Certain symbols can't be used

[Puppyfaic]

Somehow my SRB2 won't allow me to use certain symbols. These include:
[
]
{
}
\
~
`
=
+


Does anyone know what may be causing this?

 

[fickleheart]

What kind of keyboard do you use? (I don't mean logitech and etc, I mean like qwerty and dvorak and all that fun stuff)

 

[Puppyfaic]

I'm not sure, how do I figure it out? I've looked around on the entire keyboard, but other than knowing it's HP, I don't know what you mean.

 

[MascaraSnake]

What are the first few letters in the uppermost line? Q, W, E, R, T and Y or something else?

 

[Puppyfaic]

Yes, QWERTY. It's odd though, years ago it worked fine and I could use all symbols. But now some just don't work.

 

[Cue]

Better question, hold shift and type out 1234567, what do you get?

UK Keyboard: !"£$%^&

 

[Puppyfaic]

!@#$%^&



The message you have entered is too short.

 

[Sonnarkku]

!"·$%&/ for me, I know what´s wrong.

The SRB2 keyboard is designed specificly for Nort-American, English speaking users. There are several symbols I can´t put on SRB2, such as:

ñÑ ´¨ ¿¡º and others, it´s just about getting used to where the SRB2 symbols are located.

 

[Colson]

I had this same problem.

 

[Espyo]

Yes, it's a problem with the keyboard configuration. For instance, if I press Shift + "-" (which generates an underscore), it'll write an interrogation mark. SRB2 uses the NA keyboard system, as stated above. You have to press other keys to get the characters you wish. IIRC, [ and ] are the 2 keys between P and Return (Enter).

 

[Kim the Fox!!!]

I do have the QWERTY pattern, and the numeric shifts goes:
!@#$%¨&
This is brazilian pattern.
To say :, I have to type ç. To say ?, I have to type :. It just goes weird.

 

[Puppyfaic]

Yes, it's a problem with the keyboard configuration. For instance, if I press Shift + "-" (which generates an underscore), it'll write an interrogation mark. SRB2 uses the NA keyboard system, as stated above. You have to press other keys to get the characters you wish. IIRC, [ and ] are the 2 keys between P and Return (Enter).

Is there a way to fix this, though?
If not, thanks for at least letting me know the cause of the problem.

 

[Kim the Fox!!!]

There is a way. You must go on the Control Panel of your computer and set the keyboard pattern. If there isn't the desired pattern, you have to download it and install it.

 

[abiT]

Yeah ture. I am polish people and I can't add polish symbols like ą ć ź ż ó ę ś

 

[Liliam]

The game is supposed to have several keymaps the user could switch between to offer correct compatibility with several key arrangements, but for some reason all but the English keymap (ENGLISH in the console) seem to have bit the dust.

More complicated characters such as accented, or Cyrillic characters are never going to happen because they'd have to fit (and be legible) within a 7x7 square.

 

[Sun]

I haven't been able to type ' for some reason(dunno how it happened or started). My keyboard should be American, but ~ is considered KEY96 on this keyboard.

 

[Router]

In SRB2 generally I don't use.

 

[SSNTails]

More complicated characters such as accented, or Cyrillic characters are never going to happen because they'd have to fit (and be legible) within a 7x7 square.

And SRB2 also doesn't support unicode, so it's pretty limited in that regard.

 

[Cirom]

How about we add support for foreign and UK keyboards in a later release? It'll be something I would really welcome, as I hate typing @ for my "s. (And " for my @s.)

 

[Puppyfaic]

Yes, please.