Seated Computer Terminal

[maiden coral]

{Something for way in the future} A Computer Terminal that must sit at to interact (like the Pilot Seat), while sitting a fuller range of keys are available. Say A-Z, 0-9,Return, Etc. Or at least permit a modder to implement once the SDK is available.

[icy plaza]

absolutely like this idea

[wet sonnet]

I have always wished for full keyboard access

would unlock so much

[icy plaza]

agreed

[icy plaza]

bump

[quartz arrow]

Without mentioning the technical difficulty, it would be mainly about finding a good intuitive and ergonomic method to implement it

The idea of a dedicated seat is a problem because we could not use the R key to exit the seat like the pilot seat does. So if in addition the player has to start memorizing shortcuts for components that are 98% similar, it's inconsistent and annoying...

In short, for now, we have no idea how to implement that properly

[steady river]

Well, you could just leave the key as is, and make the player assign a custom one if they realy need to, that then works for everything. Would fix the problem if I'm not stupid

[quartz arrow]

It is a band-aid solution, it is not a solid solution

If a player needs to change a key to take advantage of all the game's features, from then on, that's a problem. The game must be fully playable, right out of the box.

[steady river]

Yes, but then you will basically never have anything like that, except you sell a purpose-built keyboard with a single key more. You have to make compromises, else Archean will basically not progress(imo)

[strange rampart]

Could just leave exit key as is, and exclude it from terminal's possible keybinds

Imo, a better solution would be to allow adding extra keys as needed to the regular seat, instead of exposing every single key on keyboard as it's own channel in a separate block

[quartz arrow]

It is not because I do not find a solution in 20 minutes that I am not going to find one in 2 weeks ^^
After, it is not an absolute priority for now

In the ideal situation, I would really like a solution that does not even require a dedicated seat

[steady river]

What if you want to make the player able to type something using a keyboard? That's gonna be difficult and annoying

[strange rampart]

Realistically, most people do not need the whole keyboard in a pilot seat
Something something compromises

[steady river]

b-b-b-b-b-bbut then making a keyboard is gonna be super annoying if you make one

I love keyboards

[strange rampart]

Or, you could make the key selection menu be like, an actual keyboard image, and you just rectangle select the keys you want
But that sounds like a UI nightmare to do, and not worth the effort for the very few people who want the whole keyboard