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Zadan
Profile Joined March 2003
Canada64 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-05 08:14:24
May 05 2010 08:12 GMT
#1
So I was playing a 2v2 match, and towards the end of the game right b4 the big battle all of a sudden I couldn't control my units, they were on like 10+ que paths and all my buildings rally points were going crazy too.........and I couldn't press enter to send msgs.

Has anyone had this experience? Or know whats causing it? I've uploaded the replay, fast forward to the end b4 the big battle in the centre, u'll see I first attack my own bunker then all these green lines and stuff pop up and I basically didn't even attack with anything........

Feedback is welcome, here's the replay, I'm purple
because if this is a hack or a major bug I would like blizzard to know

[url blocked]
Dark.Carnival
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States5095 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-05 08:25:33
May 05 2010 08:15 GMT
#2
Sometimes shift will mess up and everything will turn into a shift-queue command. It's really annoying when it happens > <

Oh, and the other fun bug is when the game won't register anything you do on the keyboard. As far as I know, opening/closing the friends list on the left will fix it, but the first time it happened I was alt tabbing like crazy thing it would fix itself.
@QxGDarkCell ._.
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-05 08:15:51
May 05 2010 08:15 GMT
#3
Yes, I don't know what causes this but it's basically your shift key getting "stuck", even though it's not actually physically stuck.

I have no idea why it happens but it's happened a reasonable amount of times for me.

Pretty sure it's an ingame bug and not a keyboard error.

Also, in the future, don't make all caps thread titles plz!
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
icki.icki
Profile Joined March 2010
106 Posts
May 05 2010 08:18 GMT
#4
Yeah, I've had this bug too. Pretty sure the key was not in fact stuck, but it acted like it.
mcneebs
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada391 Posts
May 05 2010 08:21 GMT
#5
Man I thought I was doing this myself somehow, didn't know it was a bug. Hated it.
You do it to yourself. Just you. You and no one else.
bioboyAT
Profile Joined July 2004
Austria1765 Posts
May 05 2010 08:24 GMT
#6
anyone else experienced a bug where your whole keyboard wasn't working anymore ? only ctrl and alt is working but no other hotkeys or enter ect
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zomgzergrush
Profile Joined August 2008
United States923 Posts
May 05 2010 08:30 GMT
#7
If my P teammate drops, I can no longer produce anything but pylons and nexii from his base. No pylon power new or old works. Even if we're double P, too.
Bronze skipping straight to Diamond in 40 games retail release. Bnet 2.0 ladder really takes it's sweet time to think about that league placement.
Sephy90
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1785 Posts
May 05 2010 08:35 GMT
#8
i haven't had this problem, but has anyone else had a problem when you hold shift to group stray units / units popping out and grouping them with your hotkeyed units and it won't register? i end up ctrl + hotkeying them and i only end up with 3-4 units in one hotkey instead of what i had before + those units that just came out?
"So I turned the lights off at night and practiced by myself"
PizzaHash
Profile Joined February 2010
Netherlands76 Posts
May 05 2010 08:37 GMT
#9
Does this have something to do with Windows? When you hold the shift key for over 5sec you enter ?Sticky keys? (translated). Just a thought...
tyreek
Profile Joined June 2009
United States141 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-05 08:39:00
May 05 2010 08:38 GMT
#10
Turn off sticky keys

http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windowsxp/stickykeys.aspx
STORMMMMMMUUUUUUUUU
Asta
Profile Joined October 2002
Germany3491 Posts
May 05 2010 08:45 GMT
#11
On May 05 2010 17:15 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Also, in the future, don't make all caps thread titles plz!


Haha kinda ironic given the content of the thread. :D
Zadan
Profile Joined March 2003
Canada64 Posts
May 05 2010 08:48 GMT
#12
so how do I fix this problem if it happens again? just turn of sticky keys?
Tankbusta
Profile Joined May 2010
United States109 Posts
May 05 2010 08:48 GMT
#13
this happens when im talking to people on steam, definitely not a problem with sticky keys
Kinky
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States4126 Posts
May 05 2010 08:59 GMT
#14
On May 05 2010 17:24 bioboyAT wrote:
anyone else experienced a bug where your whole keyboard wasn't working anymore ? only ctrl and alt is working but no other hotkeys or enter ect

Try alt-tabbing.

I haven't had this shift bug before O_o It's my first time hearing about it.
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-05 09:27:22
May 05 2010 09:22 GMT
#15
On May 05 2010 17:24 bioboyAT wrote:
anyone else experienced a bug where your whole keyboard wasn't working anymore ? only ctrl and alt is working but no other hotkeys or enter ect

Yes.

In a 2v2. Me and TLO won anyway, despite me playing mouse only - thank god it was a small map lol. Zealo/sentry pretty easy to micro but using chrono boost becomes a pain, and same with using warp gates.

Only key working was shift, I couldn't make control groups lol
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
iD.NicKy
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
France767 Posts
May 05 2010 09:25 GMT
#16
that shit happened to me too, i had to alt tab to fix it
ProoM
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Lithuania1741 Posts
May 05 2010 09:30 GMT
#17
Ohh, now it makes much more sense, I thought I'm the only one =D! Yea this is really annoying T_T
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Yaros
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia48 Posts
May 05 2010 12:34 GMT
#18
On May 05 2010 18:22 FrozenArbiter wrote:
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On May 05 2010 17:24 bioboyAT wrote:
anyone else experienced a bug where your whole keyboard wasn't working anymore ? only ctrl and alt is working but no other hotkeys or enter ect

Yes.

In a 2v2. Me and TLO won anyway, despite me playing mouse only - thank god it was a small map lol. Zealo/sentry pretty easy to micro but using chrono boost becomes a pain, and same with using warp gates.

Only key working was shift, I couldn't make control groups lol



I've had this happen; in order to stop it chat to one of your friends from the friends-console-pupup and then you'll be able to use your keyboard again.
Fear is a product of imagination.
Foooky
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Australia205 Posts
October 19 2010 03:20 GMT
#19
Anyone find a solution for this in the meantime? I actually bought a new keyboard because i thought my shift key was physically stuck. Unfortunately, the same problem still keeps occuring every so often and it is really frustrating losing a good 10 seconds of mining time because of this problem.
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