How to play ea sports cricket 2007 multiplayer with 2 keyboards
EA Sports Cricket 2007 is a cricket video game that provides full control over batting, bowling, and fielding. Whether it is hooking fast bowlers to the stands or carving spinners out of the park, you can chase down totals or set them. Despite being more than a decade old, it still enjoys significant popularity among cricket enthusiasts for its sheer playability and fun. However, one of the things not many players know about the game is that they can enjoy multiplayer mode using not just joysticks but two keyboards as well. This article elaborates on how exactly you can do this step-by-step.
Step One: Getting Started
Begin by launching EA Sports Cricket 2007 game from your desktop or program files; it doesn’t matter where you launch it from. As soon as the main menu appears, navigate through options to find ‘Game Modes.’ Under Game Modes, opt for ‘LAN (Local Area Network)’ mode- meant explicitly for multiplayer gaming sessions.
Step Two: Player Setup
Ensure both players are appropriately set up before proceeding further. Each player should use a separate keyboard connected to the same PC. Make sure both keyboards work perfectly without any stuck keys affecting gameplay later on—familiarise with key combinations controlling various actions on screen.
Layout Understanding
By default, when we talk about Player1’s controls in Cricket 07: “Shift,” “Control,” “Arrow keys” control primary functions such as bowling line, length & type or shot selection & direction while batting. Meanwhile, other keys such as ‘Z,’ ‘X,’ ‘C’ help in secondary actions like adjusting camera angle etc.
For Player2 now: if another keyboard plugs into the system and all its buttons successfully detected and working fine by windows OS – unfortunately no direct shortcut available within the game to map those second keyboard keys (other than ‘WASD’ movement keys) contrary to joy-sticks. This problem arises where additional software comes in handy.
Step Three: Additional Software (nKProds)
You must use a third-party app, such as nKProds, to overcome the inability of Cricket 2007 to distinguish between two keyboards. You can download it online and get it running without needing high tech-savvy skills; even beginners can manage this easily.
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This software tricks your system into treating each connected keyboard as an individual device – which consequentially helps players setup their own controls comfortably through normal method available within game settings for joysticks i.e., under ‘JOYSTICK CONFIGURATION’. Make sure when you launch the software- Do remember saving setting before closing it with both keyboards connected!
Configuring Controls
Once you have configured respective keyboard circuits via nKProds—head back onto cricket 07’s main screen again, choose ‘Options,’ find & click on “Controller Setup,” then proceed towards button assignments option.
Now Player1 will keep his default control scheme intact again (i.e., arrow buttons & shift+control combo etc.), but Player2 will follow joystick configuration instead because we tricked our game via nKProds into considering second player’s inputs too.
Remember selecting controller type “keyboard” not “directInput” or the automated config routine might fetch error during replaying or saving.
Lastly, note down all assigned buttons for future references – since remembering them could be tricky initially & indeed important than anything else here as any mistake would disturb actual gameplay leading to controlling chaos mid-match sometimes!
Step Four: Jump To The Action
Go back to the main menu and select LAN mode once again. From there, choose whether you’d want to play a quick match or tournament style format and pick your preferred teams accordingly. Players are now all set to enjoy EA Sports Cricket 2007 on multiplayer using two keyboards.
Final Thoughts
Cricket is a sport of patience, strategy and precision – same goes for EA sports cricket 2007 too. Mastering the controls can take a little bit of time but soon you’d be chucking, spinning, and cutting the ball around like a pro! The essence of enjoyment truly finds when it’s shared with others – Win or lose what matters most is fun-filled experience that follows every closely competed match in this process of playing cricket virtually via keyboard multiplaying.
