Is this a new keyboard that came with the new computer, or are you still using your old keyboard? Many keyboards have what's called what's called "key blocking". That's when there are 3 keys on the keyboard that block each other from functioning. DFG are the common ones, but which keys those are can vary from manufacterer to manufacturer.
Also, some simpler keyboards can only handle so many simultanious keystrokes, even without key blocking, so that can impact gaming as well.
If this is your old keyboard, then I'm not sure what to say.
To expand on what Faith said, there are some nice keyboards designed for gaming that can handle a very high number of simultaneous keystrokes. You might look into some gaming boards. Ideazon, Z-Board, and Logitech are all fairly good. I like Logitech for peripherals. I have an MX Revolution. Though I have a $10 Logitech keyboard and I've never had any issues with keyblocking.
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Thanks for that guys. It is the new keyboard, but again, I can do spacebar, up, and right all at the same time with no issue, but not spacebar, up, and left at once. Anyway to correct that, or do I need to look into slapping my old keyboard onto my new machine for the time being?
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So I have Super Jumping characters now, who can't jump to the left. To move left they must land, turn left, and then jump forward. Anyone have any idea what's up with that? |
I have the same issue with my Saitek eclipseII. all I do is release the spacebar and the left arrow turns me midjump. I can hit the space before I land and Ill be headed the new direction. It's not perfect but it gets the job done for me.
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Definitely try the old keyboard, just to make sure that it's a keyboard issue at least. If the old one does it too it may be a software issue, but chances are it's the keyboard.
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Thanks for that guys. It is the new keyboard, but again, I can do spacebar, up, and right all at the same time with no issue, but not spacebar, up, and left at once. Anyway to correct that, or do I need to look into slapping my old keyboard onto my new machine for the time being?
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Another off-the-wall idea to double check is that you don't have some sort
of Left-Arrow bind in the game that is playing a part (assuming the old
keyboard and the new one show the same odd behaviour)
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I am not sure at what point this started but I also have experienced this issue. Exactly as the OP has described. It's slim line DELL keyboard.On side note if you use the 'W, S, Q, E,' keys for direction works fine. I finally just got used to doing those, against my will. :P
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For the record, I use ESDF rather than WASD, because I'm morally opposed to taking my fingers off the home keys. That and I can't exactly see what advantage there's supposed to be to moving my hand farther to the edge of the keyboard, where there are less keys to press.
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i've experienced the exact same thing over the last few years. same thing on like 3 or 4 different keyboards, including my current dell laptop. i can jump with space bar, forward with arrow key, and right with right arrow key but not left. yet i can easily go forward with arrow and jump with space while going left and right easy with "q" and "e" respectively.
before i used the q and e keys to turn while jumping i used to do what cinder spawn said
For the record, I use ESDF rather than WASD, because I'm morally opposed to taking my fingers off the home keys. That and I can't exactly see what advantage there's supposed to be to moving my hand farther to the edge of the keyboard, where there are less keys to press.
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For the record, I use ESDF rather than WASD, because I'm morally opposed to taking my fingers off the home keys. That and I can't exactly see what advantage there's supposed to be to moving my hand farther to the edge of the keyboard, where there are less keys to press.
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For the record, I use ESDF rather than WASD, because I'm morally opposed to taking my fingers off the home keys. That and I can't exactly see what advantage there's supposed to be to moving my hand farther to the edge of the keyboard, where there are less keys to press.
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I probably should have trained myself to use ESDF when I was making the adjustment from the arrow keys to WASD, but it didn't even occur to me at the time.
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Thanks for that guys. It is the new keyboard, but again, I can do spacebar, up, and right all at the same time with no issue, but not spacebar, up, and left at once. Anyway to correct that, or do I need to look into slapping my old keyboard onto my new machine for the time being?
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In general, you have a few options:
1) Keep using a keyboard that you know works the way you want.
2) If you have one that you like, buy a spare NOW while it's still being manufactured since keyboards wear out.
3) Any time you buy a new keyboard, pray.
4) Buy a gaming keyboard. They are generally designed EXPECTING multiple simultaneous keypresses.
I went with option 2. I found a nice Logitech keyboard with a layout I liked and that handled CoH's multiple keypresses and I immediately bought another for when the current one wears out.
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You're hosed. There is no way to correct it as it is an issue with the internal design (circuitry) of the keyboard. There does not appear to any rhyme or reason to it. Even similar (but not identical) models from the same manufacturer can behave differently.
In general, you have a few options: 1) Keep using a keyboard that you know works the way you want. 2) If you have one that you like, buy a spare NOW while it's still being manufactured since keyboards wear out. 3) Any time you buy a new keyboard, pray. 4) Buy a gaming keyboard. They are generally designed EXPECTING multiple simultaneous keypresses. I went with option 2. I found a nice Logitech keyboard with a layout I liked and that handled CoH's multiple keypresses and I immediately bought another for when the current one wears out. |
So if this one dies, my "easiest" option would be a G19, for similar performance.
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Wow, this is the exact issue that I've had on my Dell Inspiron E1705 for the last 3+ years. I can be going forward (up arrow) while Jumping (Spacebar) and turn right, but not left. I have to release either spacebar or the up arrow and turn left, then restart in the new direction.
After plugging in different USB keyboards that had no issue on my desktop, but that would start doing the same issue when plugged into the laptop, I said &^%$ it.
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Yeah, looks like I'll ride this one out and hope for a new gaming keyboard in the coming holidays.
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So, recentlty I got a new computer. And you know, it works great, for the most part. Runs the game beautifully. But there is this one odd thing that it can't do. Or isn't doing, anyway.
Now to start with, I've never gotten comfortable with using WASD to move. It just feels unnatural to me. So instead, I tend to move with the arrow keys. I understand that this is weird and I am okay with being weird.
Here's the issue though. When holding the up arrow and the spacebar at the same time, such as one might do when travelling via Super Jump, the left arrow doesn't respond when pressed. The right arrow does, but the left does not. So I have Super Jumping characters now, who can't jump to the left. To move left they must land, turn left, and then jump forward.
Which is weird and can't be right. Anyone have any idea what's up with that? And how I could fix it?
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