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Slow and kludgy keyboard response
« on: 2008-02-01, 12:53:22 PM »
I don't know if this is just my computer or if it's DirectX or what.  When I go from a window to full screen while playing a game, the keyboard gets really screwy.  Tapping a key does nothing for about a second and then the game acts as if it's been pressed for a full second before stopping.  This is especially noticeable while playing my Tetris game (never played it full-screen while developing) where I can't get the blocks into the right column sometimes.  It works fine in windowed mode, so it's not a problem with my code.  Does anybody else notice this problem at all?  Or is it just a problem with my computer?
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Re: Slow and kludgy keyboard response
« Reply #1 on: 2008-02-01, 03:33:18 PM »
I don't know if this is just my computer or if it's DirectX or what.  When I go from a window to full screen while playing a game, the keyboard gets really screwy.  Tapping a key does nothing for about a second and then the game acts as if it's been pressed for a full second before stopping.  This is especially noticeable while playing my Tetris game (never played it full-screen while developing) where I can't get the blocks into the right column sometimes.  It works fine in windowed mode, so it's not a problem with my code.  Does anybody else notice this problem at all?  Or is it just a problem with my computer?

my guess is either the computer is slow in full screen or you have many things going on at one time (id play your tetris game and find out, if i could get my new computer in finally!)

it could also be resolution changing. try changing the resolution for windows to match the resolution of teh game (unless you have XP and 640x480 isnt avalable)

dont rely on me too much though, im not THAT much of a computer expert  :-X
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Re: Slow and kludgy keyboard response
« Reply #2 on: 2008-02-01, 04:08:50 PM »
Im at school now, but when I get home I will check if your tetris clone plays funny to me.

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Re: Slow and kludgy keyboard response
« Reply #3 on: 2008-02-01, 08:33:14 PM »
It must be something local on your machine because it never had any hiccups on mine.

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Re: Slow and kludgy keyboard response
« Reply #4 on: 2008-02-02, 10:28:58 AM »
I don't see any unusual behavior when switching modes.  It runs a little faster full screen, but that's it.