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First post, by ackzu

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Hello everybody

I can't use quite a lot of keys in DOSbox, especially all the numpad's keys, AND the arrows...

So, is there is a way to activate the numpad and / or arrows in DOSbox, so I can use my keyboard to play Prince Of Persia 1 ? 😁

BTW : Using an english keyboard layout doesnt help 😒

Athlon XP 1900+
Motherboard Abit NF7-S (NForce2 Ultra)
512 Mb DDR
SB Live 5.1
Radeon 9700
Joystick Cyborg 3D USB

Windows 2000 Pro SP3
DirectX9

Reply 1 of 5, by Qbix

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keypad hasn't been supported yet.

I've heard rumors (and that's all i know about it) That a different version from sdl might help.....

Although arrows should work. Try definetly another version of sdl (for example the one of 0.58)

But officially we haven't implemented it yet

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Reply 2 of 5, by ackzu

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err, I'm actually using the 0.58 version

Arrows works, but only when I unplug the joystick... And the SHIFT key doesnt works anyway, so I can't "hang / walk / fight" in Prince of Persia (I havn't tryed it on the console, but I will, when I'll be back from the office 😁)

I suppose any older version of DOSbox wont support the numpad as well, so I guess that I have to wait for a new one that will? 😕

Reply 3 of 5, by Qbix

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hmm the arrows not working because of the joystick => the game does that not dosbox.

the shifts not working. Maybe SDL
Do the shifts work if you set your layout the US international ?

Else try the unsupported cvs release from ripja.
See the development forum for details

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Reply 5 of 5, by ackzu

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OK, so SHIFT works in the console, and CTRL+K in Prince of Persia enables the keyboard --and the numpad, but I still can't use the SHIFT key to walk (SHIFT + Forward or SHIFT + Backward)

I encounter the exact same bug when I launch the game directly under Windows 2000 (but the game works fine when I use a bootdisk, what is quite curious 😕 )