Setting the Keyboard Delay.

[Maltonomy]

I'm making a test 2D rpg style game. Is there a way to decrease the keyboard delay? I have the directional keys set to WASD. Everything in project to work as it's supposed to, However I don't want that 'second' delay when you hit a key for it to begin repeating.

*EDIT: got it (can't figure out how to delete this thread, maybe because its the first 1)

Private Declare Function SystemParametersInfo Lib "user32" Alias _
        "SystemParametersInfoA" (ByVal uAction As Long, ByVal uParam As Long, _
        ByRef lpvParam As Any, ByVal fuWinIni As Long) As Long
Const SPI_SETKEYBOARDDELAY As Long = 23
Const SPI_SETKEYBOARDSPEED As Long = 11
Const SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE As Long = &H2
Const SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE As Long = &H1
 
Sub SetKeyboardRepeatInfo(ByVal Delay As Long, ByVal Speed As Long, _
    Optional ByVal MakePermanent As Boolean)
    Dim flags As Long
 
    ' are these changes permanent?
    If MakePermanent Then
        flags = SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE Or SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE
    End If
 
    ' set the keyboard delay
    SystemParametersInfo SPI_SETKEYBOARDDELAY, Delay, ByVal 0&, flags
    ' set the keyboard repeat rate
    SystemParametersInfo SPI_SETKEYBOARDSPEED, Speed, ByVal 0&, flags
End Sub
 
' set new values for keyboard speed and delay
'
' DELAY is the timeout after which auto.repeat starts
'       can range from 0 (250ms) to 3 (1 sec)
' SPEED is the speed of repeat rate
'       can range from 0 (2.5 repetitions/sec) to
'                 to 31 (about 30 repetitions/sec)
' If MAKEPERMANENT is True, then these new values persists among
'    subsequent Windows sessions
 
'USAGE
'SetKeyboardRepeatInfo(0,31,True)
'THAT WILL SET EVERYTHING ON FAST

[Hack]

*EDIT: got it (can't figure out how to delete this thread, maybe because its the first 1)

Yes, that is actually the reason you can't delete it.

However, I see no reason to delete it. Someone may come along with a question about this, and when they do a search, your post will show up and hopefully answer their question.