Shortcuts, For A n00b

[Kithikor]

So I am trying to use the shortcuts to place commands. I press F, to grab, but with my mouse in the area it needs to be does not get placed. I hit Enter, space, but none of those work. What am I doing wrong?

[axhed]

hold F and left click where you want the instuction to go.

[Kithikor]

Yep, I tried that! I'm playing on my laptop using touchpad and it doesn't work. I hook up an external mouse and it works fine. The touchpad works fine in other games.
Not sure, but thank you anyway.

Any ideas why it might do this? It works fine normally while playing the game. I can click on menus, items, other things and it's fine?

[axhed]

you might have to get into your touchpad settings and look for something regarding 'multipress' or something, but that is just a wild guess.
you could also try installing autohotkey and assigning left click to an unused key. the script can be set to only be active in the opus magnum window. i've been told that some multiplayer games can ban for having AHK running, although nobody has ever seen it actually happen.

[Alcator]

Originally posted by Kithikor:

Yep, I tried that! I'm playing on my laptop using touchpad and it doesn't work. I hook up an external mouse and it works fine. The touchpad works fine in other games.
Not sure, but thank you anyway.

Any ideas why it might do this? It works fine normally while playing the game. I can click on menus, items, other things and it's fine?

Go to options and switch to something like "Fast placement". Then, merely pressing the shortcut key will place the instruction where the mouse is pointing.