PS2 Users
Simply plug in a USB keyboard and proceed to Easier typing instructions below for more normal typing.
Emulator users:
If you are using the latest nightly
- Open Settings -> Controllers
- Click USB Port 1 on the left side.
- Select HID Keyboard in the drop-down menu.
- On the left side, select Hotkeys.
- Clear any bindings that might interfere with normal typing. For example, by default space is bound to Toggle Pause. To clear any of the buttons, right click on the binding. Turbo is by default bound to ., so you will want to clear that too.
If you are using 1.6.0 or older:
- Download the CLR_USB plugin. Likely you will want/need the x86 version.
- Open Config menu and select Plugin/BIOS Selector.
- Select CLR_USB as the USB plugin and hit Apply.
- Hit Configure for the CLR_USB plugin.
- Select Keyboard as Device in Port 1.
- You should now be able to use the keyboard to type in your login password/chat. Outbreak only allows for keyboard support once the game is connected to the web login page and in online chat.
Easier typing:
The typing experience is still cumbersome until changing half-width ASCII (standard characters for romance languages) to be the default. Otherwise typing will require continuous use of the R1 button to switch character sets. In order to make typing flow "normally," a switch to half-width English as the default is required.
A. If you have applied Silent Hell's English translation patch:
- Normal half-width characters are enabled but require switching to ASCII first by pressing R1 and then switching from half/full width by pressing L2. In order to change this to make half-width English the default and enable "normal" typing:
- In any hex editing program, modify the ISOs accordingly:
| Search for | Change to |
|---|
38 00 00 10 37 00 40 A0 E0 A3 82 8F 0F 00 03 24 | 38 00 60 10 37 00 40 A0 E0 A3 82 8F 0F 00 03 24 |
25 00 00 10 37 00 40 A0 E0 A3 82 8F 0F 00 03 24 | 25 00 60 10 37 00 40 A0 E0 A3 82 8F 0F 00 03 24 |
| Search for | Change to |
|---|
33 00 00 10 37 00 40 A0 24 A2 82 8F 01 00 03 24 | 33 00 60 10 37 00 40 A0 24 A2 82 8F 01 00 03 24 |
26 00 00 10 37 00 40 A0 24 A2 82 8F | 26 00 60 10 37 00 40 A0 24 A2 82 8F |
B. If you have not applied Silent Hell's translation patch:
- Make the changes noted above in A.
- Make the following additional change, same for both File 1 and File 2:
| Search for | Change to |
|---|
C0 C0 7F 00 30 30 7F 00 7F 7F 7F 00 F8 F8 7F 00 | 00 00 7F 00 30 30 7F 00 7F 7F 7F 00 F8 F8 7F 00 |
