Havea problem with my keyboard

Lets see, starting off, I am from Portugal, so my keyboard uses the portuguese settings (different of US settings).

The problem is that I can't do any special characters, because well...they don't match to the US settings, and in the game settings I didn't find anything related to keyboard profile..so I can change it to the right one (portuguese)


I never had a problem with the keyboard profile, most games just uses the windows settings for this, and since I have it set to portuguese, well...it just uses that....and this game doesnt..

So! I want to know if there is any way to change this, so when I try to type a "?" it shows a ?...and not this "

Thank you for your help.

Yeah, this is one of the more embarassing problems with SL -- particularly for the Linden who was responsible for writing the original code in the first place.

They're fixing it in 1.6, though, but that won't be released for another month or so. Most non-US users either use US keyboards, or just copy and paste. It's annoying, but they ARE fixing it soon.

Oh great =D well then it is just wait until they release the fixed update

^^ thats cool, at least they know about the problem and are working on it.

Thank you for the info =D will patiently wait for it

Have fun in your second life

Hi Sasha. Good thing I read your thread, 'cause I was just about to make one about the issue of my own.

I have the same problem. My keybosrd is Norwegian, and I have to change the language setting to English (US) every time I want to make a special character, and they don't belong on the right keys, which more than often makes my typing slower, and if I don't pay attention and hit the usual keys for the characters without noticing, I end up with some strange markings. The most embarassing one for me (and the most frustrating) is when I want to make a , and end getting . People get confused, some get outright offended, and I have to explain to them that it was a typo. So, you're not alone

Good to hear they're doing something about it though


Cheers

Using an spanish keyboard I have the same problem that you. What I found most helpful is going to the Control Panel of my windows and add a new languages settings configured with an US keyboard. Then after starting SL I change the setting to english. This way even if you don't have an US keyboard your own will work as one, and then it is a matter to learn and remember where the characters are.

I hope this little tip helps you.