Thanks for the paste and diagnosis.

Here's the strangest deal, to me at least. Uninstalling did not get rid of the keys.cfg.
Additionally, I did a search of my C drive (where UQM was loaded) searched for the uqm.cfg file, presumably found it, deleted it, uninstalled, and then reinstalled.

The old keys remained.

What's the dealio with that?

Okay, So I uninstalled and reinstalled, and I'm getting the same problem -- launch and exit, all within no more than 2 seconds - and I don't get to the main menu screen.

How can I at least keep the window open that has all the text stuff going on in the background? I can then copy and paste stuff here so someone can diagnose my problem.

Thanks!

There have been some changes to the key config, so I'm not this is correct for the version you're using, but in the most recent version it's like this:
- Player-1-Blah should be Keyboard-1-Blah
- There is no "Thrust", just "Up"

Also, you can tell Windows not to close the text Window after program termination, so you can see the error message.

I just downloaded TUQM a few days ago (perhaps last week) so I'm pretty sure it's the up-to-date control scheme. I got it off a mirror from the Source Forge site.

I need you to post the full config. I copyed your settings to my config (the ones you posted), and I played just fine. The problem might lie somewhere else in your config. Also, Try to run UQM from a cmd line. That way you can see what error your getting.

here's the config file:

# Default UQM input configuration file.

# This is a VCONTROL version 2 config file (UQM 0.5 or later).
version 2

# Keyboard control definitions follow this point.  Most keys can be
# described in a straightforward manner; consult the name table in
# src/sc2code/libs/input/sdl/keynames.c for the names of unusual keys.
# Most keys can be named by just the symbol they produce.

# Menu controls.  Both sets of arrow keys, basically.  Paging controls
# moving quickly through the file lists in Super Melee.  Zooming
# controls zoom controls in the starmap.  "Cancel" is also used to get
# you into menu mode to begin with.  There is a "Menu-Special" command
# currently unused by the game.  It seems to have been originally used
# to call up details on starships in the Super Melee selection screen.

# Arrow key controls...
Menu-Up: key w
Menu-Down: key s
Menu-Right: key d
Menu-Left: key a
Menu-Page-Up: key PageUp
Menu-Page-Down: key PageDown
Menu-Home: key Home
Menu-End: key End
Menu-Zoom-In: key PageUp
Menu-Zoom-Out: key PageDown
Menu-Select: key j
Menu-Select: key k
Menu-Cancel: key l
Menu-Cancel: key RightShift
Menu-Delete: key Delete
Menu-Backspace: key Backspace
Menu-Edit-Cancel: key Escape
Menu-Search: key /
Menu-Next: key Tab

# ... and the number pad.  Note that zoom controls on the starmap are
# different from the paging controls in Super Melee.
Menu-Up: key w
Menu-Down: key s
Menu-Left: key a
Menu-Right: key d
Menu-Page-Up: key Keypad-9
Menu-Page-Down: key Keypad-3
Menu-Home: key Keypad-7
Menu-End: key Keypad-1
Menu-Zoom-In: key Keypad-+
Menu-Zoom-Out: key Keypad--
Menu-Select: key Keypad-Enter
Menu-Cancel: key Keypad-0
Menu-Delete: key Keypad-.

# Player 1's flight controls.  This is the bottom player in Super
# Melee and the player in the full game.  Again, the player has the
# option of using either the number pad or the arrow keys.

Player-1-Thrust: key w
Player-1-Left: key a
Player-1-Right: key d
Player-1-Weapon: key j
Player-1-Weapon: key k
Player-1-Special: key l
Player-1-Escape: key Escape

Player-1-Thrust: key w
Player-1-Left: key a
Player-1-Right: key d
Player-1-Weapon: key j
Player-1-Special: key l

Player-1-Weapon: key j
Player-1-Special: key l

# Lander controls.  These map mostly to Player 1's controls.

Lander-Thrust: key w
Lander-Left: key a
Lander-Right: key d
Lander-Weapon: key j
Lander-Weapon: key k
Lander-Escape: key l
Lander-Escape: key e

Lander-Thrust: key w
Lander-Left: key a
Lander-Right: key d
Lander-Weapon: key j
Lander-Escape: key l

Lander-Weapon: key j
Lander-Escape: key k
Lander-Escape: key l

# Player 2's flight controls.  We add the key 'd' to let him
# move down in the super-melee ship selection.
Player-2-Thrust: key up
Player-2-Left: key left
Player-2-Right: key right
Player-2-Down: key down
Player-2-Weapon: key RightShift
Player-2-Special: key RightCtrl

# System utility keys.
Pause: key Pause
Pause: key F1
Exit: key F10

# This is a sample joystick configuration.  This is intended to work
# primarily under WinXP with a USB analog/digital gamepad.  The
# digital aspect of the gamepad happens to present itself to the
# system as a POV hat.  This configuration allows either the digital
# or analog stick to be used simultaneously.  More importantly, it
# gives us a chance to give examples for all of the various input types
# that UQM can handle.

joystick 0 threshold 10000   # How far to move before it counts; 0-30000
Menu-Left: joystick 0 axis 0 negative
Player-1-Left: joystick 0 axis 0 negative
Lander-Left: joystick 0 axis 0 negative
Menu-Right: joystick 0 axis 0 positive
Player-1-Right: joystick 0 axis 0 positive
Lander-Right: joystick 0 axis 0 positive
Menu-Up: joystick 0 axis 1 negative
Player-1-Thrust: joystick 0 axis 1 negative
Lander-Thrust: joystick 0 axis 1 negative
Menu-Down: joystick 0 axis 1 positive
Menu-Cancel: joystick 0 button 0
Player-1-Special: joystick 0 button 0
Menu-Select: joystick 0 button 1
Player-1-Weapon: joystick 0 button 1
Lander-Weapon: joystick 0 button 1
Menu-Page-Up: joystick 0 button 4
Menu-Page-Down: joystick 0 button 5
Menu-Zoom-In: joystick 0 button 6
Player-1-Escape: joystick 0 button 6
Lander-Escape: joystick 0 button 6
Menu-Zoom-Out: joystick 0 button 7

# And now the POV hat controls.
Menu-Left: joystick 0 hat 0 left
Player-1-Left: joystick 0 hat 0 left
Lander-Left: joystick 0 hat 0 left
Menu-Right: joystick 0 hat 0 right
Player-1-Right: joystick 0 hat 0 right
Lander-Right: joystick 0 hat 0 right
Menu-Up: joystick 0 hat 0 up
Player-1-Thrust: joystick 0 hat 0 up
Lander-Thrust: joystick 0 hat 0 up
Menu-Down: joystick 0 hat 0 down

# Second joystick
joystick 1 threshold 10000   # How far to move before it counts; 0-30000
Menu-Left: joystick 1 axis 0 negative
Player-1-Left: joystick 1 axis 0 negative
Lander-Left: joystick 1 axis 0 negative
Menu-Right: joystick 1 axis 0 positive
Player-1-Right: joystick 1 axis 0 positive
Lander-Right: joystick 1 axis 0 positive
Menu-Up: joystick 1 axis 1 negative
Player-1-Thrust: joystick 1 axis 1 negative
Lander-Thrust: joystick 1 axis 1 negative
Menu-Down: joystick 1 axis 1 positive
Menu-Cancel: joystick 1 button 0
Player-1-Special: joystick 1 button 0
Menu-Select: joystick 1 button 1
Player-1-Weapon: joystick 1 button 1
Lander-Weapon: joystick 1 button 1
Menu-Page-Up: joystick 1 button 4
Menu-Page-Down: joystick 1 button 5
Menu-Zoom-In: joystick 1 button 6
Player-1-Escape: joystick 1 button 6
Lander-Escape: joystick 1 button 6
Menu-Zoom-Out: joystick 1 button 7

# POV hat controls for the second joystick
Menu-Left: joystick 1 hat 0 left
Player-1-Left: joystick 1 hat 0 left
Lander-Left: joystick 1 hat 0 left
Menu-Right: joystick 1 hat 0 right
Player-1-Right: joystick 1 hat 0 right
Lander-Right: joystick 1 hat 0 right
Menu-Up: joystick 1 hat 0 up
Player-1-Thrust: joystick 1 hat 0 up
Lander-Thrust: joystick 1 hat 0 up
Menu-Down: joystick 1 hat 0 down

I'm playing on a laptop, so the default control scheme doesn't work at all for me, with both hands needing to be in the corner of the already smaller laptop keyboard.

I tried to change the keys.cfg, and I beleive I did so correctly, however when I tried to re-launch TUQM I don't even get to the main menu. It just launches and closes, no messages. Here's a sample of how I set my keys (to make sure I did it right)


# Arrow key controls...
Menu-Up: key w
Menu-Down: key s
Menu-Right: key d
Menu-Left: key a

and more...

Player-1-Thrust: key w
Player-1-Left: key a
Player-1-Right: key d
Player-1-Weapon: key j
Player-1-Weapon: key k
Player-1-Special: key l

did I use proper syntax? I thought I did, but I could be crazy (which often happens with me)

Thanks!

I was unable to experience SC2 prior to....3 or 4 days ago, via UQM. I am really enjoying it to this point, and it is clearly evident to me that a sequel/update is what is needed. As I have no "nostalga factor" working for me, I may provide a somewhat different perspective than many of you, but whatever, that's what forums are for, right?

As for 3d, I definately think that it could work, and work well, if done correctly. How I imagine that this would work is a similar camera job to Crimson Skies for Xbox - Behind the ship piloting, forgiving controls, easy manouvoring, and so forth -- not a flying simulator, but an engine that allows for fun "dogfight" style combat. What could make the combat especially interesting is, if the engine is advanced, different effects of lighting (WWII style attacking out of the light of stars) and atmospheric effects of planets or moons (perhaps skimming along atmospheres, while not appropriate in the realm of physics, can make it harder for you to be seen?)  through on screen radar style screens, I think it shouldn't be too hard to figure out where enemies are. There need not be a 3d starmap, maybe a "nav computer" or some business will handle that for you, and you just need to get far enough out of a solar system (sort of like how Escape Velocity handled star systems).

Harvesting - I don't see anything wrong with the style that is done in SC2, so it can stay the way it is...or maybe be automated in some way -- you orbit a planet, bringing up a menu for scans and all of that, and send down your lander. perhaps, if that process is automated, you leave the lander and go explore for some time. You receive a warning a few game days later stating that the mining expedition is complete, and you go to pick up the crew. Perhaps some will die if you just send down "miners" with no protection from life forms, and perhaps scientists may find something other than minerals, so on and so forth.

Consoles? Why not? If it doesn't detract from the overall focus of the game, I don't see a problem with it. However, I would suggest that Activision decide, for instance, to make a PC game, and THEN do what is necessary for it to get onto a console ( I imagine that the 360 would be the best for ports like this). Too many times developers try to make a game for all systems, and they end up too thinned out to be good on any platform.

so, let the newbie have it. I don't have the history and deep-rooted love for the game that you all do, but perhaps my perspective can show what newcommers to the series may approach the idea of remaking a classic (or making a sequel)  that they have not been exposed to.