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Author Topic: Playing DF on a laptop without a numpad...  (Read 772 times)

Ryke Masters

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Playing DF on a laptop without a numpad...
« on: December 28, 2008, 10:23:49 pm »
I made the changes the wiki suggests to the keybinds, but my + and - keys still don't work in menus. For example, I can't assign skills to my dwarves when embarking. I assume I'm not the first one to have the problem, but the wiki doesn't seem to help much.
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Re: Playing DF on a laptop without a numpad...
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2008, 10:28:01 pm »
You should have a "Fn" key on your keyboard that lets you use the right part of your keyboard as a numpad. i got numpad +/- on "?" and ";" on my laptop.
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Re: Playing DF on a laptop without a numpad...
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2008, 10:36:42 pm »
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I re'ersed what the wiki suggested, and that's how I use the (normal, number row) -/+

Oh, btw- don't use shift on plus. It'd be "SHIFT+PLUS" then.
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Re: Playing DF on a laptop without a numpad...
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2008, 03:07:54 pm »
I can't stand trying to use a numberpad on a laptop because it tends to cover up a few keys that I'd like to use in game.  I go into the keybindings screen and changes those to ' / < > or , . .  Those keys tend to be out of the way and its really easy to hit shift and the arrow keys.
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