Speed up, slow down, fire, ergonomic hell!

Mister Nipples · Post by **Mister Nipples** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:34 am

Hello. First post! BRILLIANT FIND and BRILLIANT GAME - THANK YOU for this, I also lost E-TNK due to computer death after it got pulled. What an improvement on Christian's baby guys, exellent.

My signature speaks for itself. Lens-Lok was a bitch!

I have to ask - is there any way to redefine the keys?

Ergonomically the W/S/A config for accelerate/decelerate/fire is a disaster for my adult fingers. I keep slurping onto tab and other keys and have to take a look to reposition every time I stray.

The 's' key doesn't appear to be used in flight.

Is there an option in the game to change the keys to make 's' and 'x' accelerate and decelerate?

OMG - had to edit - It's Christian, not Jason!!! Doh! I knew that, honest!

Commander Mysenses · Post by **Commander Mysenses** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:01 am

Read this

Edit at will (VIM editor is handy)

Mister Nipples · Post by **Mister Nipples** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:34 am

Thanks Mysenses, I recognise the concept of what I saw in the link but I am not a tech head, so what can I do?

Can you instruct a new found Elite...ist moron?

Post by **another_commander** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:56 am

In [OoliteInstallDir]\oolite.app\Resources\Config, you can find a file called keyconfig.plist. First you may want to make a backup of this file, in case something unexpected happens. Open keyconfig.plist with a text editor and you will see this:

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{
	key_roll_left				= 253;		// left arrow
	key_roll_right				= 252;		// right arrow
	key_pitch_forward			= 255;		// up arrow
	key_pitch_back				= 254;		// down arrow
	key_yaw_left				= ",";
	key_yaw_right				= ".";

	key_increase_speed			= "w";
	key_decrease_speed			= "s";
	key_inject_fuel				= "i";
.
.
. 
(more stuff follows)

You are interested in changing the key_increase_speed and key_decrease_speed from "w" and "s" to "s" and "x". Apply the change, save the file and restart Oolite.

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:53 am

Welcome Mr. Nipples. If you see a little red dot on your chest please ignore it - I'm sure now you've posted the twitchers in the clock tower will put their rifles down (you know who you are...)

And in case you're confused: https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t=2513&start=1155 Those guys still haven't got over the great spam war of 2007...

Mister Nipples · Post by **Mister Nipples** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:19 pm

OK found the file but it doesn't name the keys, only integers. So if INC = 119 and DEC = 115 and I change the former to 115 what is the latter INT value for key 'x'?

Thanks in advance!

Cmdr. Maegil · Post by **Cmdr. Maegil** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:12 pm

DaddyHoggy wrote:
Welcome Mr. Nipples. If you see a little red dot on your chest please ignore it - I'm sure now you've posted the twitchers in the clock tower will put their rifles down (you know who you are...)

And in case you're confused: https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t=2513&start=1155 Those guys still haven't got over the great spam war of 2007...

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Wiki pages · Post by **Thargoid** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:20 pm

Mister Nipples wrote:
OK found the file but it doesn't name the keys, only integers. So if INC = 119 and DEC = 115 and I change the former to 115 what is the latter INT value for key 'x'?

Thanks in advance!

Greetings,

ASCII keycodes are your trumble here. Just look up a table on the net, for example here. x is 120 (note that it's case sensitive, as you can use the shift key to give each keyboard key two actions). The older versions use the codes rather than the keys themselves (at least on the PC, comparing V1.65 to the new test code)

Post by **another_commander** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:46 pm

Thargoid is right. I somehow assumed automatically that you are running the latest version (and, in my very humble opinion, you should) and that your OS is Windows. If you are running indeed Windows, then the keyconfig.plist file for the 1.65 version is found in [OoliteInstallDir]\oolite.app\Contents\Resources\Config and the value for x is, as mentioned, 120.

Mister Nipples · Post by **Mister Nipples** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:45 pm

Right on commanders, I have my configuration, no more twisted digits.

To Mr another_commander I have to say I only saw version 1.65 on the website so thats what I downloaded. I shall keep an eye out for new versions from time to time.

Cmdr. Maegil · Post by **Cmdr. Maegil** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:53 pm

Check the Oolite-PC, Mac or Linux forum and follow the announcement links.

Amen Brick · Post by **Amen Brick** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:05 am

I may change the keys myself. Amount of times I've shot something unfortunate while trying to self dock is countless.