Thief Control Issue?

[HasusMaximus]

Anyone know why thief keeps moving on his own or how to stop him from doing so? I have done a few new games already with my controller and keyboard but him keeps walking on his own.

[Dread Arkive]

It can be a couple of things. Was the thumbstick not centered when the controller was first connected? Otherwise, it could be the dead zone being worn down. If the thumbstick feels jiggly and doesnt properly return to its centered state then you need to increase the dead zone so it takes more effort until it registers being used. You should be able to find some free software to do this if your system doesnt allow you to do it on its own.

[HasusMaximus]

I have a brand new controller and it reset back dead center still. I have also tried this with just the keyboard as well and it still gave me the same problem. I am going to try to reinstall the game and see what happens. Beyond that when I first tried with both methods, I had to pull back/ hold the backwards button to keep him from moving. He would of course not go backwards at all.

[RaenNgu]

I had this problem before with my keyboard. I think it's a sticky keys problem.
Even if I had turned sticky keys off it I would still struggle with it, until I figured out how to unstick it by pressing some of the last few keys i was using over and over again cause I didn't know which ones were triggering it (which was a bit frustrating because I attempting to keep him from being seen and moving around while figuring out the keys at the same time)

Does the shift key play any part of your character controls when playing the game? And is Num Lock on or off?

[HasusMaximus]

I never got far with the game to determine if the shift key is used but I do not think it does anyway. and the Num Lock is off.

[RaenNgu]

do you mostly play games using controller? or are there games you play using the mouse and keyboard?

[HasusMaximus]

Really just started playing pc games. the controller itself is a ps4 controller. I have already played a few games via keyboard.

[RaenNgu]

welcome to pc gaming! how are you liking it so far? lol

anyway, i'm not too sure about ps4 controllers with pc games (i have an xbox controller for mine, so i don't really know if there's a difference in connection between the two or not)

my best suggestion for you right now is to check and see if you have your sticky keys turned off. disconnect your controller and restart your computer. dont connect your controller when the computer is done loading and just load the game. check your control options and switch some keys around so that none use shift, and just see how the game plays with your keyboard and mouse.

my next suggestion is... uh well... it involves a lot of guessing and button pressing, but we'll get to that if the first doesn't work.

good luck!

[HasusMaximus]

Thanks I like it for the most part. I mean I know the downside and upsides to both pc and console (this being one of the downsides of pc haha). More or less expanding my gaming experience.

I have installed a software that makes the PC read the PS4 controller as a xbox controller. Just in case, I have already checked the configuration on the software and have looked up any known issues but everything seems in working order.

As for the sticky key suggestion. I have tried most of what you have suggested but you have given me an idea to do a further test and see if anything might be interferring (notepad test). Either way I will have to wait for Thief to reinstall before I can continue.

[RaenNgu]

Cool!
I would still suggest you restart your computer before playing the game after installation and starting that test (in case you have any keys locked in that you don't know about)
and then running the game before you start the test just to see if you need to test it at all

but that's just a suggestion
:)
hope everything works out!