Intermitent input when walking with WASD

I use the keyboard to play and it works fine most of time. However, there are times when I try to walk using WASD and the character keeps stopping, as if I have lifted my finger from the key. If this keeps happening for a long time, I restart the game and it works normally again.

I really don't know what's causing this problem. I noticed that if I try to walk using the mouse, pressing both buttons, the character will move smoothly. The problem seems to affect only the keyboard.

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When did this start happening? Do you remember anything changing/updating on your PC that coincides with this?

What kind of keyboard do you have? Is it a standard keyboard or a specialized gaming keyboard?

Do you notice any pattern to this (it only happens in certain areas or in precise intervals, etc.)?

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Thanks for the answer!

I play the game in the borderless fullscreen setting, so I'm always using alt+tab to switch between windows of Spotify, Chrome and the game itself. Perhaps the problem starts right after alt-tabbing, but I'm not sure. As for the areas of the game where it happens, it can happen anywhere. Most of the time, I'm just going from one place to the other to complete a quest when the stuttering begins. The only pattern I can think of is the use of alt+tab.

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Originally Posted by munifrid

Thanks for the answer!

I play the game in the borderless fullscreen setting, so I'm always using alt+tab to switch between windows of Spotify, Chrome and the game itself. Perhaps the problem starts right after alt-tabbing, but I'm not sure. As for the areas of the game where it happens, it can happen anywhere. Most of the time, I'm just going from one place to the other to complete a quest when the stuttering begins. The only pattern I can think of is the use of alt+tab.

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Thank you for your response!

What kind of keyboard do you have? Is it a standard keyboard or a specialized gaming keyboard?

Hi, sorry for taking so long to reply. I haven't been playing the game in the past few days.

My keyboard is a standard wireless one. It's exactly this model: https://www.microsoft.com/accessorie...-850/py9-00001

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Originally Posted by munifrid

Hi, sorry for taking so long to reply. I haven't been playing the game in the past few days.

My keyboard is a standard wireless one. It's exactly this model: https://www.microsoft.com/accessorie...-850/py9-00001

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Hello!

Have you tried recently to see if the issue persists?? Please update us on the issue.

Thank you.

Yeah, I have been testing for the past two days, just playing normally like before, but I haven't encountered the issue anymore. :\

Anyway, thanks a lot for the support!

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Originally Posted by munifrid

Yeah, I have been testing for the past two days, just playing normally like before, but I haven't encountered the issue anymore. :\

Anyway, thanks a lot for the support!

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Great! I will be moving this thread to "closed concerns" If you have any other issues please do not hesitate to create a new thread.

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