Autohotkey wont work for Shift key

[Kugu]

Autohotkey has been working fine for about 2 to three months now. I use it to allow me to hit shift for dash and reading it as the F key. (Shift is super messed up if you use numpad and possibly other keys ) The code is just this:

#If WinActive("Guilty Gear -Strive- ")
Shift::F

Suddenly today the script just refuses to work, I've restarted my PC, I've looked through my antivirus to ensure its not being stopped by anything. It says its running in the tray. But once in game hitting Shift just wont do anything. Anyone running into a similar issue and know why it would just stop working ?

[Meseki]

Of course, the first thing to think about is if you've had it working since the last update (June 10th, I believe). If you never tried since then, I guess the first thing would be to double check if the window title is exactly the same (especially if that extra space at the end is intentional).
Another thing to consider is whether the game and AutoHotkey are running at the same privilege level. Try to have both running as administrator.


An alternative if that doesn't work (or you don't want to/can't try it) is to switch your attack buttons from numpad. I use OP{}L for my attack buttons (as that allows using Right Alt with my thumb for Roman Cancel), though I believe most people with a similar control style use UIOJK or something around there.
If you have to worry about ghosting, this site[drakeirving.github.io] can be useful for determining what keys can be pressed together on your keyboard.

Also, if you actually use Right Alt, then you may have to turn off Alt+Shift switching keyboard languages. (At least in Windows 10, Windows key + Space does the same thing anyway)