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[Ratu]

xbodyshot, on 20 March 2013 - 01:24 PM, said:

Alright, so this is a tricky one...

I was affected by this all yesterday and found no solution to fix the mech stopping when either typing or looking at map (with throttle decay turned off), including client restarts, toggling throttle decay on/off both ingame/main menu, entering and exiting ingame/client leaving setting toggeled on/off before (figuring it might be a "state" issue that was not self correcting because of how the system checks these things)

Without find a solution I completely turned my computer off last night, something I hardly ever do, when I started fresh 8h later the problem had disappeared game was behaving normally and the mech continued to move while typing or in map.

Knowing that I was not insane and refusing be "that guy" who says... "oops problem solved itself as soon as I called", I started doing some testing.

After running a full game with no problems, I switched throttle on (ingame) then off (immediately). BINGO! problem is back. Here is fraps

Video: http://youtu.be/_yEw6h4SxSg

The problem then stayed consistent through a hard restart and additional client restarts.

After switching the throttle decay off in Main menu (not ingame) then doing a client restart the problem was gone, but after triggering the bug again and doing additional testing that fix has yet to work again...

Soo... OH NOOOO!!! I have screwed myself in the name of science!

Anyway that is where I am now, I have found no reliable way to fix it but a 100% reliable way to trigger it. (for my computer anyway, since I assume its some sort of "state" issue with something on my client)

Additional:
When the bug is active (aka throttle decay off) if I exit typing or exit the map, my set throttle (not actual speed) will immediately be set to MAX regardless of what my initially set throttle was before typing or checking the map. (uninformed guess: the bug has to do with how the game checks throttle decay status during these actions and that somehow it is getting out of sync so that it assumes throttle decay is ON during those actions, but realizes it is off during the rest of the time and defaults to MAX throttle)

System Specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate (SP1)
16 Gigs DDR3 RAM
GeForce GTX 670
Intel i5-3570K CPU (OC)

I have this bug as described, with the addittion that when the throttle goes to MAX, it goes to MAX reverse.

Ratu

[xbodyshot]

UPDATE:

I have FIXED the problem for myself anyway by changing the mapping for:

"Analog Throttle"

To a joystick button (I have a joystick plugged in but still used a mouse)

Will keep you updated if its is "actually" a fix...

Edited by xbodyshot, 20 March 2013 - 09:39 PM.

[Aesthetech]

xbodyshot, on 20 March 2013 - 09:38 PM, said:

UPDATE:

I have FIXED the problem for myself anyway by changing the mapping for:

"Analog Throttle"

To a joystick button (I have a joystick plugged in but still used a mouse)

Will keep you updated if its is "actually" a fix...

Worked for me as well. Do have a joystick and it has talked with MWO before, but it's not currently connected. Also have a gamepad that's not currently connected. Thanks for an apparent fix, though.

[10thMD]

Had this problem but binding analog throttle to a button on my stick fixed it. I use mouse an keyboard controls.

[Ferris Bueller]

Fix worked for me was well, keyboard and mouse.

[Sifright]

Jax514, on 20 March 2013 - 06:14 AM, said:

The not being able to hold backspace is a known issue(workaround shift-home delete), however having the throttle decay turned off has never stopped my mech. The only time I experience this issue is when I had it turned on. I have not been able to reproduce it, if you could get a video showing that the throttle decay is turned off and the issue occurs I could investigate further.

Cheers

In general the chat system isn't stopping blocking inputs to the mech.

if i'm typing in all talk or to the team and hit keys that corespond to night vision or thermal for instance my view screen changes despite the chat window being up. So that is definitely something that needs to be fixed.

[Bigchunk1]

Eternal Hunter, on 19 March 2013 - 09:16 PM, said:

It's because of decay throttle is default on now.
Either turn it off in options, or use numpad to set a speed.

Unfortunately, that does not work. Turning throttle decay off in options does nothing to resolve this issue.

[Choppermike]

xbodyshot, on 20 March 2013 - 12:10 AM, said:

So then what is the answer because this exact issue is affecting me, do I need to reinstall?

I reinstalled and it DID NOT fix the issue. It's been happening since the last patch for me but it doesn't do it to everyone I group with.

Mike

[HarmAssassin]

I had this problem until I figured out the source... do you have a joystick plugged in? I found that my game was reading input from the joystick that I don't even use (but leave plugged in). The throttle levers on my joystick weren't quite in the neutral position. Placing them into neutral, solved the issue.

Check to see if you have another device that is sending throttle signals to your game.

[Choppermike]

HarmAssassin, on 28 March 2013 - 02:43 PM, said:

I had this problem until I figured out the source... do you have a joystick plugged in? I found that my game was reading input from the joystick that I don't even use (but leave plugged in). The throttle levers on my joystick weren't quite in the neutral position. Placing them into neutral, solved the issue.

Check to see if you have another device that is sending throttle signals to your game.

OK, that's interesting but I actually play with the throttle potion of my HOTAS and again I haven't always had this problem. It only started happening for me after the last patch.