Logitech G110 Keyboard

Having some issues with my Logitech G110 Keyboard and this game. My computer will randomly quit receiving any input from my keyboard while playing the game. The backlighting will continue to work just fine, and the music controls will work as well. But anything else will not work. I have to unplug and replug the keyboard into my computer. I have zero issue with any other game, though. Any ideas?

I'm going on a guess here, and think that something is stealing focus from FFXIV in your case.
Are you playing in Windowed mode ?
Does the control come back when you click somewhere on the FFXIV window ?
If you are able to go to another program, are you able to use your keyboard there ?
Does the "Windows-Key" still do what it's supposed to do ? (bring up the Start-Menu)
We'll first need to see if these are possible, before we can look further into the problem.

I have a merc zboard keyboard and I have the same issues as you. But it happens randomly. Sometimes once in like 5 hours. And I need to unplug and plugin back. I have a feeling it is OS or hardware compatibility issue. I'm using windows 7 x64. Before that I was using another hardware with windows xp x64 and had no issues. Since I moved to new hardware I had this. It's not really game breaking for me as it does not happen often. I can still type during the problem but my macros dun work.

For you, the keys dun work at all or only your macros?

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Originally Posted by shal_zee

I have a merc zboard keyboard and I have the same issues as you. But it happens randomly. Sometimes once in like 5 hours. And I need to unplug and plugin back. I have a feeling it is OS or hardware compatibility issue. I'm using windows 7 x64. Before that I was using another hardware with windows xp x64 and had no issues. Since I moved to new hardware I had this. It's not really game breaking for me as it does not happen often. I can still type during the problem but my macros dun work.

For you, the keys dun work at all or only your macros?

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Nothing works.

And the keyboard doesn't work with anything whatsoever when it happens. Worse part is if I'm running/hitting a key when it happens, it continues sending that input and my character will continue running (if that's the key pressed.) Which would be very fun in boss fights. X.X

(And yes, I'm running in Windowed. Nothing that I know of is stealing focus from it, since I'm using ShiftWindow and it remains in the "fullscreen".)

That's strange indeed. any driver updates? or try to switch USB ports? Hmm you did mentioned that other games are ok. That's very weird.....

It is. I updated the drivers before a while ago and it worked for a couple weeks... Then the issues returned.

I'd still like to confirm that it still doesn't do anything if you click inside the window to see if it works then.
If not, try using a different USB port (but make sure you use one on the back side of your PC).
One last thing I could suggest to try, is to close the Logitech G-Key profiler program (assumes the G110 also uses it)
You won't be able to use the G-keys probably, but it just might help.
If that doesn't help, then I'm afraid you'll gonna have to knock at the Logitech forum's door to maybe find a answer.
But in any way, my G19 doesn't have any problems at all (and that basically the same as your G110, but with a added LCD display)

Yeah. I have actually clicked the window to check it. And tried opening the Steam overlay in the game. No luck. =/

I'll go poke in the Logitech forums, I guess. Thank you, everyone!

hate to say this, but it's actually a common issue if you google around. seems the keyboard is actually incompatible with certain hardware/software combinations. and kinda points back to the usb port on the kb itself /shrug... ive dealt with it by placing it in my front usb port and if it goes out i just pull and reinsert. probably will just replace with 710

Weird, I have a G110 at home and I've never had any issues like that before. I've even set up some of the key macros to run in-game macros without a problem. I run Windows 7 Home 64 bit if that helps any. As Nicco pointed out though, it could be there is a known issue with those keyboards and you might have a faulty one.

Yeah, I'm thinking it's faulty. As long as I use my Xbox 360 controller with the game, it gives me no issue. But if I start having to use the keyboard? It starts messing up.

Also, for the motherboard: I use an ASUS Z68 motherboard. OS is Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium.

Thanks for the good discussion everyone and the quick research Nicco. Whenever I see some fault with a keyboard like this I usually want to check the physical connections first. More often than not a cord is loose or a USB port is not working properly or maybe even a wireless connection is getting disturbed. To cover these minor issues I'd ask that you try reseating the plug in another port, on another computer and clear away anything which may interfere with the signal (if it happens to be wireless) like computer speakers, the monitor, other controllers, routers, etc. Once all that's checked you'll want to get into software issues; updating drivers from the website, checking the device manager to see that there aren't any other (maybe older) devices interfering with this one, and uninstalling/disabling them if there are.

I've tried different USB ports and cleaning everything out. It's also wired, and the drivers have been updated. Think maybe I'm overloading it with the headphones and Logitech G500 being hooked up to the keyboard, and Final Fantasy XIV running at the same time?

If you've got it daisy chained it may be that the device is sucking too much power out at once and is unable to keep up when it's all processing. It's not something I've heard of before, but Logitech would probably have more information than I would. You may need to try a bit of troubleshooting though, on other systems, different games, different ports on the system (for example some ports on the front of computers are not powered), and even with different or no addons attached to the keyboard. Might be a case to see if there's a warranty on your product just in case.