Yeah, sounds like a possibility scott, but hate for users to have to
install more third party stuff just to use my game.
  Hmm, looks like I'll have to come up with a different solution, that
sucks, already spent a lot of time getting this num pad thing to work.
 Ah well, live and learn.
 Later
Che


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From: Gamers [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott
Chesworth
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 11:09 AM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Rail Racer 2 and mac numpad

Yo Che,

Yup, out of the box Apple don't imbed numpad functionality into their
portables now. Haven't done for a few years. I emailed accessibility to
request that they reintroduce the feature drawing their attention to the
fact that they provided numpad commander as a feature of VoiceOver, then
dropped imbedded numpads. VO users are just the tip of the iceberg though, I
know plenty of sighted musos and design folks who miss the functionality. In
Mac OS, there's a free utility called KeyRemap4Macbook that does an awesome
job of filling the gap, but I'm guessing RR2 is a Windows only release?
You'd think a similar utility would exist for Windows though! I know Apple's
dodgy keyboard driver passes the F/N key to some extent, because it works in
conjunction with the F keys to tweak brightness, volume etc.

If you'd like, I can drop the KeyRemap4Macbook developer a line to see if he
has any suggestions. He's implemented some tweaks specifically for Boot Camp
users in his other utility, and seems to get his jollies from remapping, so
maybe he'd be able to shed some light.

Scott


On 12/18/13, Che Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>   Hi all,
>   I have set up a thread on the forums at audio games:
> www.audiogames.net
>     in the new releases section called rail racer cometh for those 
> interested in purchasing and playing the public beta.
>   Right now, the online chat feature uses the num pad to review 
> messages, for instance numpad 1 repeats the last message.
>   However, mac laptops don't seem to have a num pad emulation, at 
> least that is what I have been told.
>    Is this correct? There is no modifier key you can use to have a 
> numpad on the keyboard?
>   The last few windows laptops I used were able to do this with a 
> modifier key, surely there is something similar on macs?
>   Lastly, if anyone is running rr 2 on a mac in windows mode, and your 
> having issues racing online, please let me know. We have at least one 
> user that is failing to run online, and I'm not sure why at this point.
>   Please email me off list if your running rr 2 online with a mac.
>  Email address is:
> [email protected]
> thanks all
> che
>
>
>
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