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First post, by Great Hierophant

Posted on 2012-03-03, 02:34

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Is there any issue processing a Ctrl-C or other Ctrl key combination in a game? Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken both use Ctrl-C to quit the game, and it has never registered in stock or SVN DOSBox. Would using the keymapper work?

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Reply 1 of 3, by leileilol

Posted on 2012-03-03, 02:42

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SDL screwup possibility? If you use Windows 7, try uninstalling the MCIR keyboard drivers and try again.

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Reply 2 of 3, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2012-03-03, 03:49

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Programs will see a Ctrl-C if they are looking for the *keypress*, but if they are looking for a DOS break to be triggered by the keypress (the early Lucasfilm games you mention do) it doesn't work in DOSBox because the break functionality is not implemented. It should work if you boot real DOS in DOSBox, though.

Reply 3 of 3, by Great Hierophant

Posted on 2012-03-03, 05:08

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ripsaw8080 wrote:
Programs will see a Ctrl-C if they are looking for the *keypress*, but if they are looking for a DOS break to be triggered by the keypress (the early Lucasfilm games you mention do) it doesn't work in DOSBox because the break functionality is not implemented. It should work if you boot real DOS in DOSBox, though.

You are absolutely right, booting to MS-DOS 5.0 made the function work correctly. I have always wondered about that.

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