Letter shortcuts for context/quick chat don't work, but number shortcuts do?!

(deems) #1

Hi there,

I’m running ETQW in ubuntu 2.6.32, and everything is working well…except, oddly, the letter shortcuts for the quick chat or context menus don’t work. Instead the key that I press is ignored by the quick chat menu, and applied as if the menu is not open.

E.g. I hit ‘s’ with the quick chat menu up, and instead of saying “sorry” I take a step backwards (I use wsad for movement). Similar for the context menu.

If I switch over to the number shortcuts, it works as it should… But I’m totally used to the letter quick keys. Any ideas of what to try? I had a look at cvars, and experimented all through the ingame menus…but no joy. Any suggestions welcome!

Thanks,

Deems

(DrFunkenstein) #2

Go to “game settings” and look on the “advanced” tab, there’s an option there to switch between letters and numbers for quick chat.

Dr. Funkenstein

(Dthy) #3

could be just a problem on ubuntu, have never had anything like that

(deems) #4

@DrFunkenstein – Yes, thanks. I know this. When I have it on numbers, it works. When I have it on letters it doesn’t. I’d switch to using numbers, but I’ve gotten used to the letters.

@Dthwsh. – It could be an ubuntu problem, for sure… But if so, it is an odd one. What would the operating system have to do with the way the game interprets a chain of key-strokes? I would suspect ubuntu more if it didn’t recognise all keystrokes, or e.g. mouse motion. But this seems so specific. I’m not saying you’re wrong – it’s just kind of odd if that is the case!

Any other suggestions?

Cheers,
Deems

(JinxterX) #5

This is a bug in the linux client that never got fixed.