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The fucking "Record video" needs a better hotkey.
Posted: 27 Nov 2005, 21:37
by Kixxe
You all know the "V" command right? It brings up a small stupid box who says something about "what kind of codec you want and other boring shit" and then records a video? And you know about the frekinG "OMFG THE LAG" it causes?
Well, today, it ends. Im sick and tired of the V command ruining a critcal moment when i try to find a idle com to build some MT and Flakkers when i suddenly realises that my enemy is building brawlers. Whoops, Lag, the brawlers onroot pwns your ass.
Why i suddenly Wanted to remove this idotic key? Well, 1: It's has been bugging me many version to remove it from the "Keysomething.txt" 2: It has ruined many games where i click it and 3:
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[21:17:21] <Kixxe> WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[21:17:30] <BigSteve> ?
[21:17:45] <Kixxe> Okay, the fucking all sucky "Video hotkey:V" needs to go!
[21:17:54] <Kixxe> I just played, mmh kay?
[21:17:59] * wazzza is eating brain
[21:18:01] <BigSteve> hehe
[21:18:20] <Kixxe> Tried to find idle com, presseding Ctrl+c does so, pressing ctrl+v on the other hand
[21:18:34] * wazzza likes brains
[21:18:35] <Kixxe> It brouthg up some sucky shit and made the game a mess
[21:18:43] * wazzza is very inteligent
[21:18:46] <BigSteve> just press v again
[21:18:47] <Kixxe> THEN i wanted to write "I hate the V command"
[21:18:54] <Kixxe> Under the UBER LAG
[21:19:05] <BigSteve> i think that works if you press v again
[21:19:10] <Kixxe> But it seams, thanks to lag, that CTRL was pushed in
[21:19:11] <BigSteve> it cancels it
[21:19:17] <BigSteve> ah
[21:19:18] <BigSteve> hmmm
[21:19:29] <Kixxe> So, Ctrl A and ctrl d made all my units blow up
[21:19:35] <BigSteve> lol
[21:19:44] <Kixxe> And then TAspring treaw an error and crashed
[21:19:47] <Kixxe> YAY
[21:19:59] <Kixxe> Okay, no error, but it crashed
[21:20:00] <Kixxe> Bam
[21:20:05] <Kixxe> I did'nt push ESC
[21:20:26] <Kixxe> So now, im proposing to take the V command to F11 or something
[21:20:31] <Kixxe> Volia, problem solevd
[21:26:16] <Dynamoe2> 1 more for Mars
[21:26:31] <Kixxe> meh, im gonna go post a treadh bout this shit
Posted: 27 Nov 2005, 21:52
by Targ Collective
...Then just edit the SelectKeys file. Any text editor will do it. Boom, changed keybinding and end of gripe.
Posted: 27 Nov 2005, 22:04
by Kixxe
Targ Collective wrote:...Then just edit the SelectKeys file. Any text editor will do it. Boom, changed keybinding and end of gripe.
Kixxe wrote:1: It's has been bugging me many version to remove it from the "Keysomething.txt
I know, it's esay, but i gotta change it with EVERY new version. And, it servers no pratical use being close to other keys you use alot. Why the hell keep it where it is?
Posted: 27 Nov 2005, 23:36
by Das Bruce
I've lagged out of games because I accidentally hit it then put it behind spring and couldn't get it back.
Posted: 28 Nov 2005, 01:58
by mongus
to get to the record video dialog, if you missed it by accident, ALT+TAB (usually once).
to cancell it, press Esc.
yeps, its a bit trippy where it is atm.
i suggest
bind f10 CreateVideo
(and... what does SingleStep do???).
edit:
I know, it's esay, but i gotta change it with EVERY new version. And, it servers no pratical use being close to other keys you use alot. Why the hell keep it where it is?
yes.. deffinetly please.. do not overwrite the files!..
or at least ... generate a backup.. or attempt to update...
well take this only as a suggetion, as i know there are lots other things to do.
in the meantime i suggest everybody to make a
manual backup, (as i have now :) )
edit 2: ah.. and.. should we be using the feature request system?..
tx Sean Mirrsen, its even more precise than trying a slow speed then. (for screenshot purpouses in my case :) )
Posted: 28 Nov 2005, 02:01
by Sean Mirrsen
Jumps the game logic to the next tick. Effective only during pause.
Posted: 28 Nov 2005, 02:33
by FolCan
ive never had this problem in a online game...
Just be more careful I guess
Posted: 28 Nov 2005, 03:35
by Maelstrom
Ive had this problem as well. Not very often, but it does get very annoying when it happenes. F10 is good, and is what I usually bind it to after the updates. Please, for the next update, change it to F10 or some other obscure key.
Posted: 28 Nov 2005, 13:44
by smokingwreckage
Get that damn key off to somewhere else by default, it screws new players.
Posted: 28 Nov 2005, 14:50
by SwiftSpear
If video recording acctually worked or there was some easy way to get rid of the stupid thing then it wouldn't be so much of a problem. However the current "press V to explode spring" system is kindof stupid.
Posted: 28 Nov 2005, 15:26
by Targ Collective
There is an easy way. Create a self-extracting Zip file with your keybindings and point it to your Spring directory. Really quick, double-click, instant restore is just so slick...
It's really that easy. Although the installer should detect existing keybindings, and V is an inconvenient spot, it's not armageddon.
Posted: 28 Nov 2005, 18:10
by BadMan
Yes, I agree. I just usually comment it out. But when pushing it by accident, it does work. Great for making a video about a new bug you found. You just need to have a video codec already installed on your system for it to work (XviD, divx, etc etc)
Posted: 28 Nov 2005, 20:55
by AF
Wouldnt making the file readonly when your not changing ti do the same job?
I hit v by accident alot, The game lags because a freaker is stuck in a factory, i fidn ti adn go to rpess c, the agme si runnign at somethign like 2FPS and my chatbox is fileld with error emssages at aroudn 40 msgs per second.
Then hey presto I rpess v instead of c and I get a dialog. I cant see where my mous is so I cant use this dialog and I have never been able to record as a result. It then press esc and my AI Log is ruined at several hudnred MB of saved erro messages. To make thsi worse I then ahve to wait for NTAi to finish writting the backglog of engien error msgs its recieving.
Posted: 29 Nov 2005, 14:19
by PauloMorfeo
Shouldn't be too hard to do and would solve a great annoyance thus beeing very benefitial for the amount of work involved. Me votes yes.
Posted: 29 Nov 2005, 17:43
by mongus
*keeps thinking of the tactical mode... and "layered" interface"