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Starmade | Default controls conflict with Windows keyboard shortcut to change keyboard layout
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Description

On windows the keyboard shortcut to change keyboard layout is ctrl+shift (and ctrl+alt changes input language).
By default ctrl is used to strafe down in ship, and shift to slow it down. And they can be used together to get more controllable movement for example on planets.

For many people this shortcut isn't a problem because they don't have multiple languages/layouts configured. But in some for some languages (for example polish) there are 2 or more layouts. And many people aren't even aware of this windows feature. There is no notification, no message, no sound to notify of the change.

And in case of polish it changes from "Polish (programmers)" (which is the normal qwerty layout) to "Polish (214)" which among other things has Y and Z swapped.

This feature is enabled by default on windows, and many people eighter don't disable it, don't know how to disable it or aren't aware that it exists.

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Task Type
Bug
Testing Results
Affected Gamemode(s)
Single and Multi
Reproducible
Yes
Category
none/unspecified
Hardware/Software/System
OS-Specific
Windows Only
Hardware-Specific
Other
Video Card Vendor
uncertain
Steps to reproduce

Strafe down while holding "brake" key on ship with default controls, on windows installation with multiple keyboard layouts. The keyboard layout will silently change.

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lancake moved this task from New / Unconfirmed to Feedback on the Issue Navigation board.Aug 30 2016, 5:47 PM
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Are you talking about alt + shift? I can't remember that ctrl + shift changed anything.
It does change depending on what windows you have though, and probably also if it's a laptop.

For example it's function key + space to switch layouts on my laptop.

I'm not entirely sure if we can fix that.

Barteks2x added a comment.EditedAug 30 2016, 7:07 PM

No, I'm not talking about alt+shift. I'm specifically talking about ctrl+shift.

To see it in action:
Control panel --> Region and language --> Keyboards and languages tab --> Change keyboards and then in general tab:
Add... and under Polish select "Polish (programmers)" and "Polish (214)" (which are added by default in polish version of windows).

hen you cliock ok/apply there should be a language baron taskbar. Change EN (or whatever yopu had) to PL. When yopu press ctrl+shift keyboard layout should change (Y will work as Z and Z as Y, and several other changes). Press ctrl+shift again to go back to qwerty.

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lancake changed the task status from Open to Feedback.Mar 10 2017, 12:06 AM

I just checked and noticed that there's also Ctrl + Shift being used as a shortcut.
It's something we can't fix or improve upon since every Windows User will have their own setting.
Here's how to change it, or to turn it off:

Will put the task on feedback to see if you could fix it for you or not.

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lancake closed this task as Rejected.Jun 12 2017, 1:56 PM

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Never a bug to begin with, didn't receive feedback if the author managed to resolve it or not so closing task.

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lancake triaged this task as Trivial priority.Jun 12 2017, 1:57 PM
AndyP moved this task from Unclassed to Archived on the Starmade board.Jul 20 2017, 10:48 PM