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From: koo@pub2.HAC.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Flight Simulators: Keyboard Control Question
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Date: 24 Jul 90 20:15:56 GMT
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Why do flight simulators *have* to map different keys for the same functions?!!

I have Flight Simulator II, and it bugs me that FA/18 and FALCON have different
keys for throttle, flaps, banking, etc.  The machine is hard enough to control
as it is!

Has anyone thought about standardizing the key controls?  There are so many
great flight simulators being introduced...  I'll probably want to get one or
two, but I'd hate to learn the different keystrokes for each one!  Plus it's
pretty hard to admire the scenery when one has to keep looking down at the
manual.

Question:  Can something be done with the keymaps directory?  I noticed that
	   different keymaps are supported by WorkBench e.g.  keymaps/usa0 and
	   keymaps/usa1, etc.  How about keymaps/FSII_to_Falcon, or
	   keymaps/Falcon_to_FA18?  Then all one has to do is to edit the
	   keymap to load a custom environment on an unfamiliar simulator.

One problem I can forsee is that the flight simulators will need to know
whether a custom keymap is being used, so the key will be mapped according to
context (e.g.  'A' could be a letter for entering a name, or it could adjust
the aileron (or something)).

    Frances (koo@tcville.hac.com)