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CaioMGA:
Hi,

I have just found DoomRL and it is a pretty neat game.
But, the controls get crazy after some time playing.
I don't know how much time before messing the controls.
It occured in my 4 (and so far the only 4) sessions playing the game

I noticed the bug when trying to go downstairs and the '>' command does not work.
I tried other commands to get out and none worked. Those are the malfunctioning commands:
'esc'
'S'
'>'
'?'

I still can walk, change weapons and shoot in the game.
I did not tested all the commands, there could be more messed controls.

I use an netbook Acer Aspire One AO722 and a Brazilian usb keyboard (keys layout is ABNT2). The problem occurs on both keyboards, the 'native' from the netbook and the usb one.

If there is any log file that I can post, let me know and I will post it here.
If there is a solution, please, let me know.

[]'s

Caio


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UPDATE:
It happenned again, this time I got some screenshots. In the pictures below I tried the '>' comand and I got that messages. The screenshots are from the same level.

http://twitpic.com/dskn0k
http://twitpic.com/dskn2p

When trying the 'S' command, message reads "Unknown command, type '?' for help", but when I type '?' I got the same message.

Also, alt + f4 does not work as well, I don't know if it is supposed to work. Anyway...

[]'s

Sylph:
Sometimes modifier keys (shift, ctrl, alt) can 'stick'. I get it when alt-tabbing - when I go back into doomrl, the alt key thinks it's pressed down...

Try pressing alt, shift, and control (on both sides of the keyboard), that should unstick them if any of them are stuck. :)

LuckyDee:
The keyboard language settings maybe? I know that, if you have multiple options active, there's some stupid frequently-accidentally-pressed combination of keys that changes this. I used to have this when I still had both Dutch and English installed, and it would switch positions of certain symbols like = + / > and such.

Bear in mind that:
- 'esc' has no function
- 'S' only works on the stairs

The other issues may be caused by just this setting, since they occur with symbol keys. It would explain why you are still able to use arrow and letter keys normally.

CaioMGA:

--- Quote from: Sylph on January 17, 2014, 09:41 ---Sometimes modifier keys (shift, ctrl, alt) can 'stick'. I get it when alt-tabbing - when I go back into doomrl, the alt key thinks it's pressed down...

Try pressing alt, shift, and control (on both sides of the keyboard), that should unstick them if any of them are stuck. :)

--- End quote ---

Nope. Keys are working properly outside the game.
I have updated the Original Post with more info.

thanks anyway

CaioMGA:

--- Quote from: LuckyDee on January 17, 2014, 09:59 ---The keyboard language settings maybe? I know that, if you have multiple options active, there's some stupid frequently-accidentally-pressed combination of keys that changes this. I used to have this when I still had both Dutch and English installed, and it would switch positions of certain symbols like = + / > and such.

Bear in mind that:
- 'esc' has no function
- 'S' only works on the stairs

The other issues may be caused by just this setting, since they occur with symbol keys. It would explain why you are still able to use arrow and letter keys normally.

--- End quote ---

No, the language setted is PT-BR (Brazilian Portuguese) and did not change.

'esc' does have a function, it cancels commands such as 'i', or 'f' or 'e'
I am having trouble when using 'S' over a stair.

So it is not about symbol keys.

I will try to fool around with lua.

Any suggestions or advices?

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