GameMaker First Input on Menu doesn't select the option???

[Inspiratium Entertainment]

Delay when selecting 1st menu item via switch case.

Hey all,

So, I have a rudementary menu setup for my turn based fight system. When I select the first option by pressing enter, "Fight" which is controlled by switch case 2, I have to press enter multiple times before it seems to register the input?

If I go down and select "Flee" (which is just assigned to case 0 and ends the game) it works everytime on the first press. Have I made some error somewhere that you can see, or, is this due to poor optimization? PLEASE HELP, I don't have any idea what I did wrong here and it's probably something stupidly simple that I stupidly missed.



Step Event

//Menu control logic

//menu transitions from right of screen inward
menu_x += (menu_x_target - menu_x) / menu_speed;

//Keyboard menu controls
if (menu_control == true) {
    if (keyboard_check_pressed(ord("W"))) {
     menu_cursor++;
        if (menu_cursor >= menu_items) {
            menu_cursor = 0;
        }
    }
        if (keyboard_check_pressed(ord("S"))) {
     menu_cursor--;
        if (menu_cursor < 0) {
            menu_cursor = menu_items - 1;
        }
    }
    
    if (keyboard_check_pressed(vk_enter)) {
        menu_committed = menu_cursor;
        menu_control = false;
    }
}

//perform committed menu action
if (menu_committed != -1) {
    switch(menu_committed) {
    case 2: default:
        //get random number for accuracy check
        playerAccuracy = irandom(100);

            

        
        if (playerAccuracy <= 10) {
            playerCanHit = false;
            textbox = "Test";
            alarm[1] = 2*room_speed;
        }
        
        if (playerAccuracy > 10) {
            playerCanHit = true;
        }       

        //begin attack logic if CanHit is true
        if (playerCanHit = true) {
            //roll critical hit chance logic, if a 3 is rolled a second roll starts
            criticalChance = irandom(3);
            if (criticalChance = 3) {
                critical5050 = irandom(2);
            }
            if (critical5050 = 1) {
                damageModifier = 3;
            }
            if (critical5050 = 2) {
                damageModifier = 2;
            }
            playerDamage = damageModifier * (playerBaseDamage + weaponDamage);
            EnemyHealth = EnemyHealth - playerDamage;
            draw_set_color(c_white);
            draw_text(600, 400, enemyHealthDisplay);
        }
            //perform second roll for 50/50 chance of succeeding at critical

            
        //perform calculation for and apply player attack damage

        //begin enemy attack sequence
        randomize();
        EnemyAccuracy = irandom(60);
        if (EnemyAccuracy > 10) {
            EnemyCanHit = true;
        }
        if (EnemyAccuracy < 10) {
            EnemyCanHit = false;
        }
        //begin attack logic if CanHit is true
        if (EnemyCanHit = true) {
            //roll critical hit chance logic, if a 3 is rolled a second roll starts
            criticalChance = irandom(3);
            //perform second roll for 50/50 chance of succeeding at critical
            if (criticalChance = 3) {
                critical5050 = irandom(2);
            }
            if (critical5050 = 1) {
                damageModifier = 3;
            }
            if (critical5050 = 2) {
                damageModifier = 2;
            }               
            fightTimer = false;
            enemyDamage = (damageModifier * EnemyBaseDamage);
            playerHealth = playerHealth - enemyDamage;
            draw_text(400, 400, playerHealthDisplay);
            menu_control = true;
            menu_committed = -1;
            
        }

    break;
    //set fightTimer to false and apply enemy damage to player

    case 0: game_end(); break;
    }
}

 

[IndianaBones]

What is the value of menu_items?

Did you intend to use default: as well as case2: for the player attack action?