EXAMPLE: cheat code script.

[xCyberFang]

this is a simple thing i made in about 10 minutes, and i thought id share it with everyone. to trigger the cheat codes, you press a sequence of directions and then press the pause/play button.

the example has 2 codes, the first one can be triggered by pressing up, down, up, down, play. it will bring up the music guide. the second code is empty.
feel free to edit and use as you desire.

Fields:

        bool leftisdown = false, rightisdown = false, upisdown = false, downisdown = false, bisdown = false;

        string cheatinput = "";
//make a new "cheatresult3 = false" for a new cheat result
        bool cheatresult1 = false, cheatresult2 = false;

Update:

if (!leftisdown && GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).DPad.Left == ButtonState.Pressed)
                    leftisdown = true;

                if (leftisdown && GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).DPad.Left == ButtonState.Released)
                {
                    leftisdown = false;
                    cheatinput = cheatinput + "Left,";
                }

                if (!downisdown && GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).DPad.Down == ButtonState.Pressed)
                    downisdown = true;

                if (downisdown && GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).DPad.Down == ButtonState.Released)
                {
                    downisdown = false;
                    cheatinput = cheatinput + "Down,";
                }

                if (!rightisdown && GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).DPad.Right == ButtonState.Pressed)
                    rightisdown = true;

                if (rightisdown && GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).DPad.Right == ButtonState.Released)
                {
                    rightisdown = false;
                    cheatinput = cheatinput + "Right,";
                }

                if (!upisdown && GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).DPad.Up == ButtonState.Pressed)
                    upisdown = true;

                if (upisdown && GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).DPad.Up == ButtonState.Released)
                {
                    upisdown = false;
                    cheatinput = cheatinput + "Up,";
                }

                if (!bisdown && GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).Buttons.B == ButtonState.Pressed)
                    bisdown = true;

DO NOT EDIT THE STUFF ABOVE, IT IS THE CORE BUTTON ENGINE.

the section below is still put within the update section, i cut it off to make it easier to find the parts you would change for the codes and functions.

                if (bisdown && GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).Buttons.B == ButtonState.Released)
                {
                    bisdown = false;

                    // CHEAT CODES SEQUENCES, ADD YOUR CHEAT CODE SEQUENCE HERE USING THE FORMAT FROM THE EXAMPLE BELOW

                    if (cheatinput == "Up,Down,Up,Down,")
                        cheatresult1 = true;

                    if (cheatinput == "Up,Down,Down,Up,")
                        cheatresult2 = true;



                    cheatinput = "";
                }

                if (cheatresult1)
                {
Guide.show();                    
cheatresult1 = false;
                }

                if (cheatresult2)
                {
                    cheatresult1 = false;
                }

[badmoodguy88]

I like to have a counter that increases as long as a some key is held and have it resets to zero when released.

If it is on some little used menu where there is no reason to hold the key or key combo for ~10 seconds then it is hidden and easy to use and write.

(edited for horrible grammar)

[xCyberFang]

Originally Posted by badmoodguy88

I like to have a counter that increases as long as a some key is held and have it resets to zero when released.

If it is on works when on some little used menu where there is no reason to hold the key or key combo for ~10 seconds then it is hidden and easy to use and write.

you know i actually had something similar to a timer on the first attempt at making this (i used a different style for the coding tho, and but that one didnt work), and when you entered a button in, it would start the timer, and if you hit a second button it would reset the timer back to 0 (still going tho), and if you didnt press something when it hit the timer length it would erase the code. i might just insert that code into this version. i will do it later tho. right now im busy with ZuneTools.