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wazaari
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Help with new keyboards

Post by wazaari » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:11 pm

I bought a new keyboard but i got a not nice problems.
When i press up and down arrows at same time i can t make a curve and cars crash.
when Up down and left arrows are press at same time pc makes a BIP.

Someone knows why it happens?

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Post by Tijny » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:27 pm

I don't see the problem, why would you want to press up and down at the same time?

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Post by mikko » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:58 pm

I know the problem because I have the same myself. No proper solution in my knowledge, unfortunately. As far as I have understood, the problem is due to OS thinking that the keyboard is stuck when two keys are pressed down simultaneously for sufficiently long time. The solution I have found reasonable is to modify the keyboard settings in control panel. I changed the repeat delay to long and it got better. It is still here, but mainly interferes with speeder only as it is the car requiring most heavy breaking, during which I have two keys pressed (brake + left/right). Didn't interfere too much in DIT3, though. :wink:

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Post by xzeal » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:41 pm

Tijny wrote:I don't see the problem, why would you want to press up and down at the same time?
Simple, you loose a little time when you move your finger from accelration to braking, but if you hold both down and release one you lose no time. Or something like that, Mike explained it to me once, but i don't use it. The advantage gained is either less then minimal or none, depending on the track.
I bought a new keyboard but i got a not nice problems.
When i press up and down arrows at same time i can t make a curve and cars crash.
when Up down and left arrows are press at same time pc makes a BIP.

Someone knows why it happens?
I think that is the keyboards fault, most keyboards, especially the cheaper ones, don't support more then 2 buttons pressed simultainously. Either that or the OS thing, but i've never heard that one before.

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Post by -wolf- » Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:31 pm

what kind of keyboard is that? is it radio? or it connects to your pc with a cable?
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Post by wazaari » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:00 pm

[quote="xzeal]

Simple, you loose a little time when you move your finger from accelration to braking, but if you hold both down and release one you lose no time. Or something like that, Mike explained it to me once, but i don't use it. The advantage gained is either less then minimal or none, depending on the track.

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Exaclty...it is also my way of drive (also M.Schumacher do the same in ferrari [Not Joking])

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Post by mikko » Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:06 pm

Waz, did you get your keyboard problem fixed?

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