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First post, by eltondo

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Hi all.

I would like to ask for help some expierienced members of this board.
Thank you for your patience.

When I'm starting to play Mortal Kombat 2 in DosBox 0.73 the numpad
keys - directions and even numbers don't work.
I would like to use numpad direction keys to move, but this is impossible
because Mortal Kombat 2 don't want to read this keys.
When it asks me to type left arrow key I'm pushing numpad 4 key and nothing happens,
no matter if numlock is on or off.
I tried to start the game with numlock on and numlock off, but still nothing.
Please help.

Sorry for my language

Reply 1 of 20, by Qbix

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are you sure that the game supports those keys ?

Water flows down the stream
How to ask questions the smart way!

Reply 2 of 20, by Kippesoep

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It works fine for me under Windows. What OS are you using? Have you tried using those keys in another program inside DOSBox?

You also mention the left arrow key specifically. The order in which the directions are configured is commonly up, down, left, right (and MK2 does this too). So does that mean up/down works, but left doesn't?

Reply 3 of 20, by eltondo

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Thank You guys and Mr Developer for quick answers.
Sorry for my ignorance, but how can I find if this particular game supports num keys or not?
I cant also select any of normal direction keys, I mean left, right, up and down also don't work im menu player1 or player2 keys in F10 game mode.

I'm using Vista x64. All the game and sound works ok. But the problem is with the keyboard. From the DosBox command line I can type whatever I want (even numeric keys works ok when numlock is on), but when I start the game, MK2 doesn't see num keys.

Thank You.

Reply 4 of 20, by wd

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Reinstall the game and it should have the default layout, or change the
mk2 keys (pressing f10 at the title screen or something like that).

Reply 5 of 20, by eltondo

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I see alternative solution. If somebody could be so nice and write my configuration keys to his CMOS file and send me this file. I think this will solve the problem.

Player 1
key for up - num 8
key for down - num 2
key for left - num 4
key for right - num 6
key for high punch - num 7
key for low punch - num 1
key for block - num 5
key for high kick - num 9
key for low kick - num 3

Please set this keys up and send me CMOS file, which is in MK2 directory (probably hidden). I will try to put under my MK2 directory and see if then my numpad keys work.

Maybe you - ippesoep? Could you please help? Thank you.

Reply 6 of 20, by wd

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Why not creating your own???

Reply 7 of 20, by eltondo

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So I see you don't see my point, mr wd.

I entered the MK2 setup for binding keys with F10 in game menu,
but when I'm trying to type whatever numpad key (numpad 8, numpad 4 and so on), nothing happens. The game acts like it doesn't see numpad keys, no matter if numlock is on or off.
I tried to set up my keys via F10, but it faults. And the same is for direction keys. But when I type for example S or L for left it is ok. But I want to play on numpad, but game doesn't see this. That's my problem. Sorry for my bad english.

Reply 8 of 20, by eltondo

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I try to edit my keys with hexeditor (CMOS file), because it's somehow encrypted I think. Anyway I can't bind numpad keys normal way.

Reply 9 of 20, by wd

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but when I'm trying to type whatever numpad key (numpad 8, numpad 4 and so on), nothing happens.

Then it won't work with somebody else's CMOS file, you get my point?

Check if having numlock on/off changes the behaviour, and assure that the
numblock works in general (at the dosbox z:\ prompt check that you can
move the cursor on a non-empty command line).

Reply 10 of 20, by eltondo

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Ok I created my CMOS file via hex editor. So far I managed to edit keys with help of hex editor - from offset 0D4h in CMOS file starts key mapping
for MK2 as far as I noticed for now. So for example
first key (up) for player 2 = 1Eh value which means A or B key for up
(still invastigating).
00d4h 1E 00 00 00
second key (down) for player 2 = 30h value
00d8h 30 00 00 00 00

For now I'm building hex keymap values. So I think, I will handle this now.
I only must recognize what hex value stands for num 8 key (up direction) 😉
Thank you for help. Problem solved.

Reply 11 of 20, by eltondo

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But still MK2 freezes on continue screen... 🙁

Reply 12 of 20, by wd

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The screen that pops up once you lost?

Reply 13 of 20, by eltondo

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Yep, the same 😀
And when player 2 join to tournament and player 1 defeats him
it also freezes.

Reply 14 of 20, by eltondo

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"The screen that pops up once you lost"

So, Mr. wd, any hint for that?
Thanks

Reply 15 of 20, by wd

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No hint for that. I don't remember ever having that problem though, so maybe your floppies are corrupt.

Reply 16 of 20, by eltondo

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I don't remember ever having that problem though, so maybe your floppies are corrupt.

Thank you for reply.
I don't think so. I tested it today under vmware virtual dos environment 6.22 and everything works ok. I think this is dosbox problem.

Anybody has idea what's going wrong with MK2 in this place?

Reply 17 of 20, by lightmaster

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original mk2? =D

Reply 18 of 20, by wd

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Anybody has idea what's going wrong with MK2 in this place?

What happens if you press F1 or F2 (depending on what player you are)?

Reply 19 of 20, by eltondo

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What happens if you press F1 or F2 (depending on what player you are)?

It does nothing. When I press F1, I hear the sound, so the game continues, but I don't see screen anymore, just black stain. But now it doesn't matter, I have vm dos installed so I can play 😀
I'm just curious now if somebody has similar problem.

Thank you.