How hard would it be to mod the keyboard so there.....

[Yama]

How hard would it be to mod the keyboard so there would be two alternative ship-rotation keys (one left and one right) or key-combinations that would rotate the the playership one facing each time you hit the key, rather than continuously rotate the ship as long as you hold the key? I like to sit at long range and snipe at stationary targets with direct-fire weapons, and this would be a lot easier if I could rotate my ship just one facing when I want to. As it is now, unless I'm piloting a very slow-turning ship, when I try to rotate just one facing I usually overshoot and rotate two or three.

For me the most natural setup would be one where the ship rotates normally using just the left & right arrow keys, but if you hold the Alt key and hit the right arrow key it'd rotate just one facing clockwise. Conversely, if you hold the Alt key and hit the left arrow key it'd rotate just one facing counter-clockwise. If that's not doable, then having two separate keys would be OK (maybe the Delete key for one facing clockwise and the End key for one facing counter-clockwise).

[Drako Slyith]

If you go into "Settings.xml" you can edit what key does what to your heart's content, but I don't think you can add new functions for keys to do.
(unless maybe you can do a key="=(lambda)"???)

[Yama]

If you go into "Settings.xml" you can edit what key does what to your heart's content, but I don't think you can add new functions for keys to do.
(unless maybe you can do a key="=(lambda)"???)

Thanks Drako. At your suggestion I just checked out the settings.xml file and see that indeed, the key-mapping part of the solution can be addressed there. However, that still leaves me in need of help on how to limit the ship's rotation to one facing per key strike.

Anyone else have a an idea?

[sdw195]

i think that would require work on Georges part...

[Drako Slyith]

If you could do the lambda (I don't think you can, but maybe) you could try this.

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(lambda nil
(block (canTurn turnNumber)
(if canTurn
(block nil
RotateRight
)
)
(if (not canTurn)
(setq turnNumber (add turnNumber 1))
(if (geq turnNumber 10)
(setq canTurn true)
)
)
)
)

That would make it turn only 1/10 times the key is pressed. I think you should be able to tap it out. If not, increase the "10" in the code until you are happy with it. (this hasn't been tested)

[Yama]

i think that would require work on Georges part...

Thanks sdw195. Does that mean I should have posted this in the "Ideas & Suggestions" section of the forum?

If you could do the lambda (I don't think you can, but maybe) you could try this.

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(lambda nil
(block (canTurn turnNumber)
(if canTurn
(block nil
RotateRight
)
)
(if (not canTurn)
(setq turnNumber (add turnNumber 1))
(if (geq turnNumber 10)
(setq canTurn true)
)
)
)
)

That would make it turn only 1/10 times the key is pressed. I think you should be able to tap it out. If not, increase the "10" in the code until you are happy with it. (this hasn't been tested)

Thank you again Drako. Unfortunately that all went way over my head. I'm going to have to spend more time reading tutorials 'til I figure out how to test it.

[Drako Slyith]

Nevermind my code, I tested it. It doesn't work. sorry

[sdw195]

i think that would require work on Georges part...

Does that mean I should have posted this in the "Ideas & Suggestions" section of the forum?

post a request on the bug tracker http://wiki.neurohack.com/transcendence/trac/

[Yama]

Nevermind my code, I tested it. It doesn't work. sorry

No apology necessary. I really appreciate your taking a stab at it.

post a request on the bug tracker http://wiki.neurohack.com/transcendence/trac/

Many thanks. I'll do it.