Pygame: key.get_pressed() does not coincide with the event queue

Question

I\'m attempting to work out simple controls for an application using pygame in Python. I have got the basics working, but I\'m hitting a weird wall: I am using the arrow key

Answer 1

You are using event-based input , but in this case you want polling-based input. Then you don't mess with key-repeats.

import pygame
from pygame.locals import *

done = False    
player.pos = Rect(0,0,10,10)

while not done:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        # any other key event input
        if event.type == QUIT:
            done = True        
        elif event.type == KEYDOWN:
            if event.key == K_ESC:
                done = True
            elif event.key == K_F1:
                print "hi world mode"

    # get key current state
    keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
    if keys[K_LEFT]:
        player.pos.left -= 10
    if keys[K_RIGHT]:
        player.pos.left += 10
    if keys[K_UP]:
        player.pos.top -= 10
    if keys[K_DOWN]:
        player.pos.left += 10
    if keys[K_SPACE]: 
        print 'firing repeated gun'