[BUG, HELP] Rolling instead of sprinting?

[Chimz]

So I encountered a game breaking issue where my character can no longer sprint\run and only rolls. Let me walk you through it:

I use a controller by the way. It is a recreation of the Playstation controller but with the Xbox keys, as in the Circle button is B.
Anyway, I was summoned as a spirit for coop play, one part as I was holding B and running forward, I pressed the Back button to get my Emote window ready for when I would stop sprinting. I have no idea what happened but suddenly my character started rolling.
And so from then on, whenever I hold B (no matter how hard) my character keeps dodging/rolling instead of sprinting. I have checked the program I use for key mapping my controller, I have reset the controls in-game to default and so on, but it hasn't fixed it.
I checked my controller emulator and I THINK the B button may have some problems but it doesn't seem likely as when I hold it hard enough it's shown as hold but still rolls in-game.

Has anyone ran into this problem or could suggest a fix for it? I wanna be sure that this is not a software bug before checking for hardware problems.


This is the most painful and game breaking bug I have ever encountered in a game.


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bug glitch run sprint running sprinting roll rolling can't cannot

[Chimz]

Anyone?

[Psicraft]

Either your controller is broken, or the polling interval for the controller is too low.
Essentially every time the game checks what your current inputs are, it's not getting a solid signal when you hold the B button down. If you're running it through an emulator, this could easily be a software problem. If you have an actual console you can plug it into, perhaps you can check whether it's a hardware problem or not, though what game you'd use I have no idea.

[Psicraft]

Did you try changing sprint/roll/dodge to a different button on the controller?

[Chimz]

Originally posted by Psicraft:

Either your controller is broken, or the polling interval for the controller is too low.
Essentially every time the game checks what your current inputs are, it's not getting a solid signal when you hold the B button down. If you're running it through an emulator, this could easily be a software problem. If you have an actual console you can plug it into, perhaps you can check whether it's a hardware problem or not, though what game you'd use I have no idea.

Well, the problem magically got fixed the next day, but I assume it was a problem with the controller's button. Hardware problems as in maybe dirt or such was not letting a solid signal get sent as you said.

Thanks for answering man! It may have got fixed on its own but it's nice to know more about what issues could be the cause of such problem, specially for later. Who knows? I might encounter the same issue again later and use your information to fix it.
Cheers man!