Henry keeps sprinting/controls not working like they should

[Bosbouwert]

After not playing for a while i started kcd again, and found i am having a problem. While the title makes it sounds like two problems i have a feeling they are related. When i use the sprint button (default left shift) henry stays in "sprint modus’ even when not moving the stamina bar does not refill. The only way he the bar refills and the ‘sprint modus’ goes away is using the “console commands” key or starting a confersation. But then, after using the "console commands’ key multiple other keys stop working like they should: i can’t change weapon , esc does not werk etc. I tried using an older save: did not work, reinstalled the game did not work. today i removed all my saves and installed the game again and it still has this issue. Am i doing something wrong or is this a bug?

: edit: I am not using any mods, the installed dlc’s are HD sound- and HD texurepack + Treasures from the past.
:edit2: I am playing on PC

[dichebach]

If you are on PC, I’d suggest going to your Steam library and right click the game, select Properties/Local Files/Verify Integrity of Local Files

In the event something has got corrupted this will detect it and fix it. I don’t use consoles, but I would assume there is a similar functionality for those?

ADDIT: it could also be something on your OS/peripherals side of the process. There are lots of possible explanations, but as one example: Windows has some exotic functionality for keyboards like “turn off backspace delete” or “overwrite mode,” etc. Also things which change how default OS hotkeys work. It could be something along those lines . . . maybe . . .

[Bosbouwert]

The first thing you mentioned does not work, i tried it a couple of days ago. And i think that should be corrected when you reinstall the game?

I am now going to look for the functionality for the keyboard again. But my other games work like they should. but i might haved missed something.

[dichebach]

Do you use any security applications? If not, you might want to. The behavior your describing sounds like it could be a result of malicious code, but it might just be a settings issues as well.

I wish I could be more help on the “settings issue” idea. I cannot recall the specifics, but a year or more ago, I was having an issue somewhat similar to what you describe with Empyrion Galactic Survival. One or more of my user inputs was not behaving normally at all, and while it wasn’t as pervasive or interfering as what you describe, it was annoying. It turned out I had a setting in my OS I had flicked for some other purpose (actually I’m remember now . . . I think it had something to do with screen resolution and text size . . .) and this was the source of the “bug.”

If verifying local files / unintalling-reinstalling the game didn’t help, then it might be time to reinstall Steam. I THINK you can do that without wiping all your installed games? Steam tends to phone home to update itself a lot anywyay, so that is not a seemingly likely resolution, just an idea . . .

One would think that fully uninstalling and reinstalling a game would be the “gold standard” to restore it to baseline functionality. However, doing that might be more involved than it seems. I’m not sure about this game or cry engine in general, but some software leave cache files in rando places on your hard drive which can cause problems like this to linger even after a full uninstall-reinstall sequence.

The other thing I’ll toss out there, just an idea again: don’t assume that uninstall-reinstall and verify local file integrity will have the same effects. If you tried on method and it didn’t fix, it might make sense to spend the time trying the other as well.

Beyond all those steps you can do on your end, I’d say it is time to submit a formal bug report along with all the documentation and probably a save file. It may be that a past installed mod has corrupted something and when you remove the application (but not the game directory and wherever the mod/corrupted file lives) you are not removing that effect.

[Bosbouwert]

I do use a antifirus and a firewall if that’s what you mean.
Your first solution sounds to me like looking for a needle in a heystack, since i did not change anything on purpose.
reinstalling steam might be my next option, i don’t really care about other saves at this moment. so maybe if i remove everything steam and/or kcd this could work.
i did try both the steps, uninstall and veririfying the local files, i also disabled the steam cloud for kcd after uninstalling and removing my old save files, although i don’t know if this changes anything.

As far as i know mods should be removed when uninstalling and having no local kcd files on my pc? And i only rememberd i had one that i removed shortly after installing it. The problems started just this week when i picked up kcd again.

I did submit a formal bug report by email this morning, but could not add any save because i removed all of them ( i assumed removing kcd would solve the problem so this could be a learning moment for the next time something like this happens).

I do want to say my post is not a rant or anything, I played 144 ours of kcd and never had any real problems with the game.

[Ryman]

There is a setting in windows called sticky keys which can be activated by holding down the left shift key. Make sure that sticky keys are disabled in windows. Setting can be activated through windows control panel keyboard settings. Hope this helps.

[dichebach]

Death to stickie keys!

[Bosbouwert]

I wil look for that setting when i get the time later this week, sounds like a possible solution that i never thought of.