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insufficient arrows on laptop keyboard in The Avernum Trilogy
claudio
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 written Monday, October 15 2007 15:41 Profile #15
Thanks Celtic Ministrel. I have a noname Laptop.
I will try to contact the author, good idea.
Regards, Claudio
Posts: 7 | Registered: Thursday, October 11 2007 07:00
insufficient arrows on laptop keyboard in The Avernum Trilogy
claudio
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Member # 11080
 written Sunday, October 14 2007 09:01 Profile #11
The "Fn"-Key "4"/"left" is on the normal key "u", which i need to open the "use"-dialog. But even when i would forget about the "use-dialog: the navigation via Fn-controls does not work properly either.

I think it is simply a matter of keymapping, where Avernum 1 & 2 has a different mapping than 3, 4, 5. So maybe the programmers can fix this in a newer version?

Regards, Claudio

[ Sunday, October 14, 2007 09:01: Message edited by: claudio ]
Posts: 7 | Registered: Thursday, October 11 2007 07:00
insufficient arrows on laptop keyboard in The Avernum Trilogy
claudio
Apprentice
Member # 11080
 written Saturday, October 13 2007 12:10 Profile #9
quote:
Originally written by Iffy says Hell is overrated:
Can't you plug in a mouse to it?
There are laptops in which you can do that...
In my 1st post i wrote this:
quote:
Hi, i'm sitting at Avernum 1 and like to walk by using the keyboard-arrows ...
In my 2nd post i wrote this:
quote:
... and i don't like to use the mouse, since Avernum is a game designed for keyboard, that is one of its great features.
In my 3rd post i wrote this:
quote:
I love Avernum for beeing not "point-n-click"-like, so id like to use the keyboard for navigation.
Do i have to repeat it a 4th time? Regards, Claudio

[ Saturday, October 13, 2007 12:11: Message edited by: claudio ]
Posts: 7 | Registered: Thursday, October 11 2007 07:00
insufficient arrows on laptop keyboard in The Avernum Trilogy
claudio
Apprentice
Member # 11080
 written Saturday, October 13 2007 10:01 Profile #7
The "numpad-method" does not work properly. When i press "7" the character moves, but on pressing "4" it does not move at all, instead, the "use"-window pops up ... Moreover, I've reinstalled Avernum 1 and it did not solve the problem. I've installed some other Games:

Avernum 1: no correct navigation
Avernum 2: no correct navigation
Avernum 3: correct navigation[1]
Avernum 4: not tried
Blades of Avernum: correct navigation[1]
Avernum 5: not tried
Nethergate: correct navigation[1]

[1] the character moves according to directions of the isometric underground

Im using Windows XP. So there is no solution for this problem? I love Avernum for beeing not "point-n-click"-like, so id like to use the keyboard for navigation.

Cheers, Claudio

[ Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:04: Message edited by: claudio ]
Posts: 7 | Registered: Thursday, October 11 2007 07:00
insufficient arrows on laptop keyboard in The Avernum Trilogy
claudio
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Member # 11080
 written Saturday, October 13 2007 08:57 Profile #4
Hello?
Posts: 7 | Registered: Thursday, October 11 2007 07:00
insufficient arrows on laptop keyboard in The Avernum Trilogy
claudio
Apprentice
Member # 11080
 written Friday, October 12 2007 05:49 Profile #3
quote:
It sounds like maybe your keyboard somehow moves you NE-SE-SW-NW, which would make navigation difficult.
Exactly, that's it! I would like to navigate North-East-South-West, as it is in Nethergate (i have this one installed too, and i can walk straght in that game).

quote:
Usually arrows move you in the cardinal directions by the map, which looks diagonal on the screen but actually works better most of the time. You can use the mouse for 8-directional movement or invest in a full keyboard.
As i said, in Nethergate you move indeed in the directions of the map. But in Avernum 1 you don't, you move in the absolute directions, which is unpleasant (is it a bug? I thought all games are basing on the same engine, so why are the directions differently mapped?).

I have a laptop, so i can't use another keyboard, and i don't like to use the mouse, since Avernum is a game designed for keyboard, that is one of its great features.

Regards, Claudio

[ Friday, October 12, 2007 15:24: Message edited by: claudio ]
Posts: 7 | Registered: Thursday, October 11 2007 07:00
insufficient arrows on laptop keyboard in The Avernum Trilogy
claudio
Apprentice
Member # 11080
 written Thursday, October 11 2007 16:43 Profile #0
Hi, i'm sitting at Avernum 1 and like to walk by using the keyboard-arrows, but my laptop has only 4 buttons: "up", "down", "left", "right", so is there any solution to this? It would be great, when the characters would actually walk straight left when i press "left" but they don't, they walk queer ... you know what i mean? When i'm standing beside a door i can't walk straight in, sometimes i can't walk in at all. Regards, Claudio

[ Thursday, October 11, 2007 16:51: Message edited by: claudio ]
Posts: 7 | Registered: Thursday, October 11 2007 07:00