Controls stopped working

[dorffy]

On release day, the controls for red dead 2 on pc worked fine. There were no problems after i configured them. I set up my controls to be Hold down shift to sprint, tapping to jog and thats the same settings for the horse. But ever since Thursday the controls now have a mind of their own.

When i press 'W' theres like a 50/50 chance i will actually walk forward, sometimes when i just tap 'A' or 'D' i will continuously run either left or right. If i just tap 'SHIFT' i will sprint even if i'm not touching 'W' and if i keep tapping 'shirt' so i can jog that doesnt do anything. Sometimes I randomly start crouching and when i press 'ctrl' nothing happens.

When i get on my horse and the only button ill press is 'E' my horse will either go full sprint even though i never touched shift or will never go forward when i press 'W' but will turn left or right when i press 'A' and 'D'
But when i plug in my xbox controller, everything works fine except crouching is still random and my horse still wont go forward.

This happens both in singleplayer and multiplayer. Is there a fix for this because i know its not my keyboard. It's been working fine, I've played many other games since Thursday with no problem so it seems to just be Red dead 2.

[Judge Lazar]

This kind of behavior is usually a result of keys being stuck while transitioning menus especially if you're using shift, ctrl and tab. I dunno if that's your issue but when it starts acting like that, try pressing those 3 keys. Usually in games when you get stuck walking a direction tapping that direction key will interrupt the command.

I've noticed in this game specifically if I open a menu and then press a key too soon while it's transitioning, the key will not work unless I let go and press again.

[UK_John]

Here we are in 2021 and still the problem with the Shift key for running! It intermittently works today just like 2 years ago!

[Now I Know This Girl]

I just bought the game and still on prologue and this problem still persist, when pressing W Arthur Will just do one step forward and when press A and D he immediately turn around...

[VicTycoon]

No solution? :c My mouse and keyboard crash all the time, my Xbox 360 controller no longer finds connection to the computer when the game is open. I close the game and quickly the controller reconnects

[taldrkh]

Originally posted by dorffy:

On release day, the controls for red dead 2 on pc worked fine. There were no problems after i configured them. I set up my controls to be Hold down shift to sprint, tapping to jog and thats the same settings for the horse. But ever since Thursday the controls now have a mind of their own.

When i press 'W' theres like a 50/50 chance i will actually walk forward, sometimes when i just tap 'A' or 'D' i will continuously run either left or right. If i just tap 'SHIFT' i will sprint even if i'm not touching 'W' and if i keep tapping 'shirt' so i can jog that doesnt do anything. Sometimes I randomly start crouching and when i press 'ctrl' nothing happens.

When i get on my horse and the only button ill press is 'E' my horse will either go full sprint even though i never touched shift or will never go forward when i press 'W' but will turn left or right when i press 'A' and 'D'
But when i plug in my xbox controller, everything works fine except crouching is still random and my horse still wont go forward.

This happens both in singleplayer and multiplayer. Is there a fix for this because i know its not my keyboard. It's been working fine, I've played many other games since Thursday with no problem so it seems to just be Red dead 2.

I recently reinstalled the game on a new 3060 machine it worked fine up to midway through game and exactly the same issue as my previous Gaming rig. The above Quote is a great example of my frustration. another year passed and no resolution? ♥♥♥♥ rockstar. they favor modders anyway

[lordkrotan]

i had the same issue. i turned out my usb hub caused problems. try disconnecting all unneccery devices and try again.

[arvee]

My game has been working fine up until two days ago, now I am having the same problem being discussed here. I reinstalled the game and still have the problem. No idea what do do now.

[arvee]

I have noticed when I stand next to my horses it will result in this error every time.

[taldrkh]

ROCKSTAR IS ♥♥♥♥♥.