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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace & FreeSpace Open Support => Topic started by: Cendar on May 30, 2009, 06:48:35 am

Title: Weird keyboard issue (on mac os x)
Post by: Cendar on May 30, 2009, 06:48:35 am

Hi everybody !

I found something weird with the keyboard in-game. I'll try to explain but I'm not english so I hope you'll understand what I'm saying.  :rolleyes:

I'm on OSx 10.5 on a powerbook G4 with a swiss-french keyboard (qwertz)

The first time I launched the game (standard freespace 2 mod), all the keyboard commands were like on an azerty keyboard, so when I pressed "q" on my keyboard, the game thought I pressed "a".

It's not a hard problem, I just re-mapped the controls on the option screen so I can play with the keyboards commands I want.

But it's here that it's strange : I launched the game another time to continue my save. And I don't know why, but this time the game keyboard mapping has changed and now accepted my qwertz keyboard. I needed to re-map my controls on the option screen. I was happy, but not for too long...

I played a little time, completed some missions, then got to bed because it was really late ^^

The day after, I launched the game another time and the game keyboard reverted to azerty. I don't know why...

Is there anybody who has the same problem ? Is there a way to tell the game that my keyboard is qwertz and not azerty ?

It's not a very big problem but i'd like to know why it goes like this. And if I don't need to change my controls any time I launch the game, I'll be happy !

Title: Re: Weird keyboard issue (on mac os x)
Post by: Cendar on May 30, 2009, 09:36:15 am

Guess what ? I launched the game again, but without any mod. And my qwertz keyboard were accepted again. Then I loaded another mod and my qwertz keyboard were always accepted !

 :D

I think that when I installed Wing Commander Saga, I don't know why but somehow, the game reverted it's keyboard mapping to azerty and when I used the launcher to launch the game without any mod, it accepted my qwertz keyboard again.

I hope that it can help someone who have the same problem as me. (as well as the developpers who can use this information)

Anyway, thank's to all of you who brought back an excellent game !