Today, escape key failed to close inventory

[Robearicus]

Today, escape key failed to close inventory, or a chest when open. You have to actually go to the top left and click on the close button. That is like 10x annoying than they, automatic equip to hotbar, have to escape to inventory to move it to inventory. Then open the chest to store it. Except today, each time I had to do that, I also had to click the close button in the corner. I tried logging out, closing the program, verifying the files, rebooting. Nope. Escape key is still seen from the play mode, it opens the options, etc. But you cannot by any keystroke, close the inventory, or a chest, without clicking the close button. ANNOYING!!!!

[Chris-el-father]

Super annoying and you can't bind a button to do it. Why was it changed?

[Artemis]

I experienced this too, not sure if it is a bug or intended?

[subwaybananas]

Its a known bug. Only restart the game is the fix atm.

[Lyote]

Originally posted by Smoldier:

Super annoying and you can't bind a button to do it. Why was it changed?

If you encounter a disconnect at any point, when logging back in the ESC key loses most of its ability to close menus.

Solution is simple: Any time you get a disconnect, restart the game rather just attempting to load back in.
It sucks, but thats all we can do until the devs figure out a fix.

[Yhtill]

Originally posted by Lyote:

Originally posted by Smoldier:

Super annoying and you can't bind a button to do it. Why was it changed?

If you encounter a disconnect at any point, when logging back in the ESC key loses most of its ability to close menus.

Solution is simple: Any time you get a disconnect, restart the game rather just attempting to load back in.
It sucks, but thats all we can do until the devs figure out a fix.

As Lyote said, this is a bug. It's been in since the beginning. While I was still playing, I had to decide whether to log off (as Lyote suggested) to fix the keys not working, or just click close. Sadly (for me) I usually just clicked 'close' when the issue occurred, because I was more concerned about disconnects.

[SaltMaster]

I experienced this, I put it down to me having alt tabbed the game whilst it was initially loading, and I'm on Linux which is a bit eh with windows management.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by subwaybananas:

Its a known bug. Only restart the game is the fix atm.

It happens after any sort of network error, do the restart as suggested.

[DoMo]

I honestly think it's steam preventing the use of it.. just from my observations on my system.

[wildbill]

Originally posted by Smoldier:

Super annoying and you can't bind a button to do it. Why was it changed?

Not changed, this is a random bug that appears and disappears at random. Been around for at least a week, maybe since the game was released.

[Robearicus]

Last night was the first time for me. On top of the long realm loading times, I was trying to move stuff. I have been getting a lot of disconnects. Yesterday my Abeyance realm wouldn't load. I was stuck in a hunt level with a full pack. Every time I tried to Respite back, network error. Reload, back in Hunt, no escape key to get out of inventory. My dog ate my favorite pair of socks, and I think there is a dark crow watching me from the front yard maple tree...call me macabre, but I miss the old country...

[Pinkeh]

Seems to happen when you alt-tab (on pc) during the very long loading screens and realm transitions. Not sure if playing in window mode helps. They really need to fix the 2-15 minute long transitions.

The solution seem to be "restart your game client".

[wildbill]

Originally posted by Pinkeh:

Seems to happen when you alt-tab (on pc) during the very long loading screens and realm transitions. Not sure if playing in window mode helps. They really need to fix the 2-15 minute long transitions.

The solution seem to be "restart your game client".

15 minute? Mine are 1 - 3 minutes at max. Never seen anything near 15 minutes. You have a broadband connection, right?

[SaltMaster]

Originally posted by wildbill:

Originally posted by Pinkeh:

Seems to happen when you alt-tab (on pc) during the very long loading screens and realm transitions. Not sure if playing in window mode helps. They really need to fix the 2-15 minute long transitions.

The solution seem to be "restart your game client".

15 minute? Mine are 1 - 3 minutes at max. Never seen anything near 15 minutes. You have a broadband connection, right?

Regardless, even with a high end connection, I have gigabit, installed the game on a NVME Gen 4, and I still experience such a long wait screen I could go take a cr*p and come back.
In 2024 a load screen this long should/would be unnacceptable to pass QA for a game release for a AAA company.

[Faya AOP]

My load screens are between 15 and 30 seconds.

[SaltMaster]

Originally posted by Faya AOP:

My load screens are between 15 and 30 seconds.

I'll time it when I next load up the game and come back here.
Edit: Hmm about 30 seconds, ok yea it has improved my apologies mate.