Your browser does not seem to support JavaScript. As a result, your viewing experience will be diminished, and you have been placed in read-only mode.
Please download a browser that supports JavaScript, or enable it if it's disabled (i.e. NoScript).
Problem: Keydown events do not seem to work on windows-based machines. At least they don't within a plug-in for PoG.
I've recently been seeing complaints on the PoG board that people are having problems getting plug-ins to work for the Windows version. After spending a lot of time attempting to troubleshoot simple solutions(installed incorrectly, using the wrong keys, using caps lock for case sensitive keydowns), it seemed like there might be something to it.
So I downloaded and installed the windows version of PoG on my computer at work(yeah, I'm a glutton for punishment), and low and beyold I made an interesting discovery: keydowns do not work on PoG. At least, some of them do not.
I installed a plug-in titled "Volume Control 1.1.2" written by Cafall, which specifies the keys - + and = as keydown events. He has also made his controls into menu items. The menu items work flawlessly(so I know that the plug-in is being recognized), but the keydown events do not.
I installed a plug-in that I wrote, called "PoG Dev Tools." In this plug-in I utilize the ! @ # and (delete) keys. Interestingly, the shift keys (! @ #) do not work at all, but the (delete) key does work.
I have not yet had the time to experiment with character keys(such as a normal letter like 'g' or 'k' etc). However the Beenox created plug-in "Trinity" adds two new keydown events using the 'c' and 'v' keys. So this leads me to believe that perhaps a Coldstone compilation for windows will not recognize keydown events using a shift key.
Anyhow, does anyone know of a reason for this, or a work around for it(besides avoiding using shift keys)?
Thanks
------------------ "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." -- Gene Spafford, 1992
Someone just posted on the PoG board, confirming mu suspicions(about windows not recognizing keydowns that use the shift key). He said that a plug-in written by Glenn called "Speedy Keys" works fine. The keys that this plug-in uses are the following:
Key Function a Use a Healing Potion d Use a Healing Concoction f Use a Healing Infusion g Wield the Divine Lamp h Wear the Heldan Hat r Use the Kingdom Map t Use the Tent <space> Use a Filter (sic) of Healing
I am going to send an email to Dee notifying him of this. Until it gets fixed(if it can be fixed; I know they've had problems with windows), if you want your games and/or plug-ins to be windows compatible, then avoid using keydowns that use the shift key.