keyboard help

[I'm goin' down]

Okay you computer geniuses, I have a question. In TMO 1.9, the crew cannot man the deck gun becaue their slots are behind the ship dials. The cure is simple. On the number pad on the keyboard press the ,/del key and the ship dials drop away allowing the captain to fill the anti aircraft gun crew slots. Here is the problem. I have a laptop and it does its keyboard does not include a numbers layout. I know you are waiting with baited breath for the question, so here it is: "What are the entries on my laptop keyboard that will perform the same function as the ./del key on the number pad. I am hoping the entries will enable me to man the anti aircraft gun.

p.s. I i will send a PM to Ducimus and Lurker to see if they have the answer.

I await your response lurking beneath the waves of the coast of Japan, afraid to surface in the face of heavy eneney air patrols because I cannot get my crack anit aircraft gun crew to their battle stations.:hmmm:

[janusfrk]

Try the Shilent Hunter Keyboard Configurator

www.members.iinet.net.au/~janusfrk (http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~janusfrk)

Regards


Janus

[I'm goin' down]

Try the Shilent Hunter Keyboard Configurator

www.members.iinet.net.au/~janusfrk (http://www.members.iinet.net.au/%7Ejanusfrk)

Regards


Janus


I went to the website and downloaded the program into my mods folder. I looked at the readme, but it is beyond me. Will this fix my issue? How do I activate the program, as I could not make sense of the instructions.

[G2B]

Maybe this one might help

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=168297

[Nisgeis]

What make and model of laptop do you have?

[I'm goin' down]

What make and model of laptop do you have?

SRS Notebook Computer M860TU. It has a standard keyboard but no number pad. It has an Ins/NumLk key, but I do not think NumLk is activated (not sure).

[Rockin Robbins]

Nope, that's not an SRS computer, it's SRS sound on a Clevo computer. And nope my suggestion of using the Fn key to get the num-pad delete key won't work on your keyboard, apparently. You're going to have to use the keyboard configuring program for SH4.

[I'm goin' down]

Keyboard type appears to be PS/2---I think.

[I'm goin' down]

WAHOO! I solved it.

Windows Vista directed me to a help site where an administrator had posted a comment. It gave step by step instructions on how to edit the registry to toggle the Ins/NumbersLk key on. Basically, you program the registry to start number lock when the computer starts. To clear the ships dials to man the anti aircraft gun, all I have to do is hit the NumLk and delete keys.

When not playing TMO1.9, I have to turn off NumLk by holding down the Fn key and NumLk key for five seconds. If I don't do this certain keys on my keyboard produce numbers rather than letters, etc. I can live with this solution for now.

Later I will try turning off the NumLk key at start up by entering the appropriate registry value entry. Once I make registry change, NumLk will revert to its normal mode and will not start by default when the computer starts. Then I will try toggling it on when playing the game. For now, NumLk is activate on start up by default, and I will have to remember to toggle it off when not playing TMO.

Did that make any sense?

I deserve a medal! Thanks for all of your suggestions!