Beware: Strange Behavior After Re-mapping Keys

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by vl3rd5, September 15, 2014.

  1. vl3rd5

    vl3rd5 Member

    Messages:
    51
    Likes Received:
    34
    Hi all, two days ago I re-mapped some hotkeys and ever since I've been dealing with a strange crash-to-desktop that always occurred when I used one particular hotkey. I noticed that I was able to reproduce the crash every single time... I thought to myself that others must be encountering it as well, so I searched via the PA forums and Google but was unable to find complaints from anyone else. I thought this was quite odd.

    Well after encountering the crash again just a couple minutes ago, the realization suddenly hit my like a sack of bricks: the hotkey that I was using was Alt+F4... LOL. So the game wasn't actually crashing, but simply obeying my unintentional request to terminate/close it. Oh man I feel so silly, especially with my many years of gaming and IT experience :p Hopefully in the future the game will prevent you from using Alt+F4 as a hotkey!

    Just thought I'd share this silly mistake with everyone to hopefully prevent others from repeating it :)
    Last edited: September 15, 2014
    mjshorty, Maldor96, Geers and 16 others like this.
  2. killerkiwijuice

    killerkiwijuice Post Master General

    Messages:
    3,879
    Likes Received:
    3,597
    Story of the week here.
    reptarking and stuart98 like this.
  3. vrishnak92

    vrishnak92 Active Member

    Messages:
    365
    Likes Received:
    118
    I. Have. Been. Amazed.
  4. crizmess

    crizmess Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    434
    Likes Received:
    317
    Been there. Done that. :)
  5. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

    Messages:
    12,902
    Likes Received:
    5,385
    ahhhhh the good old days in supcom where we'd tell noobs to use alt-f4 to duplicate the power of their overcharge and economy income...

    that was really a dirty thing to do too, since you couldn't reconnect, contrary to this game.
    vl3rd5 likes this.
  6. zgrssd

    zgrssd Active Member

    Messages:
    658
    Likes Received:
    185
    I know the feeling. I can't tell you how often I accidently tab-switched out of a game because they used Alt to highlight something and Tab for the map.....
  7. dreamquest

    dreamquest Member

    Messages:
    43
    Likes Received:
    4
    Funny story. :) And not to be a killjoy, but isn't a bit unfair, though, to characterize this as a CTD in your thread title? You're not crashing; just exiting. Just sayin'.
  8. vrishnak92

    vrishnak92 Active Member

    Messages:
    365
    Likes Received:
    118
    That's why he edited his post, he made the thread BEFORE he realized what he did. At that point you can't change the thread title.
  9. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

    Messages:
    6,946
    Likes Received:
    6,820
    [​IMG]
    squishypon3 likes this.
  10. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

    Messages:
    7,971
    Likes Received:
    4,357
    You can edit a thread title any time :p
  11. zgrssd

    zgrssd Active Member

    Messages:
    658
    Likes Received:
    185
    It is somewhat hidden under "Thread Tools". Thread title and the opening post are seperate things, so it is not done via editing that one.
  12. dreamquest

    dreamquest Member

    Messages:
    43
    Likes Received:
    4
    Oh, I guess I missed all his original text. His current text just reads like a funny anecdote with no indication in the text that he updated his tale. o_O

    Again, though, I wasn't trying to be a killjoy. Honest. :) It's just when I saw the thread on the main page before I entered, I groaned thinking it was another bug report.
  13. vl3rd5

    vl3rd5 Member

    Messages:
    51
    Likes Received:
    34
    Is the title more acceptable now?

Share This Page