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Baggins (Guest) (10 posts) Aug-22-06, 11:22 AM (Pacific) "Foreign keyboard problem" Hello. This great game hasn't released in my country, France, so I ordered the UK version and played it for a few months without encountering any problems. But now I am in the Rapax Castle, in the way to become a Templar, and I must give his master's name to the guard in the balcony room. This name contains a " ' ". UK and France haven't the same keybords : they almost contain the same signs, but not placed on the same keys. That's why, as an exemple, when playing Wizardry I type a "$", a "-" appears. Still no problem, when needed I try every key until the good sign appears... But I can't obtain a " ' ", this simple " ' " that causes the guard to not recognize the name. Have some of you encountered the same problem ? Anyway, thank you for having read such a long (but thrilling and exciting) post.   Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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RE: Foreign keyboard problem, rbrown, 11:27 AM, Aug-22-06, (1) RE: Foreign keyboard problem, Baggins (Guest), 12:01 PM, Aug-22-06, (2) I thought it was a dash (-), Llevram, 12:15 PM, Aug-22-06, (3) RE: I thought it was a dash (-), Baggins (Guest), 01:11 PM, Aug-22-06, (4) Keystrokes, Llevram, 02:12 PM, Aug-22-06, (5) No good .. but ..., Llevram, 07:25 PM, Aug-22-06, (6) RE: No good .. but ..., Baggins (Guest), 00:12 AM, Aug-23-06, (7) RE: No good .. but ..., myrddin, 09:41 AM, Aug-23-06, (8) RE: No good .. but ..., Baggins (Guest), 12:30 PM, Aug-23-06, (9) RE: No good .. but ..., Baggins (Guest), 01:00 PM, Aug-23-06, (10) Easiest solution, Llevram, 05:06 PM, Aug-23-06, (11) RE: Easiest solution, Baggins (Guest), 02:48 AM, Aug-24-06, (12) I can do it, Llevram, 07:38 AM, Aug-24-06, (13) RE: I can do it, Baggins, 10:28 AM, Aug-27-06, (14) Reply sent - your welcome., Llevram, 04:55 PM, Aug-27-06, (15) easy way out, ShadowCrust, 11:03 AM, Sep-05-06, (16) Another easy way out, mad god, 09:48 PM, Sep-07-06, (17)

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rbrown (2 posts) Aug-22-06, 11:27 AM (Pacific) 1. "RE: Foreign keyboard problem" I just hit the spacebar. Al Adryian   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Baggins (Guest) (10 posts) Aug-22-06, 12:01 PM (Pacific) 2. "RE: Foreign keyboard problem" I had already tried this, and re-tried now just to be sure. For me it doesn't work (???...)   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Llevram (5413 posts) Aug-22-06, 12:15 PM (Pacific) 3. "I thought it was a dash (-)" LAST EDITED ON Aug-22-06 AT 12:16 PM (Pacific) As in Al-Adryian. Anyhow, this has worked in other cases, not sure if it will work with the foreign keyboard issue. You can get any keystrok via it's ascii code and the ALT key. Hold down ALT and type 065 on your numeric keypad and you get: A 066 is B, etc. Here are the codes to try: - 039 ' 045 Note: these codes don't work in applications, like Netscape, that have functions (like close the window without prompting ;-() mapped to ALT + 4 Note 2: Duh! It helps if you put NUM Locks on Tools for Wizardry(r) 7   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Baggins (Guest) (10 posts) Aug-22-06, 01:11 PM (Pacific) 4. "RE: I thought it was a dash (-)" You're right, it's a dash. I forgot, not having had the occasion to play for a week. But I can't manage to have any of ' or -, my exemple was invented. For the note I : Looks like Wizardry doesn't know these codes. For the note II : ...I didn't understand. What's a NUM lock? Maybe it's just because I don't know the English informatical terms. By the way, thanks a lot for the quick answer. I often try to see if there are people I can help on this forum, but there is always somebody faster   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Llevram (5413 posts) Aug-22-06, 02:12 PM (Pacific) 5. "Keystrokes" Note I: that may because Wizardry is trapping the ALT keypress Note II: NUM locks is the key that makes the numeric keypad act like numbers, instead of arrow keys. I'll double check this when I get home ... Tools for Wizardry(r) 7   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Llevram (5413 posts) Aug-22-06, 07:25 PM (Pacific) 6. "No good .. but ..." Maybe type the text in another application, like NotePad, then cut and paste it into Wizardry ... Tools for Wizardry(r) 7   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Baggins (Guest) (10 posts) Aug-23-06, 00:12 AM (Pacific) 7. "RE: No good .. but ..." How is it possible to have the "paste" option during game?   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

myrddin (24 posts) Aug-23-06, 09:41 AM (Pacific) 8. "RE: No good .. but ..." ctrl-v !   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Baggins (Guest) (10 posts) Aug-23-06, 12:30 PM (Pacific) 9. "RE: No good .. but ..." You mean, to copy the name here then to type ctrl + v when I must type the name? Nothing happens.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Baggins (Guest) (10 posts) Aug-23-06, 01:00 PM (Pacific) 10. "RE: No good .. but ..." By the way, if it reveals to be too difficult, isn't it a way to program the files in order to have the same result as if I had given the name?   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Llevram (5413 posts) Aug-23-06, 05:06 PM (Pacific) 11. "Easiest solution" May be to upload your saved game somewhere, have someone with a "working keyboard" give the answer, save and give you back the new saved game. Tools for Wizardry(r) 7   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Baggins (Guest) (10 posts) Aug-24-06, 02:48 AM (Pacific) 12. "RE: Easiest solution" That would be great ! Do someone agree to do it? By the way, I won't be able to post nor read new messages until next wednesday, because I won't have Internet, but I will contact whoever is willing to do it for me as soon as possible.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Llevram (5413 posts) Aug-24-06, 07:38 AM (Pacific) 13. "I can do it" ... just email me off the email icon (looks like this: ) on this post. Tools for Wizardry(r) 7   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Baggins (3 posts) Aug-27-06, 10:28 AM (Pacific) 14. "RE: I can do it" Save sent. Thank you.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Llevram (5413 posts) Aug-27-06, 04:55 PM (Pacific) 15. "Reply sent - your welcome." Tools for Wizardry(r) 7   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

ShadowCrust (0 posts) Sep-05-06, 11:03 AM (Pacific) 16. "easy way out" I realize I'm a little late, so this is just for future reference: would it not be possible to temporily set the keyboard layout of your operating system to English?   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

mad god (4 posts) Sep-07-06, 09:48 PM (Pacific) 17. "Another easy way out" You can modify NPC's script slightly and replace this annoying character with another simple symbol.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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