hussar11 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Just got a new laptop, a Lenovo G505sAMD A8-5550M APU with Radeon HD Graphics2.10 GHz6.00 GB Ram (5.20 GB usable) (can be upgraded to 16 GB)500 GB hard drive64-bit OSWin 8.1Sim runs great on this, however I have to hold down 3 keys to change views or positions in vehs.FN + whatever F key + Crtl (next unit)Any suggestions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Easiest and cheapest is probably to buy an external, USB, 101 key keyboard. I have a "roll up" one that works fine. This sort of thing: http://www.enablingtechnology.net/ekmps/shops/enabling1/images/rubber-roll-up-keyboard-659-p.jpg Of course it it doesn't need to be portable, buy a rigid one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hussar11 Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 I was afraid that would be the answer.Oh Well, should be able to get one fairly cheap.Thanks Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Well you could also go into the SB "controls" menu item and remap all the functions that currently use Fn keys to something else but I suspect that may prove complicated.And of course if you subsequently have an issue and people say "hit F6" you'll have to remember what you have mapped "F6" to be.The only other option might be if your laptop have a setup option so the Fn keys are always "on" (so you don't need to press "FN" first) but that might cause other issues.Overall that's one of the prices you pay when you buy a small laptop and the designers have to provide 101 key functionality without the space to give you a proper keyboard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted June 1, 2014 Members Share Posted June 1, 2014 If you map all F keys to the keyboard's regular number keys (maybe combined with Alt, e.g. F1 -> Alt+1, etc.); without using the Alt modifier (arguably even easier) the only functionality that will be compromised is to enter a manual range in vehicles that do not have a 3D interior. This may turn out to be a relatively painless alternative. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapper_511 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Hussar, there might be a way to reverse the functions in BIOS. If not, remapping it is. Or external keyboard. Or what Ssnake said.Edit: If you don't see it in BIOS, make sure you have the latest BIOS version from Lenovo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RENEGADE-623 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 concur with scrapper, i had same problem, but in my bios there was an option to switch it to normal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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