Can't type text in chat
By
Shred_Monkey,
Posted on: 2011-09-12 24:13 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Without knowing anything about your system, it's impossible to diagnose the problem. At a guess, though, another program is stealing focus from City of Heros when you click or hit the / key.
Another guess is that you're playing on a laptop.
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Yes, playing on a laptop.|
Originally Posted by Starcloud
Without knowing anything about your system, it's impossible to diagnose the problem. At a guess, though, another program is stealing focus from City of Heros when you click or hit the / key.
Another guess is that you're playing on a laptop. |
I can click in the chat box also and still can't type, so it's not tied to the / key... and once the chat box is unhighlighted the game continues playing and taking keyboard input with no issues, so I while it might be related to another program, It seems suspicious that it gains and looses focus in exactly the same way the chat input box does. Do you have a suggestion on how I could check if there is something running to cause this problem?
I gotta make pain. I gotta make things right. I gotta stop what's comin'. 'Least I gotta try.
The closest thing I've seen to this problem was when the market interface would sometimes hold keyboard input focus even after you closed it. I haven't seen that in some time so I presume that's fixed. Anyway if I remember correctly clicking directly on the text entry area of the chat window would fix that particular problem, and it looks like it's not working for you.
Other times I have problems typing it's because the game misread some keyboard input and thinks the Alt, Ctrl, or Shift key is held down when it's not. Tapping each of those keys once fixes that problem. However that problem would also show itself through play if you use keys to activate powers and such things, so again it looks like you've already ruled that out.
So it looks like we're on to the third option. Sadly I don't know what that is. The first two are the only keyboard input problems I can remember having while playing CoH.
With that clarification, it sounds like the keyboard overlay function is intermittently being toggled on when you click or use the / key.
Try toggling it off the next time it happens and see if that clears it up. If your laptop has one, and it probably does, there will be an <Fn> key.
Here's the issue:
I hit enter or / to start typing in chat or to start typing a command... the chat box is highlighted or the "/" shows up and the box is highlighted, but I can't type anything. No letters or numbers will appear. If my sound is on, I'll get a beeping after typing a bunch of letters. I can hit enter to get out of the chat interface without sending anything. (it seems like I have to hit it more then once, though). I can switch windows and type something into notepad then cut and paste it into the interface to send a command or line of chat. Everything works fine with typing outside of the game. Changing channels doesn't help. When I'm not in the chat interface all my binds work ok, so the keyboard is working properly. It's only when I go to chat that i won't let me type anything.
This problem doesn't happen all the time. I can fix the problem by quitting and restarting the game. Logging out a charictor then coming back doesn't fix the problem.
I can't tell you what triggers the issue. I suspected this is some kind of windows or keyboard setting, but I've been looking for a long time and can't find anything.
I run Windows 7. It happens maybe 3-4 times per week, so not even every time I play. I'm not sure what other information may help, but it's pretty annoying to be on a team and not even be able to chat. It's really annoying to not be able to use the handy shortcuts like /auctionhoue or /quit.
Any suggestions or questions that would help diagnose the issue are appreciated. Thanks.
I gotta make pain. I gotta make things right. I gotta stop what's comin'. 'Least I gotta try.