Re: [GD-General] A DirectInput problem

[Alen L. <ale...@cr...>]

Xavier wrote:
> I have encountered the same problem as well on some (many?) keyboards,
> with the four arrow keys not being detected when pressed at the same time.

> I think it has to do with the wiring or the microcontroller inside some
> keyboards that groups keys by 4, but I can't find a link anymore.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollover_(key)

> (and I don't know of any workaround.)

The workaround is either to buy a better keyboard, or to bind keys in
different positions so this doesn't happen. <shrug/>

But for the key combos that Pierre describes, I'd be suspicious. A lot
of games use those, and most modern keyboards allow those three
presses. Finding one keyboard that doesn't is quite possible, but if
it happens to several different models, it's either really bad luck or
something else in the system or software. I'd definitely do a cross
check with other games and on different machines.

JM2C,
Alen