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  • DDR_M45T4
    FFR Player
    • Dec 2007
    • 11

    #1

    My arrow keys cant hold more than two notes at a time

    my old computer didnt have this problem but with my new one if I press more than two arrows at the same time the game wont read it. this is a problem since a lot of my stepmania songs require you to press more than two keys at a time especially with holds, then I lose big time on my score.
    my computer is an old macbook but my Acer PC worked fine with all the arrows. is there any way to fix this

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  • PrawnSkunk
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    • Dec 2007
    • 3907

    #2
    Re: My arrow keys cant hold more than two notes at a time

    Play around with this tool until you find a setup which registers all 4 keys at once. Make sure to try combinations of letter keys+numpad keys (eg. Q W Num8 Num6).

    Last edited by PrawnSkunk; 01-4-2018, 12:49 AM.

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    • Shodzzy
      FFR Player
      • Oct 2017
      • 243

      #3
      Re: My arrow keys cant hold more than two notes at a time

      If you're having the same problem with FFR, I suggest using spread (A S K L). Before spread, i could only play songs up to the 20 difficulty, now I can play 40 songs without fail most of the time after 2 weeks with spread.
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      • Dinglesberry
        longing
        • Dec 2007
        • 2679

        #4
        Re: My arrow keys cant hold more than two notes at a time

        get a keyboard with n-key rollover

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        • SK8R43
          D7 Elite Keymasher
          • Jan 2008
          • 4683

          #5
          Re: My arrow keys cant hold more than two notes at a time

          get a gaming keyboard. or the logitech k120 which will work just fine and is only about $12
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          • Dinglesberry
            longing
            • Dec 2007
            • 2679

            #6
            Re: My arrow keys cant hold more than two notes at a time

            if you play arrow game seriously you owe it to yourself to buy a mechanical keyboard imo

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            • Rapta
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              #7
              Re: My arrow keys cant hold more than two notes at a time

              Originally posted by SK8R43
              get a gaming keyboard. or the logitech k120 which will work just fine and is only about $12
              I have a logitech k120 as a backup keyboard and it ghosts.
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              • SK8R43
                D7 Elite Keymasher
                • Jan 2008
                • 4683

                #8
                Re: My arrow keys cant hold more than two notes at a time

                Originally posted by Rapta
                I have a logitech k120 as a backup keyboard and it ghosts.
                Yeah, but its cheap what do you expect? theres still plenty of setups that you can use to hit quads and even some where you can hit 6 at once.. I have 3 k120s and a gaming keyboard. They last years as well.
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                • clasko1000
                  Ima Twans
                  • Aug 2006
                  • 633

                  #9
                  Re: My arrow keys cant hold more than two notes at a time

                  Its most likely your keyboard. Normal Keyboards are only set up to press 2 keys at once, once you hit a third they don't register.

                  Gaming keyboards usually allow 10 inputs or more(Like the whole keyboard). The term is called ghosting

                  TLDR get a new keyboard thats gaming grade.
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                  • DDR_M45T4
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                    • Dec 2007
                    • 11

                    #10
                    Re: My arrow keys cant hold more than two notes at a time

                    Originally posted by Dinglesberry
                    if you play arrow game seriously you owe it to yourself to buy a mechanical keyboard imo
                    THIS cracks me up xD
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                    Ok then...so I guess I just need a new keyboard, which blows I was really hoping to not have to spend money.

                    The laptop that I had that didnt have a problem with how many keys I pressed was pretty good but I didnt think it was a "gaming" computer, it was a used Acer I got at a pawn shop for like 200 bucks. It wasnt even strong enough to play WoW or even Hearthstone very well on but it ran stepmania perfectly

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                    • Jousway
                      FFR Player
                      • Jun 2009
                      • 867

                      #11
                      Re: My arrow keys cant hold more than two notes at a time

                      200 bucks for a pc that cant run heartstone, you got ripped off mate kek
                      Its not a bug its a FEATURE!



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                      • MooMoo_Cowfreak
                        Abraxas Hydroplane
                        • May 2006
                        • 1746

                        #12
                        Re: My arrow keys cant hold more than two notes at a time

                        Just get the Logitech K120 for 10 bucks online. I played on this for years and got great scores, and was easily able to press many combinations of 4 keys.
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                        • storn42
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                          • Jun 2012
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                          #13
                          Re: My arrow keys cant hold more than two notes at a time

                          Originally posted by MooMoo_Cowfreak
                          Just get the Logitech K120 for 10 bucks online. I played on this for years and got great scores, and was easily able to press many combinations of 4 keys.
                          this. it still has ghosting, but most key combos should work. like i'm pretty sure all 4 arrow keys can be pressed at once. it really is a great keyboard.


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                          • SK8R43
                            D7 Elite Keymasher
                            • Jan 2008
                            • 4683

                            #14
                            Re: My arrow keys cant hold more than two notes at a time

                            k120 ftw, its really cheap but really does last AWHILE. i played on it everyday for hours for over a year and it was still fine. no broken keys.
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                            • Kukulaka
                              FFR Veteran
                              • Mar 2008
                              • 29

                              #15
                              Re: My arrow keys cant hold more than two notes at a time

                              I had a similar issue. I figured it was because keyboard electronics on most keyboards run in parallel with other keys on the same row, meaning they can only take a certain amount of different key strokes at once (usually the limit is two). I dealt with this issue by using Z,X, K, & L. Having two keys on two different rows of keys allowed me to surpass this bottleneck.

                              Some keyboards though have individual pathways for each key, so there is effectively no limit to how many keys you can click at once.

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