In Play Testing Character Will Only Walk Left.

[vBoneHouse]

Whenever I start trying to play test, my character will only turn and walk to the left. If I press down the right directional key he walks up. I have no scripts that would cause this to happen. Even when I just simply create a new project and play test without doing anything it will happen. Has anyone experienced this problem and gotten a solution for it?

I don't have any gamepads plugged in or anything which everyone seems to find a solution but this isn't the case for me. Anyone have any solutions?

[Mystix]

You say you have "no scripts that would cause this to happen", but it could be the case of conflicting scripts without you realizing it. Make a backup of your project, then perhaps temporarily eliminate each script in your project, one at a time, and then see if the problem continues to persist. Or, does this problem only happen in one just the one project/game, or all projects/games? Do you have other USB devices plugged in? If so, one of those could be causing a conflict. It could also be a keyboard issue (if you have a different keyboard you can plug into your computer, then unplug your current keyboard and try the different keyboard). Good luck.

[vBoneHouse]

Originally posted by LoneWolfDon:

You say you have "no scripts that would cause this to happen", but it could be the case of conflicting scripts without you realizing it. Make a backup of your project, then perhaps temporarily eliminate each script in your project, one at a time, and then see if the problem continues to persist. Or, does this problem only happen in one just the one project/game, or all projects/games? Do you have other USB devices plugged in? If so, one of those could be causing a conflict. It could also be a keyboard issue (if you have a different keyboard you can plug into your computer, then unplug your current keyboard and try the different keyboard). Good luck.

Thanks, I'm thinking it may be the keyboard of my laptop... It happens when I create a new project and add nothing to it. Thanks though!

[Mystix]

Ahhh... Yeah, some keyboard/laptops can have odd an setup, or come with some pre-installed software for the keyboard that can cause some odd conflicts with some programs. If you have some keyboard-control-media-center type software, perhaps try disabling temporarily it.

[vBoneHouse]

Originally posted by LoneWolfDon:

Ahhh... Yeah, some keyboard/laptops can have odd an setup, or come with some pre-installed software for the keyboard that can cause some odd conflicts with some programs. If you have some keyboard-control-media-center type software, perhaps try disabling temporarily it.

No use. There is nothing in there like that. The arrow keys work fine for other games/software. Very strange.

EDIT: I have the same problem when playing "To The Moon" which is made with RPG Maker. I don't have this problem with any other game.

[Mystix]

Ok, strange.. I guess your lapttop doesn't like RPG Maker. :p
What version of windows you running?

[Mystix]

One more thing you might try;

Launch a RPG Maker game, at the title-menu press your F1 key to bring-up the game-properties box, click on the "Gamepad" tab. For each Button there, select nothing, the "-" option for each button. On the Keyboard tab, click on the "Reset" button. CLick OK to accept all the changes. Play your game, and see if you can now play with Keyboard without the problem occuring.

Also, on your keyboard, turn-off the Num-Lock key.

Have all USB devices unplugged.

Also, maybe restart your computer upon trying the above steps too (you may have to again turn-off the Num-Lock key if it automatically enables upon restart).

Another thing, if it still not work, try disabling then re-enabling the Num-lock key.

[amerk]

I had this happen all the time on an old Vista. It was actually a common problem running RPG Maker games on Vista, and the only solution (then) was to shut the computer down completely and reboot.

It made me ensure I was saving constantly, since I never knew when or if it would happen, and I was far from a save point.

[amerk]

Not saying your issue is the same, but ultimately, you might have to try multiple things to see what works.

[vBoneHouse]

Hmm, well that's funny because I am actually running on Vista -_-

I have tried restarting/shutting down my computer but with no luck.

The Num Lock doesn't seem to want to work either. I also tried unplugging everything (Including my hard drive XD) and none of that worked either. Like Amerk said though, apparently Vista has problems with running it. So potentially it's just my OS I'm guessing.

[Mystix]

Possibly it doesn't like your laptop or Vista, not really sure.

One other thing you might try; As you're running Vista, try setting VxAce to run in a compatibility mode of Windows XP SP3. See if that makes any difference. Good luck.

[vBoneHouse]

How would I go about doing that?

[Mystix]

Have VxAce and Steam closed.
In Windows, navigate to where VxAce in installed,

Example path might be something like:
C:\Programs\Steam\Steamapps\Common\RPGVXAce
(of course it could be different on your computer)

In the RPGVXAce folder, find the RPGVXAce.exe, right-click on it, Properties, and Compatability tab. The option to choose a different Windows Compatability mode should be there. OK the changes, and try it again.

Alternatively you can try other compatability modes as well, or un-do the changes there if need be. Good luck.

[vBoneHouse]

Hmm, no use. I think it just doesn't like my computer XD Well thanks for the help though. I really appreciate it.

[vBoneHouse]

Just adding an update here. I ugraded to Windows 7 and it works perfectly now. It was just Vista.

[Mystix]

Ok, cool. Good to know you got it working now. And, I think you'll like Windows 7 a lot better than Vista. Cheers! :)