Moving diagonally

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Bomben
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Moving diagonally

Post by Bomben » Wed 20.08.2008, 09:50

Is there any chance that there could be change to catch the up+left and such on the arrow keys, to execute diagonal moves?

Playing on a laptop is otherwise relatively handicapped. I know it can be done on the insert/delete and/or the other keys in that cluster. But being able to do it just on the arrow keys would be very nice.

Ace
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Re: Moving diagonally

Post by Ace » Wed 20.08.2008, 11:57

I think tehre is a alternative "rogue like" layout which sues the wasd keys for movement. Check the lib/text/command.txt in your client there is some documentation. I think you can switch the mapping in one of the options.

Alternative costs more: Buy another laptop :) Since mine was already from the stone ages I bought a new machine.

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Re: Moving diagonally

Post by Thorbear » Wed 20.08.2008, 14:49

Ace wrote:Alternative costs more: Buy another laptop :) Since mine was already from the stone ages I bought a new machine.
Or buy a keyboard to your laptop for that sake (you can even buy just a numpad)

But I agree that the combo-arrow-key would be nice
Would that not be easy to set up as a macro?

*looks into the macro files*

Code: Select all

#
# Keypad (7,8,9,-,4,5,6,+,1,2,3,0,.)
#

A:7
P:^_x47\r

A:8
P:^_x48\r

A:9
P:^_x49\r

A:-
P:^_x4A\r

A:4
P:^_x4B\r

A:5
P:^_x4C\r

A:6
P:^_x4D\r

A:+
P:^_x4E\r

A:1
P:^_x4F\r

A:2
P:^_x50\r

A:3
P:^_x51\r

A:0
P:^_x52\r

A:.
P:^_x53\r
Now, I don't know what the code for the arrow keys are, and I don't even know if this would work, but still :)
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Re: Moving diagonally

Post by Jug » Thu 21.08.2008, 13:14

I play on a laptop also, I use an external USB numpad, they are available pretty cheaply.

Whelk
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Re: Moving diagonally

Post by Whelk » Tue 26.08.2008, 17:13

At first I used the "Fn" key on my laptop to use some of the normal keyboard keys as a number pad when that key was held. It was a pain at first, but I got used to it. I don't think all laptop keyboards have it, but if they do, the numbers will probably show up blue on the (from left to right) 7-0 keys, U-P keys, and J-; keys.

Anyways, recently my lovely wife bought me a USB number pad and all has been good in the world.

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