Alex Suraci Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Does anyone use the Dvorak layout for gaming? Seems like there's an overwhelming bias to the Qwerty layout among game developers (which isn't surprising). I know I can change the key configuration, but in the first game I tried that with (Mirror's Edge) it simply *will not* accept "," as the forward key (WASD on Qwerty = ,AOE on Dvorak). It asks for letters only. Which is incredibly stupid. Even changing the config file directly causes the game to complain that it's corrupt. Is there any hope at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trag3dy Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Try using the arrow keys maybe? Might be a bit different if it'll even work. I'm not familiar with that keyboard layout so I don't even know if it has them. The other option I can think of is buying a game pad. Although getting a game pad to work with Mirrors Edge on the pc is apparently hit or miss too. I couldn't get mine to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Suraci Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 (edited) More information on the Dvorak keyboard. Arrow keys wouldn't be very convenient given how distant they are from the other keys. Is there some way to have a per-application keyboard layout? Edit: Ctrl+Shift switches between keyboard layouts. Mystery solved. Edited January 19, 2009 by Alex Suraci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Does anyone use the Dvorak layout for gaming? Seems like there's an overwhelming bias to the Qwerty layout among game developers (which isn't surprising).I know I can change the key configuration, but in the first game I tried that with (Mirror's Edge) it simply *will not* accept "," as the forward key (WASD on Qwerty = ,AOE on Dvorak). It asks for letters only. Which is incredibly stupid. Even changing the config file directly causes the game to complain that it's corrupt. Is there any hope at all? Try to shift your layout one key right. A lot of peple do hat on QWERTY as well, more easy to access keys around your 4 main keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Suraci Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 Try to shift your layout one key right. A lot of peple do hat on QWERTY as well, more easy to access keys around your 4 main keys. That'd still land on the "." key. Regardless, I think I'm content with the Ctrl+Shift shortcut, especially since it's per-application. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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