Answered Can't move southwest/northwest (S/W+A) diagonally when pressing UP ARROW+RIGHT ARROW simultaneously [Windows]

[Quadratojugal]

Version Number: v1.6.15 build 24356
In-Game Language: English
Mode: Single Player
Input: Keyboard & Mouse

I'm using a Snapdragon Windows laptop (WoA), so I'm not sure if this is an issue with running SV on Windows on ARM.

I was having trouble passing the first level of JotPK because the controls felt off. Initially, I thought it was input lag due to SV running on Prism emulation, but I found a consistent pattern with the problem. As mentioned in the title, I also tried it outside of the mini-game and successfully reproduced the issue. My character can't move southwest or northwest (using S/W + A) when I simultaneously press UP ARROW + RIGHT ARROW. Instead, I can shoot diagonally, but my character only moves north when pressing W + A or south when pressing S + A—there's no horizontal movement.

Has anyone else encountered the same problem?

Edit: Added some hardware details after reading the guidelines + attached my save file

 

[Quadratojugal]

Bump in case this was overlooked

 

[Pathoschild]

Hi! The game should be fine with simultaneous input like W + A + Up + Right (and I just tested that successfully on Windows x64). Some keyboards don't support pressing many keys at once though; you can try this key rollover test to see if that's the issue for you.

 

[EliteDangerGamer]

Yeah, I tested it, and it worked

 

[Lew Zealand]

I play a couple of games with KB only and the very keyboard I'm typing on doesn't support N-Key rollover so I need to connect another KB and use that when needing to chord 4+ keys at once.

Edit: This KB passed the test when I pressed W A S D and then ' and / which I use in another game and it passed with a 6 keys pressed. But when I started pressing the keys in a different sequence, I could get a minimum of 2 keys:

D and '

simultaneously pressed before this crud KB stopped receiving input from any other keys on the KB. Failing N-key rollover can be situationally-based like this.

 

[Quadratojugal]

Hi! The game should be fine with simultaneous input like W + A + Up + Right (and I just tested that successfully on Windows x64). Some keyboards don't support pressing many keys at once though; you can try this key rollover test to see if that's the issue for you.

Hello, thank you for sending over the rollover test!

After trying it, it's indeed a limitation of my cheap Logitech keyboard which is unfortunate, but the weird part is that it can't do A/D when I'm pressing UP + RIGHT. That's just like 2 active keys. Meanwhile, I can do 7 keys on some certain combinations.

 

[Lew Zealand]

Hello, thank you for sending over the rollover test!

After trying it, It's indeed a limitation of my cheap Logitech keyboard which is unfortunate, but the weird part is that it can't do A/D when I'm pressing UP + RIGHT. That's just like 2 active keys. Meanwhile, I can do 7 keys on some combinations.

My keyboard seems to have a similar limitation. One workaround you can try is to remap key commands from problem ones (Up and Right) to modifier keys, like R Shift and R Crtl, even Enter. This may kill your ergonomics so it's not a great solution, but try it out as it may be good enough for your uses.

 

[Quadratojugal]

Hello, thank you for sending over the rollover test!

After trying it, it's indeed a limitation of my cheap Logitech keyboard which is unfortunate, but the weird part is that it can't do A/D when I'm pressing UP + RIGHT. That's just like 2 active keys. Meanwhile, I can do 7 keys on some combinations.

I'm trying to do Fector's Challenge and not being able to do horizontal while on UP + RIGHT is really messing up my flow

I just have so much muscle memory for WASD that I think I won't be able to play SV anymore if I remap the default controls. Buying a better keyboard is probably a better aim for me.