On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 16:15 +0200, Stefan Ram wrote: > I am using the Windows binary distribution of Flightgear just > downloaded. Flightgear takes a long time to start, but the > display, sound and everything is fine - except for the input > devices. > > There is a mouse and keyboard connected via the PS/2 ports and > both are working with every other application, including other > GUI-based games. The version of Windows is Windows 98. > > Flightgear ignores every key pressed whatsoever. (I pressed > nearly every key on the keyboard after trying the keys being > described in the manual first. Numlock was activated.) > > I also tried to use the mouse to control the throttle and by > moving the mouse while holding the left mouse key down: the > controls on the panel did move indeed. > > But this raised new problems: Even after releasing all mouse > keys, the mouse could not be used to access the menu and the > panel anymore. Whenever the pointer was moved out of an inner > rectangle of the screen, it was repositioned back into this > invisible rectangle. So the brake or the menu could not be > reached using the mouse pointer. (This eventually was solved > by restarting the game.)
The mouse changes mode via the right mouse button. There are 3 modes, normal, flight controls and view. It sounds like you are in the flight control mode. Try hitting the right mouse button twice to cycle back to normal mode... The cursor should change, but I believe some Windows builds have a problem with that. > But, anyways, I usually prefer the keyboard to other input > devices, when given a choice. > > I changed the input device from »joystick« to »keyboard« in > the launcher application called »FlightGear Wizard« and > restarted the program, but to no avail. > > I have one hint, that the software senses at least something > from the keyboard: When I click on [File], the file menu opens > and stays open for an arbitrary time, but when I then press a > key (any key), the menu is closed again after about 0.7 > seconds. So, in this special situation, the programm in a > sense »acknowledges« the press of a key. > > After »File/Browse Internal Properties«, a window appears. > When I then press »page down«, the »devices« directory is > shown. This might indicate that the program receives key > events, but interprets them in the wrong way. (I can control > this dialog with the mouse.) I"m not really sure what's going on with your keyboard. One thought I had... Using the »File/Browse Internal Properties« dialog check /input/. Do you have a keyboard/ property? How about a keyboard[1]/? Also, in /devices/status/. Do you have a keyboard/ property? How about a keyboard[1]/? Does /devices/status/keyboard/event change numbers with every keypress? Good luck, Ron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
