Chrono Trigger difficulties

EnemyAirship · April 23rd, 2004

Good day, fellows; there is an instance in Chrono Trigger in which I am told to enter a password to gain access to a secret passage. The password calls for holding the L and R buttons and then pressing the A button; however, this is not working. I do not question the logistics of the maneuver; I feel it may relate to my wielding of a keyboard for playing the game, rather than some sort of controller.

Yet, it is quite possible that I am simply performing the wrong actions, which I will elaborate further if the situation is not addressed according to my primary suppositions.

If any of you could provide assistance, I would be greatly obliged.

s|rens · April 23rd, 2004

I think you have to assign the buttons you need to press, to a single button.

Shadow_Cast · April 23rd, 2004

Solution one - Get a decent gamepad. Gravis ones are good and cheap, despite their overwhelmingly horrible d-pads

Solution two (the free one) - use your emulator of choice (I'd go with ZSNES) and make it so that the L R and A buttons are all set to one key on your keyboard.

EDIT Sorry, you posted while I was typing

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bcrew1375 · April 23rd, 2004

Another solution is to use the Ctrl and Alt buttons for the L and R buttons. Those can be used in combination with another key.

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EnemyAirship · April 23rd, 2004

The suggestion to assign the buttons to one key worked quite well. Thank you very much.

Cypherswipe · April 26th, 2004

Yeah, the problem is that, with the exception of the shift, ctrl, and alt keys, you can't press 2 keys on a keyboard at once and have them both register. This, and the sheer awkwardness of trying to use a keyboard as a game controller is why everyone who plays emus should get a controller. You can get a decent control pad for only $10~$15. Gravis gamepad pro is a particularly good one. It's very similar to a ps1 controller, and has the same button layout as an snes controller (plus 2 extra shoulder buttons), which makes it ideal for use with an snes emu.

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April 23rd, 2004	#1 (permalink)
EnemyAirship Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 21	Chrono Trigger difficulties Good day, fellows; there is an instance in Chrono Trigger in which I am told to enter a password to gain access to a secret passage. The password calls for holding the L and R buttons and then pressing the A button; however, this is not working. I do not question the logistics of the maneuver; I feel it may relate to my wielding of a keyboard for playing the game, rather than some sort of controller. Yet, it is quite possible that I am simply performing the wrong actions, which I will elaborate further if the situation is not addressed according to my primary suppositions. If any of you could provide assistance, I would be greatly obliged.

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April 23rd, 2004	#2 (permalink)
s\|rens till the end of time Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 330	I think you have to assign the buttons you need to press, to a single button.

April 23rd, 2004	#3 (permalink)
Shadow_Cast Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: East LA Posts: 302	Solution one - Get a decent gamepad. Gravis ones are good and cheap, despite their overwhelmingly horrible d-pads Solution two (the free one) - use your emulator of choice (I'd go with ZSNES) and make it so that the L R and A buttons are all set to one key on your keyboard. EDIT Sorry, you posted while I was typing __________________ 2.8Ghz Pentium D - 1024MB DDR2 RAM - It's been a 7800GT for a while now -- just never updated the sig - 250 GB HDD (7200 RPM) I hate Myspace. I love facebook.

April 23rd, 2004	#4 (permalink)
bcrew1375 "Insert witty title here" Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: In a house Posts: 1,050	Another solution is to use the Ctrl and Alt buttons for the L and R buttons. Those can be used in combination with another key. __________________ Can I go home now?

April 23rd, 2004	#5 (permalink)
EnemyAirship Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 21	The suggestion to assign the buttons to one key worked quite well. Thank you very much.

April 26th, 2004	#6 (permalink)
Cypherswipe Extra Large Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 936	Yeah, the problem is that, with the exception of the shift, ctrl, and alt keys, you can't press 2 keys on a keyboard at once and have them both register. This, and the sheer awkwardness of trying to use a keyboard as a game controller is why everyone who plays emus should get a controller. You can get a decent control pad for only $10~$15. Gravis gamepad pro is a particularly good one. It's very similar to a ps1 controller, and has the same button layout as an snes controller (plus 2 extra shoulder buttons), which makes it ideal for use with an snes emu. __________________