Manual transmission with keyboard

[Snake]

I'm using a keyboard, and when I select a gear in manual mode it immediately deselects as soon as I let go of the button. Is there a way to change the behaviour so that I don't have to hold down the button to stay in gear?

[Big Blue Balls]

you dont need to hold the key press Q then use Z and X to shift

[Snake]

I want to be able to select any gear at any time, as though I were driving a manual car, not a DCT.

[Nadeox1]

To go in 'Manual Gearbox' mode you have to either:
- Press Q until it says 'Realistic Gearbox' mode (This will only affect the current session).
- Go to Options > Gameplay and set your default gearbox mode (That will affect all future sessions)

Then you should be using a vehicle with a manual gearbox.
If you use a vehicle with an automatic gearbox, you will see automatic gears (P R N D etc)

[Snake]

My problem is not that I cannot choose to use a manual gearbox, it's that when I do I have to hold the button for each gear down or it'll go into neutral. Is there a way that I can select any gear from any other gear and not have to hold down each gear's button?

[Nadeox1]

I'm sorry, but I think there is some confusion there.
Can you please describe what keys you are pressing exactly? Maybe record a video?


Here's a video showing how the realistic (manual) gearbox mode works normally:
http://media.beamng.com/p7uRUjwVItCrcoqs
All I'm doing in just pressing the clutch and tapping X or Z to shift up/down.

[Snake]

Sure. The video outlining my question is below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbxxa142kwk

If I am cruising at 1,800 RPM in sixth gear, and I want to accelerate, I have to shift to a lower gear. Running through all the gears to second is inelegant and slow, so I would much prefer to be able to choose whatever gear I want at any time. The strange semi-automatic setting everyone recommends is not ideal.

The game seems to support a true manual style selection of gears, but in order to use them, I have to hold the button for each gear down.

This is very weird to me, so my question is: Can I set the transmission so that when I select the gear I want to be in, I don't have to hold down the button to stay in gear?

[Nadeox1]

Ooh, I see now.
You want for example to use 1,2,3.. on your keyboard to engage the 1st, 2nd, 3rd.. gears.
Sorry, I did not understand that earlier.

That's by design
https://media.beamng.com/D7pkl8zsyoE0U3yC
These bindings are meant for H-Shifters not for keyboard usage, so as soon you release, it disengage the gear.

It's not possible to do what you want with a keyboard.

[Snake]

:(
I don't suppose it's possible that at some point in development what I want will be added?

[Nadeox1]

It's not a priority currently, so can't say.
Depends on how many request we receive about it and etc..

[Snake]

Well, thanks for your patience. It seems like a simple thing to add, so maybe it will happen. :)

[Snake]

OH and before I forget, there is one bug I did notice. If you bind the minus on the numpad to something, the minus near backspace will do the bound action, and the one on the numpad will not.

[Nadeox1]

What keyboard layout do you use?
Not all keyboards have a minus near the backspace (mine doesn't), so that could rather be a problem with a specific layout.

[Snake]

I use a Corsair K95, which I think uses a standard US layout, although I'm not sure.
Here's a picture. Sorry for bad camera and worse mouse handwriting.
http://imgur.com/a/BPWMi

[Nadeox1]

Yeah, that's very likely a layout thing.
Go to Controls menu > Hardware and press that key.
What key does it detect? And if you press the other minus?

[Snake]

Both just say MINUS, if I recall correctly