lost my delete key

flag4 · 01-30-11, 05:23 PM

hi all

does any one know how to get back the delete key to remove the interface at the bottom of screen to be able to take in-game photos. is there a key assignment in the files i can change??

hope you understand me!

cheers

Gargamel · 01-30-11, 05:55 PM

Missing Name · 01-30-11, 06:09 PM

Consider yourself lucky you even have a delete key.

Pappy55 · 01-30-11, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flag4

hi all

does any one know how to get back the delete key to remove the interface at the bottom of screen to be able to take in-game photos. is there a key assignment in the files i can change??

hope you understand me!

cheers

Did you loose it?
Aftermath of the "Nerd Rage"?

<-you :P

krashkart · 01-31-11, 12:06 AM

No, no, no... that's not what he meant.

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Originally Posted by flag4

hi all

does any one know how to get back the delete key to remove the interface at the bottom of screen to be able to take in-game photos. is there a key assignment in the files i can change??

I wish I could answer that. I've never changed my key assignments around before.

Gargamel · 01-31-11, 12:15 AM

Flag, yes there is a file. I don't know which one it is. If nobody has given the right answer yet, I'm assuming it's not a well known file. Do a search for "decks awash". I remember once somebody mentioning how to change the file. Actually check the newbie guide, button thread, one of the stickies at the top, somebody says how to assign the ; key from snorkel depth to decks awash. That may lead you in the right direction.

EDIT: try this: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...1&postcount=41

Sailor Steve · 01-31-11, 12:21 AM

Did you press 'Num Lock' first?

flag4 · 02-02-11, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Flag, yes there is a file. I don't know which one it is. If nobody has given the right answer yet, I'm assuming it's not a well known file. Do a search for "decks awash". I remember once somebody mentioning how to change the file. Actually check the newbie guide, button thread, one of the stickies at the top, somebody says how to assign the ; key from snorkel depth to decks awash. That may lead you in the right direction.

EDIT: try this: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...1&postcount=41

thanks Gargamel. i will read up on it, oh and, thanks for the paper clip too!

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Did you press 'Num Lock' first?

SS do you mean this will work? i have in the past only had to press delete and it cleared the interface. i am shortly going back on patrol so i will try this - thanks!

Sailor Steve · 02-02-11, 11:24 AM

Yes. If it worked for you in the past then you had 'NumLock' on. If 'NumLock' is off the 'Del' key won't work.

Jimbuna · 02-02-11, 01:24 PM

Looks like he's having a problem finding his Num Lock key

gazpode_l · 02-02-11, 02:51 PM

what does one do if one is a laptop user and has NO delete key with the numberpad built into the function key as my laptop is configured.

Guessing the OP has similar setup to myself.

flag4 · 02-02-11, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Yes. If it worked for you in the past then you had 'NumLock' on. If 'NumLock' is off the 'Del' key won't work.

sorry SS, which is my numlock key. i have a standard key board

@ Jimbuna: sounds like a gentle play on words here...

frau kaleun · 02-02-11, 03:49 PM

If you have a numberpad on the far right side of the 'board, look at the row of keys above the 7-8-9, or at other rows/columns of keys surrounding the numberpad. The NumLock toggles the numberpad keys between numbers and the other functions/characters shown on them so it's usually close by there.

(I am overly familiar with the NumLock as my job involves a huge amount of data entry which is 90% numbers, hitting the NumLock by accident and turning the numbers "off" in the middle of a long sequence of data I'm typing is one of my little daily frustrations.

)

flag4 · 02-02-11, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

If you have a numberpad on the far right side of the 'board, look at the row of keys above the 7-8-9, or at other rows/columns of keys surrounding the numberpad. The NumLock toggles the numberpad keys between numbers and the other functions/characters shown on them so it's usually close by there.

(I am overly familiar with the NumLock as my job involves a huge amount of data entry which is 90% numbers, hitting the NumLock by accident and turning the numbers "off" in the middle of a long sequence of data I'm typing is one of my little daily frustrations.

)

i cant belive it! i have just looked at my numbers pad and there - top left is a key with the words NUMLOCK clearly visible. i have never seen this key before or been aware of it. thanks frau kaleun and all

i will investigate next outing !!

frau kaleun · 02-02-11, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by flag4

i cant belive it! i have just looked at my numbers pad and there - top left is a key with the words NUMLOCK clearly visible. i have never seen this key before or been aware of it. thanks frau kaleun and all

i will investigate next outing !!

I'm pretty sure the way it works for SH3 is that removing the interface overlay from the display is actually tied to the other function of the Del key on the numberpad (which in many cases is a '.' which serves as a decimal point for easier numerical data entry).

The NumLock toggles the function of that key between Del and whatever else it does, and it's the "whatever else" that's tied to the interface on/off command in the game... which gets lost when the NumLock is off and that key functions as Del instead.

01-30-11, 05:23 PM	#1
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	lost my delete key hi all does any one know how to get back the delete key to remove the interface at the bottom of screen to be able to take in-game photos. is there a key assignment in the files i can change?? hope you understand me! cheers __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

01-30-11, 05:55 PM	#2
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	__________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

01-30-11, 06:09 PM	#3
Missing Name Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Westun New Yahk Posts: 748 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Consider yourself lucky you even have a delete key. __________________ Largest target sunk with deck gun: Japanese auxiliary cruiser, 15000 tons Largest engaged: HMS Nelson. Results inconclusive. Read Brag's stuff

01-31-11, 12:15 AM	#6
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Flag, yes there is a file. I don't know which one it is. If nobody has given the right answer yet, I'm assuming it's not a well known file. Do a search for "decks awash". I remember once somebody mentioning how to change the file. Actually check the newbie guide, button thread, one of the stickies at the top, somebody says how to assign the ; key from snorkel depth to decks awash. That may lead you in the right direction. EDIT: try this: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...1&postcount=41 __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

01-31-11, 12:21 AM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Did you press 'Num Lock' first? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-02-11, 11:24 AM	#9
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Yes. If it worked for you in the past then you had 'NumLock' on. If 'NumLock' is off the 'Del' key won't work. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-02-11, 01:24 PM	#10
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Looks like he's having a problem finding his Num Lock key __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-02-11, 02:51 PM	#11
gazpode_l 中国水兵 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Chelmsford, Essex Posts: 280 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	what does one do if one is a laptop user and has NO delete key with the numberpad built into the function key as my laptop is configured. Guessing the OP has similar setup to myself.

02-02-11, 03:49 PM	#13
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	If you have a numberpad on the far right side of the 'board, look at the row of keys above the 7-8-9, or at other rows/columns of keys surrounding the numberpad. The NumLock toggles the numberpad keys between numbers and the other functions/characters shown on them so it's usually close by there. (I am overly familiar with the NumLock as my job involves a huge amount of data entry which is 90% numbers, hitting the NumLock by accident and turning the numbers "off" in the middle of a long sequence of data I'm typing is one of my little daily frustrations. )