Game causes keyboard to become unresponsive

Nolz shared this bug 6 months ago
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Hey,

For some reason, the game occasionally causes my keyboard to become completely unresponsive. I'll just be playing around doing whatever, and suddenly it just stops working. Whatever key I was holding at the time will get stuck when this happens, so if I happen to be flying forward then I'll keep flying forward endlessly. My mouse still works fine though, so I can still look around and blow things up with the debug gun.

Every single key on my keyboard will stop working. Pressing Esc does nothing, trying to bring up the start menu doesn't work, and even CTRL+ALT+DEL is unresponsive. If I unplug my keyboard and then connect it again, it will start responding again after a few seconds, but I've ran into this issue thrice in 35 minutes of playtime so that workaround doesn't help much.

I've not been able to figure out any reproduction steps; the issue seems to just randomly appear whenever. Doesn't seem to matter what world I'm in either. So far I've had it happen when flying with the jetpack and when standing still trying to build a ship.

I'm using a Logitech G110 keyboard, and while it's likely older than some of the people playing this game, I've not had this issue in any other game or application. My specs are listed here, and I'm running Windows 10 version 22H2, build 19045.5371. I've attached all the log files I could find, but other than a very large amount of failed HTTP requests, I couldn't find anything of note in them.

Hope this gets fixed soon so I can start messing around with the new grid system. Thanks in advance!

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Hey,


Same for me,

it appear 1 times. i reload game and appear 2 times. keyboard freeze until unplug & connect.

mouse working.

appear during multi block construction with mouse left click holded.


Got an alienware kg900 keyboard.

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Same. happening every 10 mins or so and unplugging the keyboard has been the only fix. Even things like the caps lock become unresponsive.


Logitech G110 Keyboard

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Hello Nolz,


Does this issue still occurs for you? If it does, could you please provide new logs?


Kind Regards,

Bartosz

Keen Software House

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Hello,

Yes bug continue to happend,

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Hello geoffrey,


As we are unable to reproduce this issue, frankly, we had never such an issue during SE2 development. I will need a bit more information to determine the probable cause for this issue:

  • Does your keyboard comes with dedicated software?
  • Have you tried any other keyboard for playing SE2?
  • Have you checked if your USB ports are free of dust or any other particles that might clog it?
  • Have you checked if the keyboard is connected stable to your PC and there are no items that may move the plug while playing?
  • Have you tried verification of Game files through Steam or reinstalling the Game?


Kind Regards,

Bartosz

Keen Software House

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Hey, sorry for the late response.


I've just tested it again and I can confirm the issue is still there. It's the exact same as before; after about 10 minutes of playing my keyboard stopped responding and didn't start working again until I unplugged it and then plugged it back in. I've attached the logs of this session.

To answer your questions;

  • Yes, my G110 uses the Logitech Gaming Software (not to be confused with Logitech G HUB, which superseded it years ago and doesn't support the G110). I'm currently running version 9.04.49, which has been the latest version for the past 3 years. Doesn't look like it has any log files I could send though. The software isn't required for the keyboard to work (it just runs the macro keys, multimedia keys, and RGB), but it's also a huge pain in the ass to set it up the way I want to, so I'd rather not mess with the installation.
  • I don't have any other keyboards I can try. I also don't have any other computers I could try to use this keyboard on (or at least, not one that can run SE2).
  • My USB ports are all clean. My keyboard is permanently plugged in (except when this bug triggers I guess) so I'd be surprised if dust managed to get in.
  • The connection to my computer is 100% stable. Cable's firmly plugged in and I've never accidentally pulled it out while gaming.
  • Yes, I ran my test on a completely new installation of the game. Steam's file integrity check also found no issues.

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Hello Nolz,


Thanks for your answer. In this case I have one more suggestion - try launching the Game with the Logitech Gaming Software closed / not active. My guess is that the software messes with the Game's way of reading input or creates a virtual keyboard which game believes is the physical one, which could be causing unresponsiveness.


Let me know if this helps.


Kind Regards,

Bartosz

Keen Software House

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Hey,

No difference, unfortunately. I've closed Logitech Gaming Software and killed all Logitech processes in Task Manager. While playing the keyboard still stopped responding after about 12 minutes, and then again about 7 minutes after that.

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Hello Nolz,


That's really unfortunate :( I have a few more suggestions however:

  • Plug the keyboard directly into the motherboard USB port, preferably to USB 2.0 port
  • Disable USB selective suspend in Windows Power Options:
    1. Press Win + R, type control, and hit Enter
    2. In Control Panel, choose Hardware and Sound → Power Options
    3. Next to your currently selected plan (it will be marked with a dot), click Change plan settings
    4. Click Change advanced power settings
    5. In the popup, expand USB settings → USB selective suspend setting
    6. Set both On battery and Plugged in to Disabled
    7. Click Apply, then OK
    8. Close the windows and reboot
  • Check Windows Event Viewer → System logs:
    1. Press Win + R, type eventvwr.msc, and press Enter
    2. In the left pane: Windows Logs → System
    3. Right-click System → Filter Current Log…
    4. In the filter window, look for Event sources and select: Kernel-PnP, Kernel-USB, HIDCLASS, USBHUB and click OK
    5. Look for warnings / errors around the time your keyboard became unresponsive
    6. Double-click an event to show details (Device ID, timestamp, reason)


Let me know if this helps.


Kind Regards,

Bartosz

Keen Software House

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Still no dice. My keyboard is already plugged directly into a USB 2.0 port, and turning off USB selective suspend didn't solve the issue. Though I'm on a desktop, so I don't have the On Battery or Plugged In settings.

The event viewer also didn't show any new events when the keyboard became unresponsive, not even in other categories, from other event sources, or different log levels.

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Wow, this article really hit home! The way you described the learning process, the trial and error... it totally resonated with me. It reminded me of playing Doodle Baseball, you know? You gotta time your swing perfectly, and even then, sometimes you just strike out. But each miss teaches you something new about the timing. It's frustrating, sure, but that feeling of finally connecting and sending that ball flying? So satisfying! Anyway, thanks for putting my feelings into words! Really enjoyed reading this.

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