[ISSUE] Keyboard remapping and menu keys

[klimat13]

So we keyboard users are allowed to remap keys is options, but it appears those remaps only work to control characters yet sadly they do not work in menus.

Here is a tip about presets before I start:
http://i.imgur.com/mnschXd.jpg

And here is a simple example:
http://i.imgur.com/xOXcybZ.jpg

There are three buttons to press to go further: "A" on a pad to play with a pad, "G" on a keyboard to play with a keyboard on a preset we can map in options on the left side, "4" on a keyboard to play with a keyboard on a preset we can map in options on the right side. "G" is a default key for Frontal Kick on the left side preset, "4" is a default key for Frontal Kick on the right side preset. Thing is, there is no way to remap those menu buttons. In menus left preset uses WASD and "G" to confirm, Right preset uses Arrow keys and "4" to confirm, but what if I want to map my controls as WASD + Num Keys (including "4") for punches and kicks? I can rebind "G" to "4" for a Front Kick, yet it won't work in menus, to confirm my input while using WASD in menus I'll have to press "G" every time anyway even if my Front Kick is actually "4". Am I the only one who find it to be super annoying and confusing as hell? I has been fighting CPU with WASD, I hit pause to go watch a code to perform a fatality and suddenly I can't navigate a pause menu with WASD, I have to go with arrow keys, how stupid is that? Also left preset is even worse from the right one all thing considered. Right preset uses Arrow keys and "4" key combination everywhere in menus, yet left preset does not: in main menu it is WASD and Enter, you go to the input selection screen and it's WASD + "G" to confirm with Enter doing nothing, you go to the character selection screen and it's also WASD + "G", you press pause during a fight and somehow it is WASD + Enter yet again with now "G" being useless. WTF?!?! As inconsistent as it gets. Seriously, menu keys are such a mess right now I have no words.

I say keyboard button remaps we do in options should affect all menu keys as well as on-level fighting keys. Whatever key is mapped to the Front Kick function should work as confirm throughout all menus: main menu, imput selection menu, character selection menu, in-game menus that pop up when you press a pause button during a fight - everywhere. Likewise for all menu keys: they all should be assigned to battle buttons that we can actually map ourselves.
Who is with me?

[Urgo]

There is lot of issues with this one. On challenge tower lvl 33 I have no idea how to finish because, when I want to break magic, I need to hit right keys. But it shows me actually wrong keys. E.G. I remapped keys because I use QWAS for fight, but it was G... something before. And game show me my key for e.g. Back kick but only original key for this is working. Tried. This is nasty bug.

[Zodd]

+1 OMG man how I agree with ya!!
dear devs make a patch correctin dis BUG

[Zodd]

Menu buttons are awful...

[Myth[Alex]]

Just send this message to the Warner Bros Support as they will redirrect the issue to the High Voltage team, who will eventually release an update for the game.

[KAPu]

I have already posted solution for ALL keyboard problems.
You have to emulate controller (ie joystick) , game have no problems supporting controllers but keyboard support is nightmare.
There is application called VJOY whitch allows to emulate 2 controllers on single keyboard and works like charm for mortal kombat 9.

[Myth[Alex]]

Originally posted by KAPu / lulz:

I have already posted solution for ALL keyboard problems.

What problems does the game have with the keyboard controls??? (I haven't played the game yet, because I'm on a crappy laptop, away from home)

Also, where have you posted the solution(s) ? Give us links.

[KAPu]

Game doesnt support keyboard very well but that can be easily avoided with this soft :
http://headsoft.com.au/index.php?category=vjoy
It will emulate joystick controller on your keyboard, this way you wont have problems with menu binding ( which cant be don on keyboard ) and you will play the game as you would with gamepad but on the keyboard, this program is very easy to use just install and bind keys you like.

[DeL's Arcade]

Wouldn't it be better if it was written properly in the first place? They need to release a patch. I'm going through the same pains with Capcom.

[dagamepimp]

I posted this in one of the other 'Keyboard Issue' threads and it does work...

I don't know if this is any help to those using a KB emulator but as you know that is basically what the X-Arcade sticks do so maybe this can be of some use (X-Gaming posted a fix in this thread for the X-Arcade and I am using it with my X-Arcade dual equipped arcade cabinet and it works great).
http://steamcommunity.com/app/237110/discussions/0/864973760767242438/

http://www.xgaming.com/support/questions/137/

Full credit to the people at X-Gaming (X-Arcade) for coming up with this one.

[1024]

One of the challenge tower stages also has similar issues. It tells you to press -your mapped key- while in reality you have to press -default key-

[DeL's Arcade]

Well, it's confirmed that this game only uses one keyboard per player. That means 2 players can't use the keyboard at the same time... So, you need to throw 2 files into your MKK directory for it to work with 2 players on one keyboard.

http://www.xgaming.com/support/questions/137/Mortal+Kombat+Komplete+Edition+PC+Setup

This is similar to the workaround for SFIV that I made a tutorial on here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,96377.msg1015107.html#msg1015107

Hope this helps people.

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[May B. Getakitten]

HOW DO I GET TO THE F87^%ING MENU????

[Evil The Cat]

The fact that people play this on a keyboard is ret@rded beyond belief.

[Saint Pablo]

Originally posted by The Cat:

The fact that people play this on a keyboard is ret@rded beyond belief.

You know,some of us can't afford gamepads.Don't be a ♥♥♥♥.

[DeL's Arcade]

See how retarded it is when you come over and play it on my keyboard encoder on my arcade machine.