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AS Filipowski Registered 29/02/2004 Points 444	13th December, 2004 at 15:59:13 - If a lot of people cant, that may cause problems with my new game Well, probably not, because I can just make CPU's instead. Basically, the commands are 3 tiered for each character 1st: Q,W,E,R,T 2nd: A,S,D,F,G 3rd: Z,X,C,V,B Players should be able to hold all 3 buttons to make the 3 individuals do different things. Could this be a problem? I do not have a signature of my own
AS Filipowski Registered 29/02/2004 Points 444	13th December, 2004 at 16:00:22 - By the way, I dont mean if you physically cant. I mean if the keyboard wont let you I do not have a signature of my own
Matt Boothman The Nissan Micra of forum members Registered 20/09/2002 Points 109	13th December, 2004 at 16:07:19 - I foresee problems with that system. Are you expecting one button from each tier to be pressed at the same time? Just see how hard it is to press Q, Z and T at the same time. Unless your are planning for more than one person at the keyboard, where pressing all those buttons may look like a nerdy game of Twister. http://soundcloud.com/normbo - Listen to my music.
Tigerworks Klik Legend Registered 15/01/2002 Points 3882	13th December, 2004 at 16:07:29 - I think it's standard with all PC keyboards: three or four is the maximum, some combos may allow more though. We really need a DirectInput extension though, MMF relies on window messages which suck for these kinds of reasons. With DirectInput keyboard presses/mouse clicks etc. would never "lag" at low FPS rates, and it'd probably support more than 3-4 keys pressed at a time. - Tigerworks
AS Filipowski Registered 29/02/2004 Points 444	13th December, 2004 at 16:13:56 - Q and T couldnt be pressed at the same time. One moves the character and one performs a special move. IE They cant be used together. (not with my code anyway) You mean like Q,G,Z? I didnt think of that... I think probably the most players i expect in this game is 2. Unless i make a minigame or something. This game will have 3v3 matches and stuff. And since each 'tier' of keys works a character, it could be pretty difficult. I do not have a signature of my own
Penguin Seph Registered 11/12/2002 Points 1338	13th December, 2004 at 16:19:59 - Hold on let me check... qcsssssssssssssssssss Yeah, my keybroad let's me. Hi!
ChrisB Crazy? Registered 16/08/2002 Points 5457	13th December, 2004 at 16:41:17 - My keyboard does 6 simultaneously - any more loses the pressed keys. Nobody's going to be able to control three characters simultaneously (even two is a pain) so can't you simplify it and use a switch button? n/a
Batchman Registered 08/08/2003 Points 231	13th December, 2004 at 16:41:45 - directinput would lock the keyboard while the game is active, so that game crash = reboot anyway, some keyboard don't let you press space and right, some don't let you press ctrl+left, no matter which game/OS it is n/a
AS Filipowski Registered 29/02/2004 Points 444	13th December, 2004 at 16:43:56 - I guess 2 cpu for each team is in order (3 in the case of one player mode). It wont be like deleting 100 years of work. Thanks for all the fast replies everyone! I do not have a signature of my own
Dr. James MD Addict Registered 08/12/2003 Points 11941	13th December, 2004 at 17:30:17 - my laptop only has 3 presses at any one time http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=j--8iXVv2_U On the sixth day God created Manchester "You gotta get that sand out your vaj!" x13 www.bossbaddie.com
Radix hot for teacher Registered 01/10/2003 Points 3139	13th December, 2004 at 17:42:20 - It differs from keyboard to keyboard, but some keys are special. Like, my old keyboard could only do three no matter what, but my laptop can manage three plus one arrow key, and my wireless keyboard that I use sometimes can do three plus multiple arrow keys. n/a
DaVince This fool just HAD to have a custom rating Registered 04/09/2004 Points 7998	16th December, 2004 at 14:14:19 - My old computer could stand 4 presses and Linux ignores the number of presses Old member (~2004-2007).
Radix hot for teacher Registered 01/10/2003 Points 3139	16th December, 2004 at 17:25:24 - Pay attention. It's a keyboard thing. It has nothign to do with the OS. n/a
AndyUK Mascot Maniac Registered 01/08/2002 Points 14586	16th December, 2004 at 18:46:19 - I found this out when playing toejam and earl on my megadrive emulator. Me and my sister both used the keyboard and only one of us could walk diagonally at any one time. .
Muz Registered 14/02/2002 Points 6499	17th December, 2004 at 09:54:18 - Strange. I used to play with my brother AND sister at the SAME time with the same keyboard. Some stupid 3-player platform shooter. But I think it involved a lot of button mashing and combo moves. Definitely no trouble with >= 6 buttons at the same time... (until someone ends up pressing alt and enter at the same time) Disclaimer: Any sarcasm in my posts will not be mentioned as that would ruin the purpose. It is assumed that the reader is intelligent enough to tell the difference between what is sarcasm and what is not.

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