Spinning LEFT again - HELP!

[Kneedshelp]

Has anyone found a SURE-FIRE method to STOP SPINNING LEFT! I was hoping DDO fixed this when they were down so long yesterday. But two of my characters have already been doing this today - one of them, as usual, when halfway thru a quest this a.m. , and right now another one started spinning left while i am trying to action.
I ALWAYS have to EXIT DDO completely and come back in (of course, by that time I have usually lost my hirelings).

[Kadran]

I have never had this problem, but my girlfriend has it just about every time she logs on. No idea what causes it, but alt + tab fixes it for her. Have you tried that?

[smatt]

Sticky button...

I could tell you how to solve that problem.. But.....

[dredre9987]

Do you happen to have a controller plugged into your machine and laying somewhere?

[Rodasch]

I have this problem sometimes, and I found that using the num-pad keys to turn the camera angle right then left, then turning my character to the right usually fixes it.

[squishwizzy]

Has anyone found a SURE-FIRE method to STOP SPINNING LEFT! I was hoping DDO fixed this when they were down so long yesterday. But two of my characters have already been doing this today - one of them, as usual, when halfway thru a quest this a.m. , and right now another one started spinning left while i am trying to action.
I ALWAYS have to EXIT DDO completely and come back in (of course, by that time I have usually lost my hirelings).


Ummmm...it ain't DDO that's the problem. It's the driver (or the device) you're using to move your character.

keyboard and joystick interaction in the game internals is pretty straightforward, and there is nothing custom to DDO that causes this type of problem. When you press a key on your keyboard, Windows sends a "key-down" message to an application. When you release the key, it sends a "key up." These are fairly high-priority messages.

What's occuring is that the driver is sending a "key down" but never the "key-up." This could be due to wireless cut-out (if you're using a wireless driver - and this could also be a battery low condition), a sticky key (as someone mentioned), a crappy keyboard driver, or perhaps a virus on your PC.

I use a wireless keyboard. It cuts-out periodically when I move forward or backwards. If I switch to a wired keyboard, the problem N-E-V-E-R occurs. As best as I can deduce, the wireless periodically drops out between the keyboard and the wireless receiver, so the driver immediately sends a "key-up" message to prevent what you're seeing in the game: a key being stuck on.

Sometimes it never happens, sometimes it happens all the time (drives me nuts). But the wife got me that keyboard for Christmas, so...

[Xeraphim]

Ummmm...it ain't DDO that's the problem. It's the driver (or the device) you're using to move your character.

This. It is user error, not design.

[Qaliya]

This happens to me sometimes. Hitting the key that represents the direction you are "stuck" on makes it go away for me.

[axel15810]

This happens to me occasionally.

Ctrl + movement key in the direction you are spinning fixes this for me every time.

Try Ctrl + A or Ctrl + D

[Loromir]

I have a W-I-R-E-D keyboard and this happens to me about once per day. CTRL-ALT always fixes this for me. This has been happening to me for over a year...I've just learned to deal with it.

[Loromir]

This. It is user error, not design.

Not User error...but not DDO error either.

[Grace_ana]

1. Try alt + tab.
2. If that doesn't work, my sure-fire fix is to click on the ? in the menu bar to get the help screen, then click any one of the tabs in that screen. Stops the spinning every time.

[lugoman]

Looks like 4 years of Obama will stop the US's spin to the left. </rimshot>

I changed my mouse and it hasnt happened since.

[Kneedshelp]

Thanks to ALL who replied - I have NOT tried ALT+TAB - I will do that next time. It is NOT a User Error, and I play with a WIRED keyboard, and a WIRED gamepad. When this first started happening to me about six months ago, I *assumed* it WAS the gamepad and replaced it with a new one. Nothing changed. I get the spin left problem for several quests for a few days - then no problem for maybe a week! I just start 'breathing easy' when it happens all over again!
I have been working my way thru some of the quests despite the spinning - but can't do that on more complicated quests.
Thanks, again for the ALT+TAB and the CONTROL+TAB ideas - I will try those!

[dredre9987]

my gamepad laid on the floor...would get moved and the joystick would be pressed just unplug the gamepad and see if your troubles go away

[Vyder]

Try hitting the help menu and click bug reort. this stops me from spinning. no need to bug report. I dont know why this works for me but it does.

[Hambo]

For me that's the sign I need to grab the can of compressed air, and stop eating so much when I'm at the computer... :rolleyes::D

[Towrn]

Try hitting the help menu and click bug reort. this stops me from spinning. no need to bug report. I dont know why this works for me but it does.

This is how I fix it too!

[Cabronsisimo]

buy a new keyboard

[sigtrent]

I get this sometimes. Its not hardware, though it may be an interaction from hardware to software.

What I do is go to another window (I run DDO in one window and a browser in another) then come back to ddo. That always fixes it. Opening the bug report probably works because its a new browser window. something about acquiring application focus fixes clears the controller input buffer or something along those lines.

[My2Cents]

Thanks to ALL who replied - I have NOT tried ALT+TAB - I will do that next time. It is NOT a User Error, and I play with a WIRED keyboard, and a WIRED gamepad. When this first started happening to me about six months ago, I *assumed* it WAS the gamepad and replaced it with a new one. Nothing changed. I get the spin left problem for several quests for a few days - then no problem for maybe a week! I just start 'breathing easy' when it happens all over again!
I have been working my way thru some of the quests despite the spinning - but can't do that on more complicated quests.
Thanks, again for the ALT+TAB and the CONTROL+TAB ideas - I will try those!

Wired or wireless isn't the issue. Any device can cause hardware issues, even if its working properly but in conflict with another device. And even if the devices are all fine, occasionally the software drivers can mess up. And even if THOSE are fine, occasionally a security suite, virus shield, or other system monitoring software can mess up.

And even if THOSE are working right.....etc...

[LazarusPossum]

I've had this issue many times before. Spinning, stuck in 'run' mode, etc.

For 'spinning' left or even right, push left and right AT THE SAME TIME to cancel the action.

For 'running against walls' hit the R key again. If this doesn't help, check what the proximity of your fellow party members. If they're close to you, they could be interfering with your game interaction. Tell them to please go far away from you for a bit, and try hitting the R key again.

For 'frozen in place', or 'suspended in midair', stop hitting keys altogether and allow your computer functions to catch up with the commands you've sent while mashing keys or caught in a serious atmospheric effect (I'm looking at you, acid rain, cloudkill, and those awful 'windy spots' in Aussircaex's Valley). This could take some time, so be patient.

[GrampaBill]

You don't have to make it too hard, just do what's already been mentioned. Hit the key that would turn you in the direction you're spinning. It's stopped it every time it's happened to me, which is about once a month.

[Vordax]

Thanks to ALL who replied - I have NOT tried ALT+TAB - I will do that next time. It is NOT a User Error, and I play with a WIRED keyboard, and a WIRED gamepad. When this first started happening to me about six months ago, I *assumed* it WAS the gamepad and replaced it with a new one. Nothing changed. I get the spin left problem for several quests for a few days - then no problem for maybe a week! I just start 'breathing easy' when it happens all over again!
I have been working my way thru some of the quests despite the spinning - but can't do that on more complicated quests.
Thanks, again for the ALT+TAB and the CONTROL+TAB ideas - I will try those!

I assume you are running in windowed mode or possibly dual screen. It is real easy to reproduce this at will in windowed mode:

Hold left key down
Click and hold the title bar (or edge of the window)
Release left key
Watch the spinning
Hit left key again to stop spinning

What is happening here is that DDO is losing focus of the key board when you click the title bar (windows has the focus now) and does not notice the "key up" event.

[In_Like_Flynn]

I assume you are running in windowed mode or possibly dual screen. It is real easy to reproduce this at will in windowed mode:

Hold left key down
Click and hold the title bar (or edge of the window)
Release left key
Watch the spinning
Hit left key again to stop spinning

What is happening here is that DDO is losing focus of the key board when you click the title bar (windows has the focus now) and does not notice the "key up" event.
Well whaddyaknow. Cool.

[squishwizzy]

I assume you are running in windowed mode or possibly dual screen. It is real easy to reproduce this at will in windowed mode:

Hold left key down
Click and hold the title bar (or edge of the window)
Release left key
Watch the spinning
Hit left key again to stop spinning

What is happening here is that DDO is losing focus of the key board when you click the title bar (windows has the focus now) and does not notice the "key up" event.

Yeah, but he says he has to quit to get the problem to go away.

With the exception of the upper right-hand button to close the form on the title bar, anything else brings it back into focus.

It'll be ineteresting to see what happens when he does an ALT-TAB next time this occurs. If is stops spinning, then you're right: it's a focus problem. If not, it is most likely a hardware / device driver problem.

Plus, Windows 7 has some rather annoying problems with window focus (like windows that maintain focus after you select a different window).

[Ardkor]

Don't forget to check your control panel (in Windows) for Ease of Access. There is a setting called 'Sticky Keys' that you absolutely want turned 'OFF' or you will have similar problems forever.