Problems With Keyboard Bindings

[Guest Where]

-*BAD WORD*-o.

 

When trying to bind Right Ctrl/Shift/Alt to something like Cloak, the key will simply not function in game. But then, when binding Right Ctrl/Shift/Alt to something like Map, it works perfect.

 

Some info:

 

-Yes, I have it set to distinguish Left and Right CTRL/ALT/SHIFT

 

-Yes, I am loading the key definitions.

 

-No, I don't have Right Ctrl/Shift/Alt bound to ANYTHING else except those commands. And all bindings are defined as either LEFT or RIGHT, none are defined as just "shift", "ctrl", or "alt". And no bindings have conflicts.

 

-My keyboard isn't "!@#$%^&*". I'm 100% sure its not a problem with my keyboard, for reasons I have explained above (CLOAK won't bind to those keys, but things like MAP will, AND the keys work perfectly with other bindings or in other games). I have also tried this on two other different computers with different keyboards, and the same problem arises.

 

System Specs:

 

Pentium 4 2.4C GHz

1024 MB DDR Dual Channel PC-3200 RAM

36GB WD Raptor 10,000RPM SATA HDD

BELKIN USB Keyboard

Windows XP Pro SP1 (The other computers I tried this on had SP2)

 

Continuum 0.39 PR 1

 

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Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Bargeld]

Tested.

 

Since the control/alt/shift keys are considered "modifier" keys. Only certain commands can be bound to them. Commands which, by default, are bound to a modifier key are able to be changed to another modifier key: bullets & map.

 

The exception to the above rule is the Bomb key. You can map cntl/alt/shift to the bomb key. Distiguish left/right works as expected with this scenario.

[Guest Guest]

Thank you, the help is much appreciated. I was going nuts trying to figure out how to get it to work.

 

I've noticed that when using default bindings, I can bind ALT to Attach, and it will work. I believe, either when I distinguish it, or at least add a bind to the opposite ALT, the bind that worked for Attach no longer does.

 

Oh well, thanks again, I guess I'll just have to to learn to play WASD or something similar

[Bargeld]

when I started the game, almost 8 years ago, we couldn't adjust the keys. That feature was added maybe 4 years ago, I dunno when. But most people have been able to excel over the years with the default key definitions.

Morale of the story: time will teach you any config you choose.