WASD problem for gaming.

[thanty]

I have been playing oblivion and half-life 2 and the controls I have been using for movement is configured WASD. With oblivion, I don't even know if I have a choice to change it, but anyways this is what the problem is.

To move my character I often hold down shift + 2 keys so I can run and strafe. I have problems with "D." If I am holding another key down, it doesn't allow me to strafe right with the "D" key. If I am strafing right with "D" it doesn't allow me to add another movement key, such as to move forward or back in addition to strafing.

Why is this? How would I fix this?

[George Hallam]

hmm do you have an old keyboard? sounds like all the info doesn't get through

[thanty]

My keyboard is less than a year old. I think around 6 months old.

[mjc]

High quality gaming keyboard or just a $20 'special'?

[thanty]

Well it was $40.

[George Hallam]

Im thinking it cant send/process all the instructions at once..

is it wireless?

[thanty]

No, its has a wire.

The problem seems bound by the "D" key.
For example in games I am able to Shift + A + W, or Shift + A + S.

I cannot Shift + D + W. If I press W first, I only move foward. If I press D first, I only move sideways.

Although if I am not holding down Shift there is no problem. If I hold down D + W or D + S I move both just as I want.

[Ajmukon]

does it happen in other games?
it maybe a glitch in the game..

or it is a failed keyboard- try popping the keys out (i have no clue how to do that..) and using "canned air" to blow dust off of the circuitry

[mjc]

It is sounding a lot like a failed keyboard to me...

[George Hallam]

try a few other games then if it still doesn't work..

you could really do with getting a new one

go gaming grade the G15 or the RAZER tarantula (i like the G15 more)

[saphalline]

Is this keyboard natively PS/2 or USB?

This is a known-issue for keyboards, although I haven't run into it in quite a few years now. The problem is too many simultaneous key states in relation to physical row/column placements (most often in conjunction with the SHIFT key). It's a documented "feature" of the original keyboard controller and was considered a non-issue until more complex first-person shooters hit the scene around the year 2000. It was at this time that peripheral manufacturers addressed this problem with more advanced embedded processors in their multimedia USB keyboards.

I first ran into this problem myself in 2001 (when I built my first custom PC) while using a natively PS/2 Logitech keyboard. I upgraded to a USB multimedia Logitech keyboard and I haven't had the problem since (at least on my main gaming rig). This never really crops up unless you're a gamer and happen to need to push SHIFT and W and S and D and R all at the same time! So it's not surprising that it's a little-known issue.

At this point, despite the $40 cost of your keyboard, I'm wondering if you simply bought a basic keyboard or perhaps a natively PS/2 keyboard OR maybe you got a knock-off brand keyboard. I usually like to stick to Logitech and Micro$oft myself, but that's just my personal preference as a gamer.

[PCnoob]

Actually it happens . Due to excess usage it happens with some keys. IF it happens in other games then it is just due to the keyboard and if other games are fine then it is just a game glitch.