Buchanan, Stuart wrote:

>>Has anyone had the time to look at this problem yet?
>>it is a bit
>>annoying when flying having a large number of key
>>presses available only
>>once.  Since I don't have any insight into the
>>source code I think I
>>will do more harm than good if I should try to
>>correct it myself (and it
>>would take a very long time ;) )
>
>
>Hi Frank,
>
>Like you, I don't have enough experience of the code
>to be able to delve in and pinpoint your problem, but
>I do have a suggestion or two.

Suggestions are always welcome  :)

>- Firstly, do you see this on a 0.9.8 FG install ? If
>so, it would suggest that something has changed on
>your box, rather than a straightforward FG bug.

The problems I described are only present in the CVS version of flightgear. The 0.9.8 release works normally, i.e. I may press every key multiple times and have flightgear respond every time.

>- Secondly, could you have triggered anything in the
>Accessibility Options on XP like StickyKeys,
>ToggleKeys or FilterKeys. They hay be named something
>different on XP (I'm looking at a 2k box right now). I
>don't really know much about them, but they get
>triggered somewhat easily (pressing shift 5 times for
>example) and might mess up some key codes.

I have checked my settings in control panel and found that sticky keys is turned off. Additionally, the problems with the CVS version are present on both my Windows XP PCs.

>- Thirdly, and very speculatively, is there some way
>within the properties tree to detect what keys are
>currently pressed? Poissibly under the input branch?
You might want to see if the key-presses are reaching
>FG.

I've checked the property browser, but I can't seem to find any property that displays raw keypresses :(

>Sorry I can't be of more help.
>
>-Stuart
>

--
Frank Olaf Sem-Jacobsen


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