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Re: pressing many keys at the same time [Re: Doug] #14473
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Today keyboards have a small buffer, making the machine "forget" last keys pressed if the buffer if full. Try to get an old keyboard. I use one, and y can play with 3 friends using 7 keys each (didn't try more). I repeat, Newer keyboards do not support multiple keys pressed.

Re: pressing many keys at the same time [Re: Tren_Loco] #14474
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Yes and older keyboards like let's say ten year old keyboards don't have a buffer at all and just keep beeping at me when trying to do a 360° in GTA San Andreas Thx for the tip about the keyboard logic. When I remapped one of the keys I was able to do it


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Re: pressing many keys at the same time [Re: VampireLord] #14475
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yeah, it sucks, i have a newer keyboard, and i can hold maybe a couple of letters, and it beeps at me over and over!

Re: pressing many keys at the same time [Re: lostclimate] #14476
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Quote:

yeah, it sucks, i have a newer keyboard, and i can hold maybe a couple of letters, and it beeps at me over and over!




It must have been mentioned already, but older keyboards do not have this problem, maybe try get one cheap somewhere. However you could also go for the 'special gamers' keyboards, it seems those are mapped a bit different, however pressing more than 5 keys at the time will make it beep too. (e.g. the logitec G15).

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Re: pressing many keys at the same time [Re: PHeMoX] #14477
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thats why I use an keyboard from 1980

evenif some people always bother: "OWTFGM YOU HAVE NO WINDOWS KEYY!!!!!1111oneoneone"


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Re: pressing many keys at the same time [Re: Michael_Schwarz] #14478
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I simply offer the possibility to map the keys where you want. Just find a combination which plays good and you're fine.

Re: pressing many keys at the same time [Re: FBL] #14479
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I have two usb game pads


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Re: pressing many keys at the same time [Re: Doug] #14480
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another way; try two PSP games pad with parallel port. At present I test with two, if it works with 4 there, I would make a workshop(studio).

Re: pressing many keys at the same time [Re: EX Citer] #14481
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I just found that any triangle on my keyboard, such as wa-s beeps, while as-d does not. Apparently any triangle beeps.

Try this in your code:
player.move_x = key_w - key_s;
player.turn = key_a - key_d;

See if that makes a difference...


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Re: pressing many keys at the same time [Re: KojaK] #14482
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Now I have only 1 USB gamepads... I broke one when playing virtua fighter evolution.

My hint is:
A) Make your game turn based
or B) Use the combination of keys for several actions:
for example: A turn left, S turn right, A&S move straight. There are multiplayer games in the web which work like that. Its fantastic, because they knew that problem but wanted to make a mega multiplayer game playable on one PC. That means, the used for player one keyboard, for player 2 keyboard for player 3 mouse and for player 4 joypad. The controls work like that: key 1 = move left, key 2 = move right, key 1 & 2 jump

That means the player with mouse can walk left when pressing mouse 1 and walk right when pressing mouse 2. When he presses mouse third (some horrible mouses have no third button - so they made the mouse 1 & 2 to jump) he jumps.


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