Re: [TuxKart-devel] Split-screen mode.

[Charles G. <ch...@ve...>]

On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 21:22 -0500, Steve Baker wrote:
> > How does limiting to only 2 keyboard characters sound? I think that's
> > what most games do. Of course we'd still have to make sure users
> > didn't pick bad key combinations.
> 
> Yep.  We could certainly offer them some choices - you know:
> 
>     "Which key combo would you like to use?
>       Setting A:  this set of keys
>       Setting B:  some other set of keys
> 
> ...but not:  "What key would you like to use for Accellerate?"
> 
> It's possible we could get three players - but maybe with only
> one choice for key commands.  The fourth player could be using
> the mouse.   If they have a joystick or two, we can cope with
> that too.

Rather than have two hardcoded settings, why not just have a default
setting and then let the player define their own set of keyboard
controls as a _complete_ alternative?  ie a "Configure New Control
Settings" dialogue; that way you can force an inability to create
arbitrary settings that conflict.

Ruling out custom keyboard settings altogether sounds a bit harsh.
-- 
- Charlie

Charles Goodwin <ch...@ve...>
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