Event (of Object)¶

class Event¶

Defined in System.sc.

The Event class is one of the most widely used classes in SCI games. It is used to find out if the user has given input.

Event types:

Event type	Description
evNULL	A null event
evMOUSEBUTTON	A mouse button press event
evMOUSERELEASE	A mouse button press event
evKEYBOARD	A keyboard event
evJOYSTICK	A joystick event
evMOUSEKEYBOARD	A mouse button press or keyboard event
evALL_EVENTS	Check for all events

The following event types also exist, but are not generated by the Event class itself. These events are manufactured by the game code instead of directly caused by the user.

• evVERB
• evMOVE
• evHELP
• evHELPVERB

Event message:

The event message property is used mainly for keyboard events, where it contains the keycode.

The event modifiers property can contain any of the following flags for keyboard events:

• emRIGHT_SHIFT
• emLEFT_SHIFT
• emSHIFT
• emCTRL
• emALT
• emSCR_LOCK
• emNUM_LOCK
• emCAPS_LOCK
• emINSERT

For mouse events, the following flags may be set in modifiers:

• emLEFT_BUTTON
• emRIGHT_BUTTON