All source games share one bound key option that I want unbound but it is unlisted and I can't find anything.

[Nebbi]

As the title says, whenever I hit the "Ctrl" key it activates whatever the "S" key is bound to. As you can see this is a problem for games reliant on "Ctrl" for modifying key inputs.

[Muppet among Puppets]

What happens if you set ctrl and s to different things in control setting ingame?

[Nebbi]

Glad you asked no matter what the "S" key is bound to as long as "Ctrl" is bound at all it will always also activate the "S" Key.

[Nebbi]

I have reinstalled steam altogether, as well as deleted all steam related registries, and yet somehow it still is bound.

[Muppet among Puppets]

It might be not source games but your computer doing it.
Because i never met that in various source games i have.

If the setting says for each button a different action, it should work.


When did it start to happen?

[Nebbi]

A year or so ago, across more than one reinstallation of the OS. I am almost positive it's a globally saved bound key in source engine, however I have been searching all over and can't find it. Also it only occurs in source games all others act normally.

[Muppet among Puppets]

What changed when it started to happen?
What game for example?

[Nebbi]

I believe I first started noticing it in portal 2, it's been a while so I can't remember the origin only that it has been around.

[Muppet among Puppets]

In default
s is backwards
ctrl is duck.

So its unlikely that they are bound. I tested it here. Works as expected.

[Nebbi]

Which is exactly my problem, no source game lists the controls as bound that way.

[Muppet among Puppets]

What happens if you choose reset buttons to default?

[Nebbi]

Nothing at all, I think I modded it in some halflife mod so I could crouch jump better but I have no clue what I did.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Check what you loaded for a mod.
Read how to reverse it.
Or verify game cache files with steam?

[Nebbi]

Tried all the above, nothing works I just want to know if source has a unified keybinding that would be stored in the cloud.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Its strange that several games are affected by this.
Usually it would only take to make a config or an autoexec config for a game.

So your question is valid. You should make it more clear that its related to a modding though. In the headline.

[Nebbi]

The problem is though, I no longer even have the mod. I haven't for a while now, I am actually just trying to play Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines.