Author Topic: Trap the windows key! (Read 947 times)

Krusty · « **on:** April 17, 2005, 04:07:09 PM »

A humble plea from a poor sod who has been in a low furball, angling down on an opponent, ready to fire, hits "Z" and finds out that his hands were in the wrong place as he minimizes AH2 with the Windows menu key.

It happens at least once every sortie. I'm not kidding. Some of the time I have enough alt/AOA to let me get back before I die. Most of the time I do not have this luck.

Can you program AH to trap this key? We will still have CTRL-ESC, we will still have ALT-TAB, and so forth.

frank3 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 17, 2005, 04:12:34 PM »

Remap the key.

plank · « **Reply #2 on:** April 17, 2005, 04:16:56 PM »

You can also disable the windows key entirely in the registry. I can dig up the info if you're interested.

Krusty · « **Reply #3 on:** April 17, 2005, 04:31:51 PM »

Frank, maybe, I'll try it shortly, but it's still annoying. And now it'll do whatever it's mapped for instead of zooming (when I hit the wrong damn key -- AGAIN!)

Plank: I use the WinKey. It's helpful in many instances.

Grits · « **Reply #4 on:** April 17, 2005, 04:35:35 PM »

My keyboard doesnt have a winblows key anymore, they pop right out.

frank3 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 17, 2005, 04:38:55 PM »

I had something similar, when I hit alt+tab, and afterwards returned to AH, the colors were messed up (paint colors) and had to restart...

Morpheus · « **Reply #6 on:** April 17, 2005, 04:42:16 PM »

I know how you feel.

I just remapped the bail out (enter x3) junk after bailing out with 10 kills the other night in a tempest.

Why I waited all these years to remap it is a good question. Lazy.

frank3 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 17, 2005, 04:49:21 PM »

How on earth can you "accidently" hit enter 3 times??

Krusty · « **Reply #8 on:** April 17, 2005, 04:51:41 PM »

It counts the "ENTER" at the end of a chat box, that sends your text out. If you type fast, like I do, you can hit enter 3 times fast enough to bail.

I have since shown more restraint, and typed slower and less frequently

frank3 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 17, 2005, 04:53:12 PM »

That reminds me of a lancaster nightbombing raid where I said you get nightvision goggles by pressing enter 3 times....

plank · « **Reply #10 on:** April 17, 2005, 04:53:28 PM »

Why bail out at all? I disabled that junk a long time ago. It's a much faster ride in the plane

Furball · « **Reply #11 on:** April 17, 2005, 04:58:33 PM »

i mapped my windows keys out using a screwdriver.

Krusty · « **Reply #12 on:** April 17, 2005, 05:20:31 PM »

Frank: You currently cannot map it in AH. There's no option. Not supported. I use the keyboard a lot. I started in DOS and have been typing all my life. Even in other sims I have 1 hand on keyboard and 1 hand on stick. I have fast enough reflexes that I can get away with this, I suppose.

But that WinKey is still bugging me (only in AH mind you, I use it often outside of AH)

Morpheus · « **Reply #13 on:** April 17, 2005, 05:22:30 PM »

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Originally posted by frank3
How on earth can you "accidently" hit enter 3 times??

Very simple really.

I type very fast and I dont use Vox. It didnt happen often. Hardly at all to be honest. But after that I figured it'd be wise to get rid of it.

And yup. Riding it down is much faster and perferred.

vorticon · « **Reply #14 on:** April 17, 2005, 05:55:10 PM »

take a peice of thick paper or thin cardboard and slide it under the key when you play.