Technical Question

[rantalot]

 

 

I remember ones I wanted to go through all of the avernums and found that in one of them I couldn’t use the arrow keys to walk straight due to the fact that I have windows and not a Mac. Is there still no way around that problem???

 

[The Almighty Doer of Stuff]

I'm not sure whether any of the Avernums changed the behavior of the arrow keys, but it's generally better to use the number pad to move anyway.

 

EDIT: Also, I don't believe Windows vs. Mac would have any bearing on this particular problem.

[Alorael at Large]

Arrow keys move you NESW, which means not in the direction on the screen that the arrow key points. It works out slightly better that way, actually. (And as far as I'm aware, it works like that in every game). You can adjust, use the mouse, or use the keypad (bonus diagonals!) if you're not on a laptop.

 

—Alorael, who isn't aware of any Windows Avernum where you have to walk in non-cardinal directions with the arrow keys. That really would make the game a huge pain to play.

[Tyranicus]

If the games are run fullscreen in Windows, the arrow keys make your character move NE, SE, SW, and NW. Why, I do not know.

[The Almighty Doer of Stuff]

Originally Posted By: Kierns

Arrow keys move you NESW, which means not in the direction on the screen that the arrow key points. It works out slightly better that way, actually. (And as far as I'm aware, it works like that in every game). You can [...] use the keypad (bonus diagonals!) if you're not on a laptop.

In addition to the diagonals, you get the wait function as well, which can be very useful. Also, AFAIK, most laptop keyboards have a Fn key which, when held down, changes various keys to other functions, including giving you a slanted number pad. Alternately, you can buy an external USB number pad. They're pretty cheap. I've seen them for under $10.

[rantalot]

is there any file i can go to and adjust the keys the way i want them to be???

[Tyranicus]

There is no way to change the keys. It is possible, however to use the mouse to move.

[nikki.]

Mouse movement is far better, anyway.

[The Almighty Doer of Stuff]

Maybe if you like accidentally walking away from your foe and getting attacked rather than attacking the foe yourself.

[Sudanna]

Maybe if you have an actual mouse, and not a trackpad. *Grumblegrumblegoddamnlaptopsgrumblegrumble*

[The Mystic]

Originally Posted By: The Overthrower

*Grumblegrumblegoddamnlaptopsgrumblegrumble*

You can get a mouse for your laptop, you know. They're usually fairly cheap too.

[Sudanna]

They never last more than a week before becoming horrifically unresponsive.

[Randomizer]

You need to clean them. It sounds like the mice are being used on a dirty surface and picking up dust and dirt on the trackball that is clogging them up.

[Sudanna]

They were optical mice. On brand spankin' new mousepads.

[Randomizer]

You still can get dust on the window for the optical mouse.

 

Anything that new should be covered by warranty.

[Sudanna]

They were.

 

Nalyd's mom has a love affair with Endust. . . believe him, the mice were clean.

[Tyranicus]

It sounds like you need to buy a good mouse. I used to have many optical mice fail on me until I bought a decent higher end Logitech mouse (MX6200.

[Toby-Linn]

I find sometimes that wireless mice don't last very long for me before they start to go unresponsive as well.

 

Usually I change the battery on them and they're back to normal. In one case I went four weeks before I had to put new batteries in, meanwhile my colleague at work is telling me that she has a wireless mouse and it's been over a year without changing the batteries.

[The Mystic]

Originally Posted By: Tyranicus

I used to have many optical mice fail on me until I bought a decent higher end Logitech mouse (MX6200.

The mice I buy are optical and wired (I'm too cheap to buy batteries), and they work great for me; in fact, one outlasted the computer I originally bought it for! It too is a Logitech, and only cost about $20US.