fixed 16 June 2021 patch - 2 issues - Multiplayer chat open bug - No ability to control aircraft with chat open.

[FoxxyTrotty]

Introduced in this patch is a bug that behaves as follows in multiplayer chat.

 

1) you press shift+tab to "chat" and type something press enter, the text capture portion of the chat closes and the message goes out.

 

2) you press shift+tab to chat again, and nothing happens. The chat is shown and then hidden, like you are pressing tab, but the ability to type is gone.

 

3) you press ctrl+tab to open teamchat, and it works, you type something, press enter, and the message goes out.

 

4) you press ctrl+tab to add another message, it doesn't work now either... it just opens the existing read-only chat log.

 

5) you press shift+tab again, and that once again re-opens the ability to enter chat and send it.

 

This pattern repeats indefinitely, and was confirmed by multiple players just now in busy AO server.

 

Secondly to note - When the chat window has focus, HOTAS / pedals are totally locked out, until i either send text message, or escape out of chat window. Until this patch, you could fly with 1 hand, and touch type with the other, sometimes "rgr" or "bs" is very useful and to lose control to neutral can be a big upset. 

[xanstin]

Same thing happens for me in VR. +1

[epoch]

Yup, definitely an issue.  I requested to join into my buddy's Hind and whilst approving the request he was unable to control the chopper.  Thankfully I did not join so only he pancaked into the ground.

[Flappie]

This issue has been acknowledged by ED devs. They're on it.

[Furiz]

Since the latest OB 2.7.2.7910.1, I'm having issues with chat in Multiplayer, and not only me seems more people are having the same issues.

 

Pressing ctrl+tab used to open write chat box, now it opens first time then after that I have to press shift+tab to be able to chat again, cause ctrl+tab will not open write chat box again, after shift+tab I need to ctrl+tab to chat again and so on...

 

shift+tab = all chat

crtl+tab = allies chat

 

second issue I have noticed is when I open the write chat box, open track stops cooperating with DCS, my view in DCS gets stuck in the position where I was looking until I close the write chat box.

[Flappie]

Yes, there's another thread about this issue. This bug has been acknowledged by ED.

 

 

[Furiz]

Roger! appologies

[Furiz]

To add to the list, Open Track stops tracking head movement, or it stops sending data to DCS about head position. in any case I cant look around.

[WilliamLink]

On 6/19/2021 at 3:57 PM, Furiz said:

To add to the list, Open Track stops tracking head movement, or it stops sending data to DCS about head position. in any case I cant look around.

Yes, I'm having the same exact issue. I haven't noticed yet if my joystick controls stop working or not, but the Head Tracking sure does lock with Chat Type Window open.

[WilliamLink]

I would like to point out one peculiarity that I've noticed since the update, in regards to the Reload and Rearm window from the Ground Crew comms option.

 

The thing is, prior to this update, this window used to produce the same collateral effect that we're experiencing now with the Chat Typing window. It would lock head tracking - and possibly also lock the controls as well, I'm not sure. Whereas now, since the update, the Reload and Rearm window no longer locks the head tracking, and I personally prefer this current behavior over the previous.

 

Would you guys at ED please inspect that issue as well, and if possible, keep it behaving like it is today? I'd appreciate very much if this also gets fixed.

[Crashdown]

Just ran into this issue as well: chat window refused to close and all my inputs aside from typing in the text field itself were frozen (which lead to an impromptu swim in the sea).

I had to close the game through the Task Manager since it refused to even accept the good old Alt-F4

[bkthunder]

Looks like the Shift key gets stuck when trying to open the chat window with LSHIFT-Tab: it opens up the first time, then the second time I have to push Ctrl-tab to "unpush" the LSHIFT, and then press LSHIFT-Tab again. 

Also, after pressing ctrl-tab, I can't eject and the sim doesn't recognize the ctrl key until I press SHIFT one more time. 

 

I know others are experiencing this and it is a bug. very very annoying, plus when the chat window is open the view is locked in place and the mouse cursor doesn't work,

[BIGNEWY]

threads merged

[bkthunder]

Just to add to this, it seems like the SHIT and CTRL keys get stuck. 

For example if I pressed shift-tab to open the chat, type the message and close it, and then try any command hat requires the crtl key, it doesn't work. If I try to eject (ctrl-e) it won't work. I have to press ctrl and shift to "unstick" the keys and then it works again. 

Same thing goes for the Shift key.

[Flappie]

@bkthunderCan you please confirm all chatbox issues were fixed?

[Crashdown]

Ran into this bug again. Opened the chat window with Ctrl-Tab and it refuses to close just like last time. And it still took control of the keyboard preventing me from accessing the Escape menu or accessing any of the usual keyboard shortcuts

[Flappie]

Do you have an idea about how to reproduce the bug?

[Flappie]

Hi @Crashdown. I just had a similar issue. It turned our I had been using a switch as a modifier in the UI Layer controls category. Whenever that switch was up, I could not use the 'Escape' key. I simply removed the switch from my UI Layer modifiers list and the problem went away.