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Problems with using more than 2 keys at a time
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:26 pm
by omarqx
hey guys.. im having some problems here.... apparently i can only use two keys at a time.. like for example.. if im pressing forward and right at the same time.. and if i press spacebar to jump.. then it wont jump.. whts happenin here?.. i cant strafe jump this way!.. im gettin my ass fragged
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:57 pm
by SplEEb
keyboard? I gotta couple cheapos that have same problem.
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:18 pm
by Foo
This is a keyboard problem. Usually.
The reason for it I can't 100% remember, but it's something like this: The PS2 keyboard interface only had enough 'space' for a limited number of different input combinations. So on a 103-key board there are always some combinations of 3 or more keys that won't work together. Quite which keys that is depends on the keyboard manufacturer and/or underlying hardware. So for example, a cheap genius keyboard might not like ALT-CTRL-ARROW, while an expensive Logitech might screw up on BACKSPACE + ARROW + ESC
If your PC makes a beep when you press the key combinations that don't work, then it's *definitely* the keyboard/socket.
BTW try putting jump on the right mouse button. I know it's hard to learn a new key location but it should get around the problem without requiring you buy a new keyboard.
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:03 am
by omarqx
thnx for the help.. but its not the keyboard issue.. iv known this problem before and my friend back in pakistan solved it.. theres some console command which i cant recall.. actually i never knew it so i cant recall..
.. i just cant seem to get in touch with my friend so thats y i posted here ..
nyways.. its not a keyboard issue.. btw.. i use a laptop and it used to work fine before.. i just copied it back after a long looong time and now am gettin these problems
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:28 pm
by MKJ
pretty sure its not a consolecmd. maybe after that loong time your BIOS was flashed, or some other driver was updated which might be causing this..
HELP!!
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 4:00 pm
by omarqx
Hey guyz.. trust me.. its NOT any of that.. now im using a different laptop.. and im still getting the same shit cuz i copied the quake from my previous laptop.. its some buffer thingi command or something like that..
any1 out there who can help me?!?!
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 6:06 pm
by ^misantropia^
I think not. Q3 doesn't store key presses in a buffer. Maybe it's a driver setting?
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 6:39 pm
by omarqx
no im dead sure its some command. like i said before.. it happened before also and my friend fixed it with some command(s).. same machine same everything
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:17 am
by [xeno]Julios
open up notepad.
see if you can use those three keys simultaneously. (forward, right, and space)
If you can't, then the problem is your keyboard.
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:52 am
by omarqx
listen guyz.. hear me out here.. it worked before " ON THE SAME MACHINE "
i just got a fresh copy from a guy and now its not!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 11:42 am
by dzjepp
So if you don't want to hunt down the command that is causing this yourself delete your q3config.cfg and restart the game.
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 4:38 pm
by ^misantropia^
omarqx wrote:i just got a fresh copy from a guy
So I take it you don't actually own the game?
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 4:43 pm
by omarqx
lol..
NO!
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 4:46 pm
by ^misantropia^
You'll want to read the rules first then, next time you post on a forum.