Yeah I noticed the laptop issue.
I thought the issue was my system, but didn't mention it.
At 02:51 a.m. 2/07/2008, you wrote:
>Hi Jim,
>I am having a couple of keyboard issues with Puppy1 i would like to ask 
>you about. Perhaps you can address them in a future update of the game.
>the first one is about the menus. While in the menus pressing down arrow 
>or up arrow scrolls too rapidly. Instead of moving to the next item it 
>will often scroll 2 or 3 menu choices at a time. I believe you mentioned 
>before you have switched to DirectInput for keyboard handling. In that 
>case the menu keyboard input for the menus should be looking for 
>keyboard releases and not key presses. If youcheck for a key release 
>rather than a key press in menus the menu item won't scroll to the next 
>item until the up or down arrow is released.
>The second one is just a laptop vs desktop keyboard layout issue. As the 
>game currently exists you need to shoot with the left control key and 
>fire with the right control key. that is fine for desktops and laptops 
>with a full sized keyboard, but not all laptops come with two control 
>keys. I have owned two laptops with a left control key only, and in that 
>case the gamer could fire but not get information on enemy positions. 
>Perhaps you could add an extra information key to the game to address 
>this issue with laptops?
>Cheers.
>
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