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I was wondering if there was an easy (or even a not so easy) way to change the keybindings for the game.  I t plays great, but for some reason any of _Enter_, _shift_ and _num 8_ seems to invalidate the others on my crappy keyboard.  That aside, the game is much fun and I appreciate the work that has into it.  Thank you.  

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this solution would be not so simple...

i don't think the game supports it yet. you might try changing the keys at the operating system level. I know in in linux and probably bsd, in xfree86, you can use the xmodmap command to remap your keyboard.

I'm not sure about windows though..

mathieu

I thought as much.  Sadly, I am doomed to use win XP.  Any suggestion at all would be greatly appreciated.

If you compile the game from CVS you can alter the source code before compilation to give you a different key binding. I think the relevant source file is 'setup.c'.  Not a very easy solution, but if you can code a little it's not too hard to figure out. The last time I compiled there was actually another block of code (it was commented out) that contained an alternative key binding.

I also had this same problem, as I play on a laptop with no numberpad + key at all, so I was totally unable to escape from combat once entered.  This proved naturally to be quite the problem when faced with having to run from the Shofixti and the Mycon homeworld.  I eventually came across a simple program that allows you to change what characters you want your keyboard keys to actually mean.  I bound the numberpad + key to the right alt key, and it worked out just fine.

The URL to this program is:  http://www.dev-labs.com/kr/

So might be a good temporary solution until a way to change key bindings for the game itself is introduced.