How to right-click on macOS?

[bobbyjack]

Ctrl-click doesn't act as right click and I can't find anything that does. I've been clicking on mines all this time, thinking I was marking them, wondering why "mistakes" was going up!

[The Lovely Duck]

I haven't tested it on Mac but I know people have played it and haven't reported any issues. Can you confirm whether you are using touchpad or mouse? If you're using a touchpad, can you try using a mouse and report back?

[bobbyjack]

Thank you so much for responding quickly.

I *am* using a mouse. I'm using Ctrl-click as a right-click in other apps.

Also: macOS Ventura (13.4.1)

[The Lovely Duck]

Originally posted by bobbyjack:

Thank you so much for responding quickly.

I *am* using a mouse. I'm using Ctrl-click as a right-click in other apps.

Also: macOS Ventura (13.4.1)

Unfortunately I don't own a Mac so I can't test this, but I suspect there's no actual way to fix this without hard-coding "Ctrl+ Left click" to mean "Right Click" into the game. I'm implementing this in the sequel and will circle back to update Polimines 1 when I'm finished.

In the meantime, the only workarounds I can think of (again, can't test them) are to use "two-finger tap" on your mousepad or to use a two-button mouse to right click. If there's any way to configure how you can right-click on a Mac device, I'd suggest you try changing the "Ctrl" key for another one while playing. It might be interfering with something internally.

Sorry I can't be of more help, please let us know if you get it to work!

[bobbyjack]

No, that's really useful info — thanks. I do have an 'emergency mouse' which has two buttons, so I can at least test that.

The only other thing to note is that the Steam overlay doesn't seem to work for this game — but it does for others in my library. I don't use Steam *that* much, so I'm not totally familiar with the overlay, keyboard-handling, etc. but just mentioning it in case it's somehow relevant.

Maybe another Mac player recognises the issue — I appreciate it's basically impossible to troubleshoot without access to the hardware!

[The Lovely Duck]

Originally posted by bobbyjack:

No, that's really useful info — thanks. I do have an 'emergency mouse' which has two buttons, so I can at least test that.

The only other thing to note is that the Steam overlay doesn't seem to work for this game — but it does for others in my library. I don't use Steam *that* much, so I'm not totally familiar with the overlay, keyboard-handling, etc. but just mentioning it in case it's somehow relevant.

Maybe another Mac player recognises the issue — I appreciate it's basically impossible to troubleshoot without access to the hardware!

I'll definitely have to test that, the overlay should be working from my previous tests (again, NOT on Mac). I'll also have a look after finishing Polimines 2. Thanks for letting me know!