, please correct if I'm wrong, there are people that want this feature, but no one has had the time or has had higher priorities, and that is why it doesn't exist yet.

That is correct as far as I understand and after having searched for related issues and PRs for a bit.

If so, I may look into working on it, because it I think this would be really nice to have.

Please do go ahead. That would benefit a lot of people. It is relatively easy for PC but you need to bring forward a design that won't leave mobile players behind either. You should be able to get help familiarising yourself on the "Partly official engine development" forum section. You'll need to understand what input libraries we use and where in the stack - remember that Minetest is split into the core C++ application and the forked irrlichtMt library under that.

[TX Miner]

Thank you.