Help: I'm looking for a bug... to hold a key for me

[Railsmith]

Okay, this might be the strangest question I've ever asked. Earlier today, I landed Tosh's gigantic eight-wheeled truck on the Mun with a three-kerbal pod in the back. Since I'm full of terrible ideas, I thought it would be fun to try and circumnavigate the Mun in that beast. However, I'm worried about the life expectancy of my "I" key, especially if I recruit the help of a rock to hold it down for a few hours. So I'm wondering if anyone knows of a bug in which a key gets stuck down in-game without it actually being pressed. Alternatively, is there a way to map that key to the throttle axis on my joystick or something, so that I could leave it on without any crazy stuff happening to my keyboard? Thanks.

Also, sorry if this in the wrong forum, it took me a while to decide which one to put it in.

Edited August 17, 2012 by Tosh

[Tosh]

LOL

I've no bug for ya, but if you wait a week or two -- you'll get dat truck with cruise control. I have it next in my release list))

And in the meantime, there must be some program capable of "holding a key", one of those used to cheat... does anybody know one?

UPD. This topic suits neither to How-To nor to Addon Requests... so let it stay where it is)). I'll just rename it a bit.

UPD2. Upon reading OP for second time...

is there a way to map that key to the throttle axis on my joystick or something, so that I could leave it on without any crazy stuff happening to my keyboard?

In Carts v.133 "move forward/backward" actions are already mapped to "translate up/down" axes. Edited August 17, 2012 by Tosh

[Lemmus]

Your keyboard won't be damaged if you hold a key down continuously. I promise.

[Vostok]

You're looking for a bug to hold down a key? Try a stick insect, they're good. Ants are too small and light, and spiders are scary.

Although, a rhinoceros beetle has got this badass claw, could be useful for key-holding, but they're harder to come by.

[Legal2k]

there's always room for a duct tape

[Railsmith]

Sweet, thanks Tosh! I didn't know if the forward/ back controls were straight-up mapped to the I/K, or if it was joined to the RCS controls.

Also, very funny, Vostok.

[maltesh]

As a fellow Munar Circumnavigator, I'd say you don't want to hold the I key down the whole time. The mun going to unexpectedly throw significant drops in front of you as you drive through the Munar night, and a flipped vehicle can be pretty inconvenient if your last Quicksave wasn't recent.

I'd also recommend dropping stations and waypoints every 30 degrees of longitude (about every 100km) , giving you something to drive towards so you don't drift too far off course, and natural stopping points when you want to go and do something else.

[Railsmith]

Thanks for the advice! Once the night side rolls around, I'm probably going to watch my cart pretty intently, and stop often for saving. And luckily I have a few pieces of junk scattered roughly equatorial, but I might need some landers to come down as beacons...

Man, this is going to be one heck of an undertaking!