QUOTE(Carcharius @ Dec 27 2007, 10:11 PM)
Is there any chance of a more complete description of the virtual keyboard problems with the Feeble Files etc. I don't own a copy of those games myself so haven't been able to do any testing in that regard. As much detail as possible would be appreciated (IMG:
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Sure, I'd be glad to do so. (IMG:
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It seems to be a general problem with the way the menu acts in Feeble Files. It is partly dynamic, so when you select an option a voice over will start, or some text will fade in. In the timeframe when the text fades in, the games cursor is blinded out. In fact its even deactivated, you can tell, because normaly reaching the outmost border of the menu window (by simply pressing LStick in any direction for a couple of seconds), the menu closes; While the cursor is blinded out this does not accur.
After you've clicked on "save game", the save slots slide in, with 1 being "new savegame" and as soon as you click on any of the existing savegames, or 1 for a new one, the virtual keyboard pops up, but at the same time, the cursor blanks out (because the game expects a keyboard input). the game does not crash (you can still blend out the keyboard with L, or press Start(/Enter), which will abort the saving process, because you've entered no savename, you can even enter letters using an attached USB keyboard and save this way), it just makes it imposible to save (with just the controller) due to the non existent cursor.
Other games (Kyrandia, Elvira, ...) also produce some graphical glitches with the virtual keyboard (because it becomes "part of the game" rather than an additional layer (granted cause you use the ingame cursor for input)) where the virtual keyboard would stay in a scene after you've blended it out, until the next screen refresh (fe when you enter a new area). I take it this is because in those games the screen does not refresh instantly, but rather "when it's needed". Sometimes this even produces some need overlay effects, where parts of the keyboards are visible and others not, because some cluster underneath it got refreshed, while others didn't.
Oh yes, and don't forget about the screen resizing! (IMG:
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This post has been edited by harlekin: Dec 29 2007, 03:44 AM
