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Posted April 24, 2017
I know, the best answer is "throw the Mac away and buy a computer instead of a fashion accesory".
But really, I´m cursed with a Macbook Pro, so I have no end or home buttons, so how do I land the speeder? Can the controls be reconfigured?
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Posted April 25, 2017
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fi92: I know, the best answer is "throw the Mac away and buy a computer instead of a fashion accesory".
But really, I´m cursed with a Macbook Pro, so I have no end or home buttons, so how do I land the speeder? Can the controls be reconfigured?
You should have a few options. Fn+Left arrow and Fn+Right arrow should work for Home and End on Macbook. If you want to configure single keys for them, try pressing Ctrl+F1 (or might be Cmd+F1 on Mac) with the game running to bring up the DOSBox key mapper. You can also avoid the issue by toggling autopilot on for takeoff and landing. And lastly, you can throw the Mac away and buy a computer instead ;)
Posted April 26, 2017
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pablodusk: If you want to configure single keys for them, try pressing Ctrl+F1 (or might be Cmd+F1 on Mac) with the game running to bring up the DOSBox key mapper.
The Mac build is using boxer standalone not DOSBox. IIRC, that won't work for Boxer and I'm not sure if you can interactively remap keys with the standalone package anyway.

The common Mac FAQ under support for the game should have the directions to turn on "keypad" for the Macbook. If you have one you could always connect an external USB keyboard instead.
Post edited April 26, 2017 by Gydion
Posted April 26, 2017
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Gydion: The Mac build is using boxer standalone not DOSBox. IIRC, that won't work for Boxer and I'm not sure if you can interactively remap keys with the standalone package anyway...
Thanks for the correction, good to know!
Posted April 29, 2017
Thanks for those suggestions! To be honest I got so tired of those flight a fighting sequences, that I just dropped playing Tex alltogether. But your solutions should work for other old games too, so thanks!
Thanks for replying. I forgot to mention that I am actually running Windows 7 on the MacBook!
Post edited April 29, 2017 by fi92
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