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PyBoy•7mo ago
Julius

[Solved] PyBoy Keyboard mapping

Update: I just saw the keymappings are in the installation page on https://github.com/Baekalfen/PyBoy/wiki/Installation#starting-pyboy I skipped over that page, because I just used pip install and it worked. -------- When running pyboy with the sample code: 
from pyboy import PyBoy
pyboy = PyBoy('game_rom.gb')
while pyboy.tick():
    pass
pyboy.stop()
from pyboy import PyBoy
pyboy = PyBoy('game_rom.gb')
while pyboy.tick():
    pass
pyboy.stop()
It starts and I can use "a" and the arrow keys to navigate the game. But for example b, start and select don't work, or I haven't found how to use them. Any ideas? Also, I somehow made a savestate and pressing "x" loads it, but I have no clue how I made it. I couldn't find anything about this in the api docs, is there another place I could look? But chances are I'm just blind and overread it...^^
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Bækalfen
Bækalfen•7mo ago
Glad you found it! It also shows if you start the emulator from the terminal: 
$ pyboy game.gb

The Game Boy controls are as follows:

| Keyboard key | GameBoy equivalant |
| ---          | ---                |
| Up           | Up                 |
| Down         | Down               |
| Left         | Left               |
| Right        | Right              |
| A            | A                  |
| S            | B                  |
| Return       | Start              |
| Backspace    | Select             |

The other controls for the emulator:

| Keyboard key | Emulator function       |
| ---          | ---                     |
| F11          | Toggle fullscreen       |
| Escape       | Quit                    |
| D            | Debug                   |
| Space        | Unlimited FPS           |
| Z            | Save state              |
| X            | Load state              |
| I            | Toggle screen recording |
| O            | Save screenshot         |
| ,            | Rewind backwards        |
| .            | Rewind forward          |
| J            | Memory Window + 0x100   |
| K            | Memory Window - 0x100   |
| Shift + J    | Memory Window + 0x1000  |
| Shift + K    | Memory Window - 0x1000  |

See "pyboy --help" for how to enable rewind and other awesome features!
$ pyboy game.gb

The Game Boy controls are as follows:

| Keyboard key | GameBoy equivalant |
| ---          | ---                |
| Up           | Up                 |
| Down         | Down               |
| Left         | Left               |
| Right        | Right              |
| A            | A                  |
| S            | B                  |
| Return       | Start              |
| Backspace    | Select             |

The other controls for the emulator:

| Keyboard key | Emulator function       |
| ---          | ---                     |
| F11          | Toggle fullscreen       |
| Escape       | Quit                    |
| D            | Debug                   |
| Space        | Unlimited FPS           |
| Z            | Save state              |
| X            | Load state              |
| I            | Toggle screen recording |
| O            | Save screenshot         |
| ,            | Rewind backwards        |
| .            | Rewind forward          |
| J            | Memory Window + 0x100   |
| K            | Memory Window - 0x100   |
| Shift + J    | Memory Window + 0x1000  |
| Shift + K    | Memory Window - 0x1000  |

See "pyboy --help" for how to enable rewind and other awesome features!

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