Re: [pygame] multiple key presses
John Eikenberry: My Kinesis Maxim doesn't have the issue described in the article. I can hold down as many keys as I like (within the limits of 2 hands) and all other keys work fine. When I bought a kinesis keyboard, it was US$180. I'd certainly hope that for that kind of money you'd get a diode in each key! -- The insipid neologism blog appears to mean little more Nick Moffitt than a Web site that *actually* gets updated, as opposed [EMAIL PROTECTED] to one that *promises* to be updated REAL SOON NOW and includes an animation of a MEN AT WORK sign.
Re: [pygame] multiple key presses
Phil Hassey wrote: Hey - that was informative :) I've been wondering for ages why keyboards and two-player games just don't work. For all that, I have a tough time typing on some keyboards because they are pickier than others about how I type. Are there any particular brands of keyboards that do not suffer from this problem, and are thus good for multi-player games? My Kinesis Maxim doesn't have the issue described in the article. I can hold down as many keys as I like (within the limits of 2 hands) and all other keys work fine. - Phil DR0ID [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I hope that helps: http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/omniv/keyboards_are_evil.html ~DR0ID Ian Mallett schrieb: Hi again, I'm having problems with multiple key presses (i.e. more than 2). I need at least 6. Is there a way to do that? Thanks Geo - Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. -- John Eikenberry [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://zhar.net] __ It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper. - Rod Serling
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Hi I hope that helps: http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/omniv/keyboards_are_evil.html ~DR0ID Ian Mallett schrieb: Hi again, I'm having problems with multiple key presses (i.e. more than 2). I need at least 6. Is there a way to do that? Thanks Geo
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DR0ID [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I hope that helps: http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/omniv/keyboards_are_evil.html ~DR0ID Ian Mallett schrieb: Hi again, I'm having problems with multiple key presses (i.e. more than 2). I need at least 6. Is there a way to do that? Thanks Geo Also, this was discussed here not long ago. A quick search of the archives finds these threads: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/pygame-users/2264576 http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/pygame-users/2110121 But I recall a more recent discussion, too. The bottom line seems to be that keyboards vary, and relying on the keyboard to report more than one 'major' (as opposed to modifier) key as down at a time is unreliable. -Dave LeCompte
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OK, thanks everybody On 7/2/07, Dave LeCompte (really) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DR0ID [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I hope that helps: http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/omniv/keyboards_are_evil.html ~DR0ID Ian Mallett schrieb: Hi again, I'm having problems with multiple key presses (i.e. more than 2). I need at least 6. Is there a way to do that? Thanks Geo Also, this was discussed here not long ago. A quick search of the archives finds these threads: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/pygame-users/2264576 http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/pygame-users/2110121 But I recall a more recent discussion, too. The bottom line seems to be that keyboards vary, and relying on the keyboard to report more than one 'major' (as opposed to modifier) key as down at a time is unreliable. -Dave LeCompte
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In a message of Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:59:57 PDT, Ian Mallett writes: --=_Part_83218_30995236.1183402797068 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi again, I'm having problems with multiple key presses (i.e. more than 2). I need at least 6. Is there a way to do that? Thanks Geo We all have this problem. See: http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/omniv/keyboards_are_evil.html Laura
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Um, someone already gave that link. Thanks anyway. On 7/2/07, Laura Creighton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message of Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:59:57 PDT, Ian Mallett writes: --=_Part_83218_30995236.1183402797068 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi again, I'm having problems with multiple key presses (i.e. more than 2). I need at least 6. Is there a way to do that? Thanks Geo We all have this problem. See: http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/omniv/keyboards_are_evil.html Laura
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Yes, that was a good article. I can get four keys to work on my laptop keyboard... On 7/2/07, Phil Hassey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey - that was informative :) I've been wondering for ages why keyboards and two-player games just don't work. For all that, I have a tough time typing on some keyboards because they are pickier than others about how I type. Are there any particular brands of keyboards that do not suffer from this problem, and are thus good for multi-player games? - Phil *DR0ID [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote: Hi I hope that helps: http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/omniv/keyboards_are_evil.html ~DR0ID Ian Mallett schrieb: Hi again, I'm having problems with multiple key presses (i.e. more than 2). I need at least 6. Is there a way to do that? Thanks Geo -- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panelhttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48516/*http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7+and lay it on us.
Re: [pygame] multiple key presses
Phil Hassey wrote: Hey - that was informative :) I've been wondering for ages why keyboards and two-player games just don't work. For all that, I have a tough time typing on some keyboards because they are pickier than others about how I type. Are there any particular brands of keyboards that do not suffer from this problem, and are thus good for multi-player games? There is a keyboard made for gaming under the Razr brand that can have unlimited simultaneous keypresses. I haven't heard of any other. I believe it makes the circuit a little more complicated, which is why it's not yet common to do it that way. The Razr keyboard is at least $100, though, IIRC. -Luke
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Chris Ashurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Man, I need to learn how to pseudocode (I wonder if there's an O'Reilly book for it?) Python *IS* pseudocode :) That is, you often can't get any more readable and clear than the Python you would've written anyway. This contrasts strongly with $LANG_U_H8. =wl -- I diet, but only in moderation.
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Luke Paireepinart wrote: I believe it makes the circuit a little more complicated, Yes, you need a diode for each key. Not hugely expensive, but I guess most manufacturers don't consider it worth the bother for a feature that usually isn't needed. -- Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--+ University of Canterbury, | Carpe post meridiem! | Christchurch, New Zealand | (I'm not a morning person.) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] +--+
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On Jul 2, 2007, at 4:28 PM, Greg Ewing wrote: Luke Paireepinart wrote: I believe it makes the circuit a little more complicated, Yes, you need a diode for each key. Not hugely expensive, but I guess most manufacturers don't consider it worth the bother for a feature that usually isn't needed. Likely they were in the original schematic way back when and the bean counters muntzed them out ;^) -Casey
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Good luck with that. Sadly you can read about your future pain at: http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/omniv/keyboards_are_evil.html Ian Mallett writes: | | --=_Part_83218_30995236.1183402797068 | Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed | Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit | Content-Disposition: inline | | Hi again, | I'm having problems with multiple key presses (i.e. more than 2). I need a | t | least 6. Is there a way to do that? | Thanks | Geo | | --=_Part_83218_30995236.1183402797068 | Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 | Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit | Content-Disposition: inline | | Hi again,brI#39;m having problems with multiple key presses (i.e. more t | han 2).nbsp; I need at least 6.nbsp; Is there a way to do that?brThanks | brGeobr | | --=_Part_83218_30995236.1183402797068-- | -- / `Rev Dr' cam at darkqueen.orgRoleplaying, virtual goth \ http://darkqueen.orgPoly, *nix, Python, C/C++, genetics, ATM \ [+61 3] 9809 1523[h] skeptic, Evil GM(tm). Sysadmin for hire / -- Random Quote -- Dental health is next to mental health.
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Some idiot named Cameron Blackwood writes: | | Good luck with that. Sadly you can read about | your future pain at: *chants* read thread, then reply */chants* Sorry :) -- / `Rev Dr' cam at darkqueen.orgRoleplaying, virtual goth \ http://darkqueen.orgPoly, *nix, Python, C/C++, genetics, ATM \ [+61 3] 9809 1523[h] skeptic, Evil GM(tm). Sysadmin for hire / -- Random Quote -- paranoia, n.: A healthy understanding of the way the universe works.
