That is an interesting problem.

No plugins will help with this. I also doubt there is anything to be done with in-game settings currently.

The only solution I can think of off hand is a program that could possibly take one key press, and translate it into repeating a different key press. I have no idea if something like this exists or not.

Given the 'puffing into a straw' comment, I can only guess the person has no use of his hands or feet.

His friend is using a Sip-and-puff device to input morse code, which would be because he cannot use a mechanical device let alone a keyboard. The problem though, is morse code will input individual keystrokes (key down + key up), which does not allow for repeating keys, ideally, his friend would ideally need a custom code to toggle repeating keys, or possibly for this specific issue, a code to issue an arrow-right key-down event and another for arrow-right key-up (or a completely different input device, but that's beyond the scope of this thread).

have you all also tried contacting the maker of the emulator?

Ah yes :s.. i shouldve gone back upto the first post and read it properly :(

Without any of us being able to see/run the emulator, it would be hard for us to come up with a solution and i doubt its possible with lotro LUA.

I also agree with unclecid to contact the creators of the emulator and/or maybe theres a compatible program out there that you can use the emulator with to cause a keydown then keyup events. A macro type program.

theres some ive seen in the past like:-

joytokey
mousetokey
Xpadder (nice joypad program)
Macro Express (a more advanced but easy to use program)

to name a few. If the emulator is emulating a key press then a macro type program can be used to see a key press and turn it into something different, including repeating that key 13 times if you wish or make it so it toggles repeat key press on/off, so theres control of how far u want to turn.

Please excuse me, but this borders on ignorance. Reading this:

He is forced to use it, probably because he is not able to use his hands at all with a keyboard.

On Topic:

Perhaps a software like AutoIt can help. You can create keyboard input macros with it that are executed when a particular key kombination is pressed. It should be possible to create a macro that will turn your character 90°/180° and then set up the keyboard emulator to execute the keyboard combination that executes the macro.

Another idea would be to contact the producer/developer of the keyboard emulator and ask them whether a driver/firmware update is available/even possible that would help with your problem.

Part of the confusion here is involving using the word "emulator" instead of an alternative device. An emulator is, by its very definition, a piece of software that emulates a piece of hardware. An example of a "keyboard emulator" would be the On Screen Keyboard that ships with Windows. Calling a sip & puff device a keyboard emulator, is like calling a trackball or touchpad a mouse emulator.

That being said, the only solution here is to either a) contact the device manufacturer, or b) look for alternative hardware. Although I'll admit I haven't kept up on alternative input devices for disabled persons - I would like to imagine that there should be some form of head/eye tracking device that could emulate the mouse. If such a device does exist, that would probably be your best bet for this, or any type of game.

As far as other solutions go - all I have to say is good luck. From what I've seen of LotRO, it's very picky about what input it accepts. Obviously this is done to greatly discourage botting/automation, but the end result is that unless what's sending the mouse/keyboard commands is actually a piece of input hardware - it's not going to be recognized. So you would ultimately need a true keyboard emulator in order to do anything via software.


He did apologize for missing that part, a good 6 hours before you took him to task ;) A certain saying involving glass houses and stones come to mind :p

Yes, I failed to realize that there is a second page of answers when reading his first post. Regarding the saying with glass houses and stones, I should probably get hit by some of the stones for that :(

Yes this was already replied against and i admitted i didnt read the main post properly/again. So there was no need for your ignorance at the events of this thread.

When conversations happen over days/weeks, it is easy to forget the full facts of the conversation, but i guess its hard to understand that for some people. :P

I already admitted I deserve punishment myself 0:-) I sincerely am sorry and would like to apologize.

Once again I hope a solution for the OP can be found somehow.