Menu/Controller Glitch -- Spamming Left Arrow Key

[StevenDorsey]

One of two things happens from time-to-time. Either as soon as I launch the game, when I reach the privacy agreement and the language settings, the game incessantly sends a left arrow signal from my keyboard or my game pad. Or sometimes, when I restart the game it works fine, but in-game a menu, such as inventory, will suddenly start doing it with or without the gamepad pluggged in. The game starts spamming that one signal, or some such, and it holds my cursor hostage, preventing me from clicking Finish, or exiting the window by any means.

I thought it was just because I plugged in an Xbox Gamepad, but it's doing it even if I don't plug one in either. In the Subtitles Window when I run the game without a save file, the left arrow of the Subtitles option is constantly glowing, and the game is endlessly ringing, so I can't select or do anything.

I just want to be able to play the game, and interface with my controls without it spamming some key that keeps me from accessing the User Interface.

[StevenDorsey]

I'm literally sitting in the game, not pressing any buttons, and the radial menu just spins like crazy. That incessant clicking noise, and nothing I do can make it stop.

If I go to the Options menu after pressing Start on my gamepad, it does the same thing on the Options Submenu. If I unplug the gamepad, it stops for half a second, then starts up all over again, so it's not hte gamepad. It's the f*****g game doing it!

[StevenDorsey]

If I can't get this game to work without glitching with and without a gamepad plugged in, then I might as well refund the thing, since I've not been able to even play 2 hours without game-breaking BS months after it released. I literally can not access the UI, and I seem to be the only one having this issue since there are no other threads, and no one is responding to my posts here or on Reddit. >:(

[♋Phenex]

Try unplugging your keyboard as well and then boot the game. A random macro or function could be active. If the issue is still active, unplug mouse too.

If you haven't already restart your computer with only mouse and keyboard plugged in, verify game integrity and if it still fails you should refund cause this type of problem is usually solved when either the mouse, keyboard, or controller is deactivated or reset.

[~KeNnEtH~]

Could be an entirely different issue but I do encounter phantom inputs on my controller as well and the way I fix it is just to input the same command (i.e. phantom input to run right non-stop; I will input right myself) and it will go back to normal.

Each input should be:
Player input > Visible effect > Stop of Player input > Stop of visible effect

My guess is something went wrong with the system falsely detecting step 1 and failing to detect step 3. So repeating step 1 and step 3 yourself might stop it if the controller is not faulty.

[StevenDorsey]

@Show me de wei --
1. That's a very clever username. Is that a reference to the kingdom of Wei in China?
2. I'm using a laptop, so I'm afraid this recurring problem happens no matter what, and can't be resolved from unplugging and replugging an onboard keyboard. Doing so with the gamepad has not fixed the issue either I'm afraid.

@KeNnEtH --
I noticed that kinda had an effect on my Options submenu, hitting L1 and/or R1 on the gamepad. Unfortunately, that didn't stop it from starting up again immediately after.

Either way, for me, this isn't a small issue. I was literally standing there in the training room, having closed out the Menus that pop up from the Start Button, and my radial hotkeys were spinning like I was playing a hand of roulette. It was orbiting the bottom right corning with reckless abandon. I think I might have to just refund the game, assuming Steam will let me, and buy it on my PS4, as I can't get it to work on my laptop even though this is supposed to be a fairly modern gaming Predator PC.

[♋Phenex]

Nah my name is from the dead ugandan knuckles meme. On topic though, it could be an input device or other driver issue. Update keyboard and trackpad drivers. Try pressing the arrow keys and if using mouse and keyboard for gameplay change radial menu type to keyboard. What Nvidia driver version are you using?

[ULTRA SUPER LATE BRAKING]

It happened to me as well

spamming ctrl or alt or shift while moving my character furiously often works for me

[StevenDorsey]

I was thinking of Dynasty Warriors when I saw Wei. :3 I played DW 5 when I was a kid, and loved every second of it.

On the topic of drivers, just yesterday, I'd gone to DevID(dot)info and used their DevID Agent program to acquire the most up-to-date and compatible drivers for the devices on my computer. They're a trusted source for detecting drivers that are compatible with your laptop and its components.

So, all my drivers are functioning, and this glitch was manifesting both before and after I did that. So, I've disqualified attaining new/different drivers as the solution.

The idea of having to incessantly rely on spamming ctrl/alt/shift with movement keys seems like something that could be too major a hassle for me. Especially if I'm fighting some boss, and it gets in the way of me using a potion, or if I can't even use the radial menu anyways.

Bottom Line: I've refunded the game for my laptop, and I"ll probably just suck it up and buy it for my console instead, even though I can't drag my PS4 around as easily as my laptop. I'm hoping this kind of thing will likely not be present on my PS4. I mean, me finding information on this phenomenon was rare enough on the pc. I'm hoping it'll be nonexistent on consoles.