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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: Jake101 on March 14, 2005, 11:14:15 pm

Title: FRED Controls - No Number Pad!
Post by: Jake101 on March 14, 2005, 11:14:15 pm

Could anyone tell me how to alter the controls to FRED?  I don't have a number pad, as I'm using a laptop now, so without that number pad right now I don't know how to rotate my view.  Any help on this would be highly appreciated.

Title: FRED Controls - No Number Pad!
Post by: Black Wolf on March 15, 2005, 04:21:56 am

You're slightly screwed I'm afraid. You could switch from camera to current ship viewpoint I suppose, and fl around a bit, but that's all I can think of that'll fix the problem

Title: FRED Controls - No Number Pad!
Post by: aldo_14 on March 15, 2005, 04:53:07 am

Doesn't the fn button and

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double for the numpad?

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Does on my lappy-top, anyways.

Title: FRED Controls - No Number Pad!
Post by: kasperl on March 15, 2005, 06:34:52 am

Well, on my laptop it doubles for:
789*
456-
123+
0,./

But there ought to be some sort of hint on the keyboard.

Title: FRED Controls - No Number Pad!
Post by: Ferret on March 15, 2005, 04:44:12 pm

Yes, look for an "Fn" key, the Fn text should be in a particular colour, then scan your keyboard for numbers on keys with this colour.

Hold Fn and the keys, it should work fine, laptops have been having Fn keys for years.
Make sure Num Lock is on.

Title: FRED Controls - No Number Pad!
Post by: Jake101 on March 15, 2005, 06:00:53 pm

Thanks, guys!  That works.  Hopefully people with the same problem will be able to search and find this thread.  I couldn't find anything from the past when I searched.

Title: Re: FRED Controls - No Number Pad!
Post by: Ochibane on January 16, 2008, 03:18:26 am

Bump.  I have the same issue, although I'm not really content with the given solution.  It's a pain to hold down the Fn key with one hand while you operate the pseudo-numpad with the other.  Is there absolutely no way to alter the key bindings for FRED2 Open?