From: "froyd" <fredj AT labyrinth DOT net DOT au>
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Subject: Re: CTRL key in Allegro problem
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 12:02:11 +1000
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You say blame your keyboard, but the CTRL key works fine in all the
computer games I play like Doom and Hexen.  I would be more inclined
to blame Allegro.
John

Ole Laursen wrote in message <8%h33.509$A4 DOT 16330 AT news020 DOT image DOT dk>...
>I also noticed that the Demo program ( the little Asteroids-like game)
>didn't handle multiple key inputs very well.

Some key combinations cause problems on some keyboards. The demo's
combination that you have experienced problems with, works very well with my
keyboard, so it's very unpredictable and it isn't Allegro's fault, blame
your keyboard... ;-)

BTW one of the reasons for making it possible to setup the keys from within
a game is exactly this - as you don't know whether your default key
combination will cause problems with the user's keyboard, you have to make
it possible for him to change it. Though of course it's also very irritating
when the game has an insane default (I have often wondered if the programmer
of a game was using his nose to press some of the keys).

Cheerio, Sofie-duck!

Ole Laursen
Make sense, not war!