Keyboard madness

[_Aetius_]

For some reason in the last couple of days this weird thing keeps happening when I play MTW2.

Whenever I use commands on my keyboard e.g CTRL & A, press shift or caps lock more than a couple of times, infact any of the common keys you press on the battle map or campaign map. The Medieval Shell window pops up and the sound gets muted, when this happens on the battle map the speed goes to x3 and I can't control any of my units until I hit something like F1 again and again to cancel the shell window and pause the game. By the time I regain control the battle could be well underway and my army just getting killed.

I have no idea why this is happening, it's near impossible for me to fight a battle without touching the keyboard, it's just not something i'm used to. A similar thing happens on the campaign map when I use the keyboard any of the commands you use on there to make things abit easier, the Medieval Shell pops up briefly the game reloads my most recent save, mutes the sound and brings me back to the campaign map.

It's incredibly frustrating.

Can anybody offer any insight as to why this is suddenly happening and what could be the solution to it?

Thanks.

Aetius.

[Erik Bloodaxe]

How about cleaning it?

[Carl]

Sounds like your using a Laptop and the function key is stuck.

[_Aetius_]

Its quite clean Erik

I'm not using a laptop, i've never had any trouble with this keyboard before, besides why would it only happen with MTW2?

Nothing unusual happens in anything else I do, it's truly irritating the way it happens and I have no idea why its suddenly appeared.

[Erik Bloodaxe]

It sure sounds very strange if it also only happens during playing M2TW If it continues and are still very frustrating (which I understands it is hehe) then replacing it with a new keyboard might be the only solution I think.

Hehe it's my own keyboard which needs a wash, it's full of hair, food and other digusting things

[Carl]

Hehe it's my own keyboard which needs a wash, it's full of hair, food and other digusting things.

Join the Club.

[_Aetius_]

It sure sounds very strange if it also only happens during playing M2TW If it continues and are still very frustrating (which I understands it is hehe) then replacing it with a new keyboard might be the only solution I think.

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Hehe it's my own keyboard which needs a wash, it's full of hair, food and other digusting things

Thank you for sharing that

I'm unwilling to change my keyboard until I find out why it's doing this, it just doesnt make much sense, nothing changed from the day it worked perfectly to the next where it went weird Typical of my luck really.