I have heard mention of weights for the keyboard

wolis · Post by **wolis** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:57 am

Just wondered what objects people are using as weights for their keyboard when embarking on a long trip?

Some photos of your setup would be very interesting too.

Thanks.

Wasp89 · Post by **Wasp89** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:01 am

Heheh, here's what I use:

http://www.starwraith.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3937

Stacks of quarters bound in electrical tape. I use dimes an pennies at the bottom of the weights to make them more narrow so that they only depress one key.

wolis · Post by **wolis** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:03 am

Ah, beautiful.. this is the sort of inspiration I need.

I had visions of erasers cut and taped to pencils.. but maybe not as space-aged or as heavy as your device.

Hmm.. reminds me of my Weighted Companion Cube.. now to make some out of lead instead of paper..

http://www.wolispace.com/cgi-bin/a.pl?p ... tures/cube

Thanks

Steel Wraith · Post by **Steel Wraith** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:19 pm

hehe, if its for the trip to rift space then its not that needed. i can do that trip on 800 fuel, and i'm getting close to bingo when i get there. doing it on special autopilot might make me over shoot!

Knight Rider · Post by **Knight Rider** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:04 pm

I was just wondering, is it possible to have an auto jump feature built into the game?

tha_rami · Post by **tha_rami** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:43 am

I remember Vice saying once that "[he] should from this point on take players leaving stacks of quarters on their keyboard as a design consideration when designing the game". That made me laugh.