Options issues

Rxwatcher

My options never save correctly in the game.

I have my keyboard set to use the arrow keyes to move, so my setup is based around that. Currently, right control is my crouch button.

When I input the button it reads "Right Ctrl" and works fine, but if I exit the server for another one (Alpha, Beta, etc) or shut down the game, it goes back to "Right Control" and will not function until I reinput it and it reads "Right Ctrl".

Adding to this, if I happen to forget to change it before I enter a match, the options I want to configure will not accept any changes in game. For example, if I join a game, enter options, click on "Crouch" and hit my right control button, it will not input "Right Ctrl", remain "Right Control", and remain inoperable until I exit the match, then go to options, then re-join the match. My friend experiences the same problems.

It is not just the control button that cannot be altered in match, if I highlight it and hit any other button it remains "Right Control" regardless. Other options will not allow themselves to be changed either.


We need more definition on all of the shortcut keys such as the brightness and sensitivity adjustments, or we need to allow them to be customized.
Home and End adjust brightness, and the #1 on the keypad also happens to be an End button of sorts. #1 is also my reload button, and on many occasions I will attempt to reload my gun and get a big meter on screen wanting me to adjust my screen. I do not want to, that is what the "end" key is for, not keypad #1.

I've noticed that the keypad #3 is also a PgDn, but it does not affect mouse sensitivity...


Please try to resolve these changes as soon as possible, it makes no sense why any other configuration will save (especially an WASD setup), but not one based on the arrows.

Thanks,
-Watcher

dreambomber

Did you ensure, to change your keyboard language settings to English (USA)?
Then the keys dont change all the time, when you start your game again.

But on the thing, that you need to change them everytime, theres nothing you can do about, coz these arent the Standart keys used by crossfire. Crossfire will always go back to Default, when you restart your game.

Rxwatcher

dreambomber wrote: »

Did you ensure, to change your keyboard language settings to English (USA)?
Then the keys dont change all the time, when you start your game again.

But on the thing, that you need to change them everytime, theres nothing you can do about, coz these arent the Standart keys used by crossfire. Crossfire will always go back to Default, when you restart your game.

Yes, my keybard layout is set to English.

If the thing you said about the Defaults were true, then my arrows, reload button, use button, etc would all reset. That is not the case, only Right CTRL is a problem.


Back when I used my laptop, I used WASD, Caps Lock as walk, and Shift as crouch, and it never gave me grief. even Left Ctrl seemed to work okay in that setup, only Right Ctrl seems to have issues.

Rxwatcher

Upping this thread since it has not been addressed in the last several updates.


Again, some of my controls do not stay active, most specifically "Right Ctrl" which is my crouch button. Whenever I exit a main server (Alpha, Beta, etc) and join another, it reverts to "Right Control" and is not recognised as a correct input in game.

I cannot change any of my control options in game, and have to leave the game in order to change it back to "Right Ctrl", then I can rejoin.
Sometimes it will work in game, but it is very seldom and so random I cannot find any correlation.

Along with this, randomly my Macros will delete themselves. There is no apparent reason, but I'll go to hit F8, nothing will happen, and when I enter options they are all blank.
These I can alter in game, as well as my crosshair, brightness, mouse sensetivity, etc. Everything except button inputs are able to be changed.


I also feel that the main keys for all of the etc commands (type, bightness adjustment, radio, map, radar toggle, etc) should be customizeable as well.

I used to use the map all of the time when I played on my laptop, but since I use my PC now and the arrow keys for movement, ~ is way to far for me to use effectively.
Also, because of my arrows "End" is usually my button for the use command. I'd like it to be bomb defuse, however it will not be altered from brightness so I must use a key that is out of the way. I like using the entire island of keys above the arrows for game related things (radio, use, etc.) but they are all designated as adjustments. On top of that, I bump them accidentally all the time (I have fat fingers, it's why I like the arrows as I can't accidentally hit something else when trying to move) and big meters come up and block my view.

Please try to address these, as I am surely not the only one who prefers to play with a keyboard setup similar to mine.

behindgreeneyes

hello i have other controls but same problem..then is too boring change everytime settings and save...please help us!!ty

Rxwatcher

This is still not being addressed!

PLEASE! If you aren't going to change the fact that the controls aren't recognised on start up, at least try to allow us to change them in game!


I am a paying customer of this game, I am not satisfied, and I feel as if my commentary is being taken with a grain of salt.

There are plenty of other people with this problem, many of them do not voice it as they are not avid forum users.

This is a large problem for people who desire non-stock control schemes.


On top of this, making specific controls for other game modes is stupid. In MM, I have to reach all the way over to "G" to use my special power. If I had a WASD format it would be convinient, but with arrows it is very INconvinient.

Please allow us to change some of the adjustmet controls! I don't want my radar, name, brightness, and mouse sensetivity controls on the "Insert/PgDwn" hub. I frequently bump them by accident, and would much rather use buttons in that location for "defuse" and "special attack" and all of that.


If you allow us to pick controls, but only some controls, you might as well not let us customize it at all.

Hop to it!

Thanks
-RxWatcher

XeonraY

don't ignore this matter, this is important

I have the same problem too :'(

Pinkstylezz

Horrible.. This has been like this since I first played the game.
We are 2 clients further and there is still no fix for this!

Do something about it, it's extremely annoying for all AZERTY players out there.
We pay you money, so get off your ass and fix the game.

Rxwatcher

I've noticed that in the latest mini-patch, Z8 addressed an issue keeping the player's weapon handedness.

At the same time, why did they not resolve the same issue within the game controls?


I still have to re-key in some of my player control every time I want to play, and I still cannot change these controls in game. If I forget to set my crouch button, I have to leave the game, change it in my options, and rejoin.

If I quit the game and start it over or leave the major server (Alpha, Bravo, etc) and join a different one, then I have to re-key my controls again.


It is not only aggrivating, but it is preventing me from getting more gameplay in and it is affecting my honor negatively if I have to keep leaving to change my controls.


Fix it, please!

I payed Z8 money to help keep the game running smoothly. It is broken right now, and instead of fixing old issues all I see them doing is making new items and servers, fixing those new items and servers, and trying to make glitchs go away (even though they are worse than ever now), but not addressing basic problems that the game had since open Beta!


We're not all 12 years old and care about the latest and greatest gun only, some of us actually play the game just to play the game...
I can honestly say that the best gameplay was in open Beta, and it has just gone downhill from there...

Alpineodin

Ctrl reset

this is happening to me too, just got the game. i dont know but it is annoying that i cant crouch through windows and stuff when it happens.. please fix it

Rxwatcher

Upping this thread so it isn't overlooked... again.

CF_Jamil

my computer had that too! something was wrong with it so we had to change/replace the keyboard and it was back the normal.

Rxwatcher

***Jamil*** wrote: »

my computer had that too! something was wrong with it so we had to change/replace the keyboard and it was back the normal.

I have 3 keyboards that I used before I had my now current one. All of them do the same.

Even on my Laptop it does the same.


Upping this thread.

DON'T FORGET!

Rxwatcher

Another update came and went. I see several new weapons, more servers, rank changes, they added the mission thing, and they even, for whatever reason deemed necessary, decided to add the game type to the name of the maps even though the game type sits in plain sight right next to the map name...

But still, they do not even sneeze in the direction of core system errors.


To this day, when I set my keyboard key "Ctrl" to "crouch" and it inputs as "Right Ctrl", it does not stay "Right Ctrl" if I close the game, or exit to another main server (Alpha, Beta, etc).

How hard is it to fix this problem? Honestly? I've seen a similar problem with the handedness fixed, I've seen you guys add lots of servers, I've seen you add maps, you've added weapons, you've added more options for players as far as name changes, characters, items, and other stuff just for show, you've added the black market... There are countless changes and additions to Crossfire, yet a SIMPLE SYSTEM ERROR CAUSING SOME KEYBOARD INPUTS TO NOT SAVE, and the fact that MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS INCLUDING SOME KEY INPUTS CAN NOT BE CHANGED IN GAME is constantly overlooked, unknown, or otherwise ignored and that is unacceptable.

Fix this problem! The fact that it is been so long without this problem being addressed is simply poor business.
Z8 games should care about how their game operates, it's ease of use, and it's playability more than it's new content.
The way to attract more people is not by adding modes, weapons, and maps. That can come later as a stimulus for current players AFTER the game's core has been solidified.

People will come back to play a game if the game plays well, not because they add a new weapon or two every month... If someone plays CF and sees it as a hacker free, fun, challenging, and overal rewarding game they will get their friend to try it. If they come in, get shot through a wall by some idiot, shoot a guy in the chest twice and in the face once but only do 23 damage, they try to set a few keyboard buttons other than default and run into problems, what is to make them come back and try it again or tell anyone about it?


When I first plated CrossFire in the Beta, I was impressed to say the least. I knew it was essentially a Counter-Strike nockoff but I found it to be a fun and challenging change of pace. I eventually left Counter-Strike to play CrossFire, now I find the opposite is becoming more and more true.
Every time I play Crossfire again, I find that this options problem is not addressed, gameplay gets worse with more and more people playing in incorrect servers (foreiners playing in NA servers), registration gets worse and worse, and people who use glitches become more and more abundant. Beta was the best performing CF to date, and that is incredibly sad.

And what is Z8 doing to solve game issues like these? Nothing. They are making arbitrary decisions to make more money from impulsive people wanting the latest and greatest guns and gear rather than supporting the avid gamers with a good platform to play on.

People will be more willing to donate to support a good game company than to spend petty cash on frivolous items...


I cannot understand the mind-set of the people running this company.
I've just about had it.


If Z8 is going to be this negligent, I might as well stop playing and stop supporting this game and this company in it's entirety. I'd rather have my money go to a deserving and caring game developer...


What do I have to do to get through to someone who has any idea what they are doing?

OrangeJuicee

You mean in-game ? like in a game.. as in you're shooting ? Sometimes it won't save it if you're in A game.

davidhunter1

I was expierencing the same problem prior to the update. I could not get my Gamma setting to save. Not a big deal, but it was rather annoying. Now that the patch has come along, I can't even finish a 5 round match without the game crashing.

Rxwatcher

OrangeJuicee wrote: »

You mean in-game ? like in a game.. as in you're shooting ? Sometimes it won't save it if you're in A game.

No, the options won't even change if I'm in game.

I have to exit the game to reset my controls, which do not work if I join a different main server (Alpha, Beta, Etc) or restart the game.

The names of the keys change when I exit that far, and they are no longer recognised. The most prominant is my Ctrl key. When I input it it saves as "Right Ctrl" and works. If I exit the game or change the main server I am in it reads as "Right Control" and refuses to function until I re-input the control, whereupon it reads "Right Ctrl" and now works.

In game, the control refuses to accept any other key if I try to change it. Sometimes I can bear not crouching for a game, sometimes it is unacceptable and I have to leave and re-join.


I know for a fact that I am not the only one who has issues like this. 90% of the people I game with use custom layouts, and many of them have the same issues of having to re-key in various controls every time they want to play.

Unrealskillas

I have the same problem.
So I use a French AZERTY keyboard and the keys are not the same.
Everytime I need to change the keys after logging in.
AND IT NEVER SAVES!!! If i change servers, i need to do the key binding again.
AND BELIEVE ME when playing Ranked Match, you keep changing servers, and i need to waste time to do key bindings while in game!

I'm a paying customer too. I've spent a lot of money in this game and I wish that the keys could be saved for once!

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