Hot keys not working - anybody else have/solve this issue?

[Hollywood7]

Thanks, but no it didn't work.

I believe this is less a keyboard.csv issue than it is a pathing issue because it's not reading anything from the SowWL folder to include Saved Games, Replays as well as the keyboard.csv.

I can see the in-game saves and replays that I've saved, but they are not read and listed in-game when I would like to replay/review them.

So again - the game knows where to write the files, but doesn't go back to the same location when it comes time to read them.

I am working on it - I read the manual and there is one hardcoded reference in regard to keyboard.csv (page 74). I checked the path and no such folder existed, so I went ahead and copied the documents\SowWL that was being written to into this hardcoded location, but still nothing on the reading front.

Sorry this is such a pain, but the game is VERY hard to play without the hotkeys and obviously like everyone else I want to be able to use saved games and replays.

Thanks again for assistance.

[mitra76]

DO you mean C:\Users\username\
Documents\SOWWL\ ? Isn't the directory where you see your saves? It should be present in all the Windows OS. The strange is that if you have active the keyboards Q/E, WASD, CTRL, LSHIFT and SPACE there's not reason the others are not seen. Did you try to change the default key for one of these and see if the change is seen from the game?

[Hollywood7]

Yes - I did try changing the default keyboard file, but it did not change anything in-game. I'm thinking the camera keys are hardcoded, but can be updated via a keyboard.csv.

Yes - that is the directory I mean, but the game did NOT install to that directory. I copied all the files over from another Documents\SowWL folder where the game did install to. I don't know how or why it would install elsewhere, but it did and it seems to be writing to the same directory, but just not reading, so I'm thinking one path (the read path) is hardcoded and the write path is determined by the install.

[mitra76]

In my PC (Win7) the documents path is unique also if I can reach it also from the My Documents libraries or from users\[username]; try to check this: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/26559/ch ... r-dropbox/ perhaps you have two differents paths sets

[Hollywood7]

I'm on Windows 8. I did some googling, but couldn't find how to change the pathing, but also, do I really want to do that?

I can reach the sowWL folder from both the Documents folder and via the users\username method.

[mitra76]

Sorry I think i'm lost now: what is then the path without the folder ("I checked the path and no such folder existed")?

[Hollywood7]

I created the a) users/username/Documents/sowWL folder manually by copying all the data from the game created folder in b) This PC > Documents/sowWL.

It only writes replays and saves along with high scores to b), but only reads from high scores from b). It doesn't read or write from/to a) at all.

[mitra76]

This is what I meant; I think your Documents under Libraries is connected to another path (if you make right button->property under the Documents directory in Libraries, you should see the real path connected) that is why no users/username/Documents/sowWL has been created; try to include this last in the library->documents (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/10283/un ... windows-7/)

[Hollywood7]

Ok - I will investigate, I'm Windows 8 and those instructions apply to Windows 7.

[mitra76]

It should be similar I think; you should find in internet instructions for 8.1 too

[Hollywood7]

Still working on it.

[Renato]

I have the same problem.

I downloaded the game through Steam (the latest patch is v1.0042); I use Windows 7 Professional, 32 bit (Service Pack 1).

The file "defaultkeys" was not present in the folder "Documenti/SowWL", but only in the folder "work" on installation.

I copied it in "Documenti/SowWL" to no avail.

The Camera Movement keys are working, but no other does.

I am the computer manager and changed the resolution to 1280 x 768.

The game under this condition is unplayable, especially for the lack of the commands: turn left, turn right, 1, 2, 3 and 4.

[mitra76]

have you renamed defaultkeys to keyboard after have moved it in Documenti/SowWL? (I suppose your file extensions are hidden because you told defaultkeys not defaultkeys.csv, so you must only rename to keyboard)

[Renato]

Thank you very much mitra76; I did what you suggested and all is well.

Now I can play!!!