Myst 4: Revelation and Mousekeys

[Ron White]

Sorry for crossposting, I posted this to the WinXP Accessibility NG this
past week but received only a few suggestions to try the windowsxp.games NG.
Maybe someone here can Help.

I'm a physically challenged quadriplegic and require MS's StickyKeys and
MouseKeys to navigate through programs and games. I haven't had any
problems using these features until the advent of DirectX 9.0c. Lately most
gaming programs coming out such as Myst 4, Tribes Vengeance, Syberia and
more are writing code requiring DirectInput which circumvents StickyKeys and
MouseKeys which leaves me unable to play these newer games. Is MS aware of
this and if so, are they implementing any fixes to allow accessibility
features to function in this DirectInput environment?

I'm particularly interested in getting Myst 4: Revelation running. There are
no keyboard shortcuts involved, it's a totally mouse driven game which works
fine when I have someone use a standard PS2 mouse. I did write a bug report
to Ubisoft about this and I was told that DirectInput trounces StickyKeys
and Mousekeys. They are rewriting a portion of their code to enable moving
about by keyboard shortcuts but they said that I would need assistance
playing most of the puzzles since they require mouse drag and click
functionality.

TYIA,

 

[Ron White]

Thanks GM,

Where can I find keyboard enhancement drivers? I'm using a standard PS2
keyboard here.