Win2K+and+XP+Keysetting+cure

Topic from Vonbeerhofen submitted by RAF_Dumoulin.

After Sydbod found the problem causing this nasty problem, he tried to solve it by creating a new CDF without the bug.

The new CDF : http://home.ripway.com/2005-3/272060/XP_Text_eng.zip

Sadly this technique didn't quite work out right so instead I isolated the particular file causing the problem and edited it. The file can simply be dropped into your EAW folder or into your F 1(EAWRp2.6) folder in OAW to make sure it's loaded each time you play the game. Tests have shown that the file should work with your original INI but due to differences in OS it is possible you may have to generate a new default INI and add your keysettings to this new one and reconfigure the hardware settings. So it's wise to keep a backed up version untill you have it working. Removing the REMAPABL.STR file and restoring your default INI will take you back to your previous situation so you can give it another try. Notice that an OAW reset will remove this file and you're back to the same problem untill you reload the REMAPABL.STR The codegroup is working on a permanent solution but there's no telling how long this may take. The file is available here: Fix available by request on the forum SimhQ!!!!!


 * //Tips for the keyboard use under WinXP//**

Topic from Ralf Knegel and submitted by RAF_Dumoulin

iam unsure if this work for all XP users, but we all know the problem that we are sitting in the prebriefing, all players are ready, but then we hear a new member joining the chat(or teamspeak). Ok, now we are all very nice and dont wanna leave this guy alone, so we need to give him the magical number and ip. Under Win98 i was able to 'alt tab' back to desctop, but under WinXP this dont work, so someone need to leave the game to share the MN and IP.

Today i found that 'ctrl alt del' enable the taskmamager and at same time i switch back to desctop. Now i could share the MN and ip, and return to EAW, without to leave it.

Could someone test if this work for all??

Another related finding is EAW screenfreezing related.

For now i had to make a hard PC shutdown to get out of a frozzen screen, but i took notice that the taskmanager start to work in the background, if i push 'ctrl alt del', although in most cases it stay invisible behind the frozzen screen. Important to know is that the tastmanager pop up with the frozzen EAW highlighted. So i only need to push 'alt t' to shut EAW down.

This finding made Rocketfreeze related tests very easy, but also tests related to the 'nation-year-weapon-freeze'.