Unbinding Keypad Enter Key in Windows?

[Dulcimerist]

Is there a way to tell Windows to not treat the Enter key on the number keypad on my keyboard?

I hotkeyed my bazillion Rogue special attacks to the numbers on the number keypad so I can put my hand on it and button mash my way to victory. However, the Enter key keeps putting the cursor into the chat box and causes previous messages I've typed in chat to be sent again. I believe my solution is somewhere in the Windows settings.

(I probably should use AutoHotKey to make a Rogue special attack chain macro, but my brain isn't processing the AHK users manual too well.)

[sebastianosmith]

Hey PMDulcimerist,

What you want to do can be accomplished via the ddo.keymap file located in your "%userprofile%\Documents\Dungeons and Dragons Online" folder. Open that file with a text editor (notepad is fine), and replace any lines defined as "AcceptInput [ User [ 0 DIK_NUMPADENTER ] ]" with "DoNothing [ User [ 0 DIK_NUMPADENTER ] ]". This will make DDO ignore any input from the numeric enter key without having to resort to a system-level keyboard hook.

[Dulcimerist]

Thanks! I made the alteration. The "DoNothing" won't override the key binding assignment I selected for it as my key to press for voice chat?

[sebastianosmith]

Hum....

DIK_NUMPADENTER is supposed to be a 1:1 mapping to the DirectInput keycode (hex 0x9C) for the numeric pad Enter key, but it can get "confused" if that keycode is linked to another combination. I have tested this against a vanilla install with a default "FPS" key mapping and it does work. All I can suggest at this point is to make a backup of your ddo.keymap file, delete the current one (the game will recreate it on start) and then try to edit it as previously described. That's the best I can offer.