Damn it, sorry mate, I hadn't realised the attachment was scrubbed. In case you should need it, you can download it from my Dropbox <https://www.dropbox.com/s/7pbshb7c4x0oysc/keyconfig.ini?dl=1>.
Take care, Chris Norman On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 at 15:36, Yusuf Osman <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris thanks, as you probably noticed the attachment was stripped out by > the list, but you’ve given me the hints I need to understand why the > keyconfig.ini changes were not holding. > > Cheers > > Yusuf > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Chris > Norman via groups.io > *Sent:* 16 June 2020 10:00 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [blind-gamers] Interesting problem with Swamp and keyboard > command > > > > Hi, > > The game seems to save the file when it closes, so make your edits, close > the game, then save the file. > > > > In case it's of interest (I'm using a UK keyboard layout too), I've > attached my key file. > > > > In the interests of transparency, big thanks to Kai for telling me about > his key config, which is what mine is based on. > > > > You can track the safe zone with shift and home, and equip your medkit > with home. > > > > I appreciate that my layout is quite specific: I'm using SharpKeys > <https://www.randyrants.com/category/sharpkeys/> to make the three keys > to the right of my spacebar home, end, and forward delete. > > > > Anyways, I hope it helps. > > > > Take care, > > > > Chris Norman > > > > > > > > On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 16:31, Yusuf Osman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > In theory yes, in actuality no. > > > > Each time I’ve tried the change doesn’t work, or it is altered by the game > to something else entirely. > > > > I’ve tried changing the default keys from ~ with the shift key to ¬ with > the shift key. It doesn’t work in the game and when I reopen the > keyconfig.ini file the ¬ has changed to an Â. > > > > I tried setting the key to # but that was changed to the end key. > > > > I’m using notepad to both open and edit the keyconfig.ini file. > > Yusuf > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of * > john > *Sent:* 15 June 2020 16:11 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [blind-gamers] Interesting problem with Swamp and keyboard > command > > > > You should be able to remap the keys to anything you want using the > keyconfig file. > > > > > > On 6/15/2020 9:22, Yusuf Osman wrote: > > Hi, thanks to the recent discussion of Swamp I downloaded the game over the > weekend to give it a try. I'm having a rather odd problem. One particular > keyboard command doesn't work for me at all. This is the command to activate > the beacon for the safe zone. In the manual it says > > '"Shift+`": Tracks the first beacon, usually the Safe Zone (more about this > building later on)' > > This is the key to the left of the 1 key. When I press that combination > nothing happens. > > The Keyconfig.ini file describes that command as being made up of the ~+ > keys. The plus here refers to the shift key. > > > > When I press shift plus the key to the left of the 1 key I get (¬) Jaws > reports optional hyphen. > > > > As I am in the UK I use the UK keyboard layout. When I switch to the US > keyboard layout shift plus the key to the left of 1 does enter the ~ command > and correctly activates the beacon for the safe zone in Swamp. Using the UK > keyboard tilde is gained by pressing the shift key with the number key > (located to the lower left side of the enter key). But that key combination > doesn't activate the beacon in the game. > > > > Has anyone else experienced this issue? As far as I can tell all the other > shortcut keys work fine. > > > > I've replicated it on both my desktop running Windows10 and Jaws2020 > (although I haven't attempted to change the keyboard from UK to US here) and > on a laptop running Windows7 with Jaws2019 (where I did change the keyboard > input to US). > > > > Other than switching to the US keyboard is there a solution? > > Thanks > > Yusuf > > > > > > > > > > Hi, thanks to the recent discussion of Swamp I downloaded the game over > the weekend to give it a try. I’m having a rather odd problem. One > particular keyboard command doesn’t work for me at all. This is the command > to activate the beacon for the safe zone. In the manual it says > > ‘"Shift+`": Tracks the first beacon, usually the Safe Zone (more about > this building later on)' > > This is the key to the left of the 1 key. When I press that combination > nothing happens. > > The Keyconfig.ini file describes that command as being made up of the ~+ > keys. The plus here refers to the shift key. > > > > When I press shift plus the key to the left of the 1 key I get (¬) Jaws > reports optional hyphen. > > > > As I am in the UK I use the UK keyboard layout. When I switch to the US > keyboard layout shift plus the key to the left of 1 does enter the ~ > command and correctly activates the beacon for the safe zone in Swamp. > Using the UK keyboard tilde is gained by pressing the shift key with the > number key (located to the lower left side of the enter key). But that key > combination doesn’t activate the beacon in the game. > > > > Has anyone else experienced this issue? As far as I can tell all the other > shortcut keys work fine. > > > > I’ve replicated it on both my desktop running Windows10 and Jaws2020 > (although I haven’t attempted to change the keyboard from UK to US here) > and on a laptop running Windows7 with Jaws2019 (where I did change the > keyboard input to US). > > > > Other than switching to the US keyboard is there a solution? > > Thanks > > Yusuf > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#122549): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/122549 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/74894112/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/1071380848/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
