Posted: 6/23/2010 7:43 PM
Post subject: VBA doesn't recognize more than two button presses
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p4wn3r
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I'm using VBA v22 and when I hold too many buttons at the same time, it doesn't read all the presses. It doesn't understand, for example, Up+R+B. I tried putting input display on and it only shows two or sometimes only one of them pressed.
Posted: 6/23/2010 8:05 PM
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Tristal
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I know nothing about VBA, but some keyboards may not accept the combination of inputs. Try remapping buttons to other keys, specifically Ctrl/Alt/Shift should be cross-compatible.
Posted: 6/24/2010 4:22 AM
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It's simply a keyboard limitation that can't accept too many presses at once. Remap your keys or use a controller to bypass the issue.
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Posted: 6/24/2010 9:49 AM
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p4wn3r
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OK. I changed some keys to Ctrl, Alt and Shift and it worked. Thanks for your help.
Posted: 6/24/2010 10:59 AM
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My old keyboard accepted simultaneous pressing of A, W and S which are next to each other while my new keyboard only accepts A, W and D. (See image) Are there keyboards which accept more or even all possible key presses?
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Posted: 6/24/2010 11:31 AM
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I have an old PS2 keyboard, and I had this problem where multiple arrow keys at once wouldn't be registered. Switching to the numeric keypad partially fixed this issue.