Why can I no longer Cmd-Tab out of EMR?
AlephOne Mac SDL in "fullscreen" mode does not allow Cmd-Tabbing out of the game. You can, however, switch out by pausing (if in solo play) or switching to windowed mode (in either solo or net play). To pause use Cmd-P, or to switch to windowed mode use Cmd-Enter, then press Cmd-Tab. In windowed mode, you can Cmd-Tab out (you can also Cmd-Tab out in any mode when playing the NIBs version.
When playing EMR, Mac SDL version, the game sometimes gets paused and the Spotlight prompt pops up. What causes this, and how can I prevent it?
This is caused by a combination of settings. The default keyboard settings for the firing triggers in EMR is Spacebar for primary, and Command key for secondary. Pressing both keys at the same time sometimes gets treated as a Cmd-Spacebar, which is the Mac OS X default shortcut for activating Spotlight. This is only captured if you are playing in windowed mode. To prevent this from happening, you can do any of the following:
- Use Cmd-Enter and switch to fullscreen mode, or
- Change your Spotlight preferences to either de-activate shortcut keys for Spotlight, or change your shortcut keys to something else (something you wouldn't press while playing), or
- Change your EMR preferences to use a different key for one or both of your firing triggers.
The Aleph One documentation indicates that cheat codes are activated with the CONTROL key, but this does not work on the Mac. How do I activate cheat codes in EMR?
The official key modifier for EMR for cheat codes is the SHIFT key. The CONTROL key still works on Windows because Aleph One ignores the MML code for changing the key modifier on Windows. For the Mac, use the SHIFT key.