A keyboard is a standard input device for computers. This tag can be used for questions about game controls, button mapping or gaming-specific hardware.
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Is Super Meat Boy really harder with a keyboard?
While poking around on Youtube I found many commenters saying "yeah, now try that with a keyboard." The game itself, however, only seems to suggest a controller to keep the "feeling" of the game.
I ...
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How do I remove the limit on PC keyboard button presses?
Whenever I play a PC game with the directional keys, I can only press two buttons at a time. For instance if I am playing a shooter like R-Type, I cannot hold down the fire button while moving ...
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How to enable Coop in Rayman Origins?
I have Rayman Origins on Steam but I didn't found the button to play with two players if I have two controllers connected.
The first works automatically, the second controller doesn't seems to ...
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Use phone keyboard to control PES on Android phone?
I installed Pro Evolution Soccer on my Android phone but I can't find any setting to change the game control method to keyboard instead of the touch screen.
Is it possible to phone keyboard to ...
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Can I map more weapons from the wheel to keys?
I know the AC series is ported from consoles, but on a PC I have a whole load of unused keys within easy reach.
Is there a way to map more weapons, currently accessed via the wheel only, to keys? For ...
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Where is a list of keycode values to use in DarkSouls.ini?
Dark Souls does not allow binding of many common keys via the user interface. There are guides for the number keys, but no guides for other keys. Specifically, I have a Dvorak keyboard, and would like ...
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Accepting WINAMP ctrl+alt key-combinations
When playing League of Legends with Winamp and TeamSpeak. LoL accepts the teamspeak keybindings (ctrl+alt+o/p) but not the Winamp keybindings (ctrl+alt+v, ctrl+alt+arrowup and so on).
Does anyone ...
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How do I perform directional inputs for Street Fighter 4 on a PC Keyboard?
I play SF4 on a Windows PC using the keyboard. How do I perform moves related to circle movements (ex:- quarter circle fwd, half circle fwd) using the keyboard keys?
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How can I remap the numpad keys to select conversation responses?
In Dragon Age on the PC, the number keys (1, 2, 3, ...) are used to select responses during a conversation.
The numpad keys (the 0-9 keys on the right side of the keyboard) don't work for this, even ...
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What keyboard shortcuts are in Terraria?
What keyboard shortcuts are in Terraria? Is it possible to change bindings?
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How can I set auto-casting using hotkeys?
Is there a way to set an SCV to auto-repair, or a carrier to auto-build interceptors completely with hotkeys?
I believe the question is also interesting for standard hotkeys but I use grid hotkeys.
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How do you swordfight in Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn?
I was playing the pc game called Tintin, secret of the Unicorn in which there is a scene where Captain Haddock is sword-fighting with some enemies. The problem is that the only keys that seem to work ...
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Is it possible to relocate the camera to the binded group without double-tap?
I'm looking for an alternative to double-click in StarCraft 2. I would like a number key (or a custom key) to relocate the camera to the associated numbered group with just a single-click. Is it ...
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iCade bluetooth keyboard mappings for MAME?
I just got an iCade -- it is technically for an Apple iPad, but it is basically a generic bluetooth keyboard arcade controller.
It's great! But once I paired it with my laptop as a bluetooth ...
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Can we use keyboard & mouse on PS3?
Can we use wireless keyboard & mouse on PS3 with minimum loss and delay?
I've searched on youtube, and i saw a lot of videos about this. But i don't think that methods would be healty.
Any ...
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Portal 2 coop says my Ping Tool is Not Assigned
At the start of Portal 2 coop, GLaDOS wants me to use my ping tool to select my favorite animal, but the help text says the button is Not Assigned. I tried to edit my keyboard controls, but I can't ...
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Are there any mods to change the way planes fly in Just Cause 2 PC?
In Just Cause 2 there are a number of races which involve flying a plane around a course. However I find the keyboard controls (Shift/Ctrl for accelerate/decelerate, S to pitch the nose up and W to ...
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Binding Ctrl+Shift+F
I'm trying to bind CTRL + Shift + F to one of my quickbar 4 slots but it won't register the key
command. CTRL + F works, as does Shift + F.
I'm using the Razer Blackwidow ultimate keyboard and naga ...
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Keyboard problem with Skyrim
I have an international keyboard, and my customized my layout so that the letters P and O and I are written, when I type the keys on which there are my national(country) letters painted on. I have ...
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Joystick -> Keyboard Mapping by Application
Is there a tool similar to JoyToKey that allows me to create multiple profiles and automatically switch between them depending on which application is being run?
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Official PS3 Controller Keyboard as input device to PC
Is it possible to use my official PS3 Controller Keyboard (you know, the one that attaches on top of the PS3 Controller) to my Windows 7 PC? It would be nice to have functionality like touch sensitive ...
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How can I float upwards with the boots of cheapness?
In "You Found The Grappling Hook" (YFTGH), I am stuck at the point shown in the picture: there is a gap between the platform and the ladder. When I float with the boots of cheapness, I cannot manage ...
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Recommendations for switching for a long-time Keyboard Turner
I've been playing WoW for year, and I have even managed to do some end-game raiding without shaming myself, all the while being a keyboard turner and action clicker. I do want to reform, and I have ...
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How do I use function keys on a Mac?
I recently switched my whole system to Mac OSX (Snow Leopard 10.6) from Windows 7. Now I've installed WoW and imported my old configs/addons without any problems, besides that my keybindings from F1 ...
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Is there a way to get Windows to handle Shift + numpad keys differently? [closed]
I have a Razer Naga gaming mouse. The mouse has a number grid on the side that acts like a numpad. I know this can be remapped, but I would like it to use the Numpad keys. In Windows, when you hit ...
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Diablo 3 - can't press escape key
I'm experiencing a strange problem in D3. I can't press escape to bring up the menu. It's only been happening for the last week.
Try rebinding the key.
Yeah, I've tried to do that but the rebind ...
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How to use keyboard controls with Need for Speed: The Run
When I play Need For Speed: The Run, all the onscreen prompts are to press "B" or "X" or "LT" (Left Trigger) for Xbox 360 controls.
How do I play this game with keyboard only?
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Keyboard Multiple key press problem
In some games (Tekken 3 on emulator for example) I need to press multiple keys at the same time. But other that ctrl, alt and shift no other keys seem to work together.
For example Down arrow + num ...
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Using a keyboard/mouse for XBox [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Mouse and Keyboard for XBox 360?
I like first person shooters, but most of my friends play them on consoles (e.g. XBox 360) and I'm a PC gamer. Therefore, I'm used to ...
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In todays sport games: How much is the use of a game pad superior to the keyboard?
My favorite kind of video game is a sports game (FIFA, PES, NHL, ...).
However I never gotten around to use game pads for those games and always sticked to the old school keyboard. My question now is:
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How do I fly the chopper with the keyboard?
No matter how boldly and self-confident I hop into a helicopter in Battlefield: Bad Company 2, it takes only 5 seconds for me to lose control and crash the vehicle.
How do you control the choppers ...
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How to make the key 'WIN' used for key bindings?
I know there is a method in windows to ban the WIN key(To edit the register), and when I hit the WIN key, nothing happens.
However, can I use the key for key-bindings?
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Can you call for a medic? How?
I asked in game about how to call a medic and someone said that you press Q. But I couldn't get it to work, so maybe this person was pulling my chain.
How do you call for a medic?
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n52te: program a long mouse button press
I have a Belkin n52te. I'm using the Razor programming software to program it. What I'd like to do is program it to hold down the right mouse button for 5s and then let go. I've tried recording that ...
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Any way of using english keybinding sets on StarCraft 2's localized versions?
I'm currently playing StarCraft 2's single player campaign, just for enjoying it without any hassle, but it appears that the localized versions keyboard shortcuts differ from the beta and had been ...
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StarCraft 2 keyboard shortcut to select hatchery
Is there a keyboard shortcut to select and center view to the Command Center/Hatchery/Nexus? Playing as Zerg, I tried pressing H but it doesn't select the hatchery.
I'm looking for a keyboard ...
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Any way to change the keyboard layout in Typing of the Dead? Or how to type a “#”
I recently read this:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2005/08/mavis-beacon-ate-my-brain.html
I installed the game and having been playing it (awesome game!). I already know how to touch type, but ...
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Is the difficulty in Typing of the Dead dynamic?
I feel as though sometimes, particularly when fighting some of the bosses in the Original Mode, that the words I need to type to kill zombies are becoming more difficult in response to my performance ...
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Are there alternate ways of opening the console in Oblivion
I recently began playing Oblivion again, after a long hiatus. I'm doing so on my MacBook Pro, in a Parallels Windows Server 2008 VM (6 GB of RAM). The MacBook itself is the late 2011 17" Pro model, ...
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Keyboard with macros support from Blizzard
I thought macros are prohibited from use in Starcraft 2 multiplayer, but recently I've found a keyboard being sold by Blizzard:
http://us.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100001142
Designed ...
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What are the easiest PC keyboard controls for the Assassin's Creed series?
I recently purchased this game, but I can't get my head around the controls.
I know it's meant for a 4-button gamepad (head,open hand, armed hand, feet), but I can't seem to get a system that is easy ...
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Is it possible to re-map or disable the key that brings up the console?
From time to time when switching to primary weapon (1) I accidentally hit `, which in BF3 brings up the console. I don't see possibility to change that binding on the options screen.
Is there a way ...
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Mouse and Keyboard for XBox 360?
I know there are third party attachments you can get like the XFPS Sniper or the Mayflash Max. So two questions really.
1: Has Microsoft given a reason why they decided not to allow the use of a ...
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What is the best keyboard button setting you use to run fast in Assassin's Creed?
I just started playing "Assassin's Creed". It's confusing me. I'm at the beginning, I have to run fast and win the race with one guy, but it's difficult to press 2 buttons at the same time and then ...
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Is there easy way to use all digit buttons with left hand?
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I play RTS (starcraft 2 specifically) and now realize that I want to use more then 1..5 digits to bind my army / buildings / etc.
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I cannot precisely hit 7..0 (neither ctrl+7..0 nor ...
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How to adjust the controls for NFS Shift to deal with a braking problem
I'm playing NFS Shift on my pc using my keyboard. I have kept the control setting to casual. This causes the "Assist braking" option to be high and compulsory.
Now this works in a very stupid way. ...
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How do I access my Logitech G11 macrokeys in games?
I'm using Windows 7. The problem I face is I have no access to any of these extra keys, nor to the volume wheel.
This is perhaps due the game taking precedence and the Logitech G11 keyboard software ...
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Making your actions properly repeatable
Should be a simple question -
In Nethack often I've wanted to gain the telepathic intrinsic by eating a floating eye corpse. Normally I'll try attacking it from a distance so as not to be frozen.
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What are some WASD alternate control schemes to avoid repetitive strain injury?
There are a lot of games out there that assume that players will use WASD as their keys to move the player (ie. most flash games). I don't use WASD as my player control when using keyboard and mouse.
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