With Razer BlackWidow, can you control which keys are backlit or is it all keys or no keys are lit?
With Razer BlackWidow, can you control which keys are backlit
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If you're using a mouse for roll and pitch control, then you should bind 2 keys and/or mouse buttons for pitch control (nose up/nose down) to get the maximum possible pitch change in dogfights. At least it worked like that in BF2.
It's a program that's actually used to map things like MIDI controllers, Wii-motes and PS3 controllers to actual keyboard commands, but naturally also works with regular keyboard remapping!
Note: It looks scary when you run it, but under View you can set it to GUI. There you can set it to Manual and change your Output Device to Keyboard. Then you just remap the regular 1-0 with your Numpad version.
Here's how the help file describes it:
Start up PIE. Choose the "File" Menu, then click "New". This will clear whatever was in the big white box so you can type your own script. We want the W key to be controlled by the up key so type this on one line then press Enter:
W = Up
This is a working PIE Script so you can test it by choosing the "Run!" menu and clicking "Run".
Whenever you press the up arrow key (on the cursor pad, not the numeric keypad) it will type a "w". Try it out! This will work in any program. Note that it will still move the cursor up. The Up arrow key still has its original function, but it emulates a w at the same time. Try holding down shift and pressing Up. It will type a capital W, unless capslock is on. Unlike the real "W" key, holding down the Up arrow will only type a single "w".
Now chose the "Run!" menu and click "Stop". This will return our keyboard to normal.
Now do the other keys like this:
A = Left S = Down D = Right
(Don't worry if the S is orange, that is because S is also an abbreviation for seconds).
Save your script as Tutorial1.PIE by chosing the "File" menu then "Save As...". And run it again. Stop it when you have finished playing.
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Best Answer
Short answer:
It's all keys or no keys. With levels of brightness.
Longer (warranty voiding) answer:
There is no way to customize the brightness of keys individually... Unless you want to mod your keyboard.
As advertised, each key is lit individually meaning there is at least one LED per key. However, every single one of these LEDs is connected to the same controller, which makes them all do the same thing at the same time.
In order to have individually customizable key brightness you will need to take your keyboard apart, solder things, rewire the LEDs, possibly setup your own controller for each individual key, make sure everything fits, and eventually put everything back together... cocasdaneve has great instructions for modding the BlackWidow and chart/explanation of how the LEDs are wired.
This mod does not make each key unique, it is, however, a great place to get started.
There are very few keyboards I can think of off the top of my head that have keys that are individually customizable; However, if you are after complete customization and have very deep pockets, check out the Optimus line of keyboards.