Movement

[Irushian]

I have to ask, is there a setting somewhere that I am just not seeing to fine-tune movement? Or even better change the scheme? At the movement if I press W I will run straight north, D for east, S for south and A for West, even though my keyboard is new-ish, what's known as key ghosting(?) doesn't allow me to use the S+A or S+D combinations. So to go South east or south west diagonal I end up having to fast cycle S then either A or D, which looks as bad as it feels and has zero precision.

I'm hoping that I do not have to switch to a controller to get proper feeling movement as this feels too unnatural and I really hope this is just a newbie mistake on my behalf.

Please help... frustration high.

[Ficelle]

Just get a proper keyboard for gaming
Doest have to be a gaming keyboard...any 10-20 euros one should do...

If yours is so low quality that it doesnt even allow S+A or S+D to be depressed at the same time, many games just wont work proper
You can rebind move keys to some other keys...
Perhaps try Arrows...but if you are right handed, it wont really be good
And it wont fix your keyboard anyway

Honestly, i didnt think less than 3 keys rollover keyboards were still sold these days...

[Irushian]

It is a cheap £20 one, as I'm unsure about placing links in these I'll put the amazon string at the bottom, it'll be the first search result that comes up for it.

TECKNET Gaming Keyboard, Rainbow LED Backlit Wired Keyboard with 25 Keys Anti-Ghosting, 12 Multimedia Keys, 5 Backlight Modes, UK Layout


When I watch youtubers playing the game they're able to control easily and do not look like they're restricted to basically 8 directions (6 for me).

[Higgs]

If you try this software, you should be able to see when it occurs:
https://www.microsoft.com/applied-sciences/projects/anti-ghosting-demo

As reference, my keyboard there recognizes up to fifty simultaneous key presses, as it's anti-ghosting. But if yours can't handle much more than two it is not going to work out well in most games.

So this wouldn't just be PZ, any other games you play that allows moving like this would also be affected. Doesn't need to be anti-ghosting, just make sure it allows a few simultaneous key presses together, at least on important gaming keys.

[Higgs]

Keyboard like that shouldn't have any problems really, maybe it needs some driver update for it?

[Higgs]

I can't find the model for that keyboard so it's difficult to find a link for a driver update for it, but if you know it, it'd be worth trying to update it to see if it fixes the problem.

[Ficelle]

Mmm, im not sure i understand....

Your keyboard is this one right ?

TECKNET Gaming Keyboard, Rainbow LED Backlit Wired Keyboard with 25 Keys Anti-Ghosting, 12 Multimedia Keys, 5 Backlight Modes, UK Layout

This keyboard should have no problem at all with key ghosting...none at all
It is supposed to handle 25 keys depressed simultaneously...

Now, perhaps it needs you to install some driver or something like that

[Irushian]

No drivers came with the keyboard, and there are none on the manufacturers website.

Google: tecknet x702 manual

I've found an online manual that matches what came with it, however the manual isn't useful as it doesn't even explain what some of the keys actually do (Game key for example).

[Ficelle]

You can try one online tool to see...like the one MadDan linked to you

If it doesnt seem to allow plenty keys to be depressed at the same time, then your keyboard is faulty or something

Check Windows Device Manager
Try to switch USB port
Try to reboot your computer