Hotkeys freezing up...minor annoyance

[Sgt Joch]

I have a weird problemm when I play CMBB which crops up intermittently.

When I play, I turn on bases, flags and warning labels on during the order phase to see what is going on and turn them off for the action phase.

When I play for a long time at one stretch, over 1 or 2 hours, the keys will sometimes freeze in position, meaning that I can't turn off flags, bases or warning labels even though the game still plays normally. Exiting the game and restarting it does not solve the problem, but if I reboot my computer and restart the game the problem is resolved.

It's a minor annoyance, but I'm wondering if anyone has seen this and knows what causes it.

I originally thought that my computer was not powerful enough, but I recently upgraded from a 1.2 ghz Athlon @ 100 mhz with 512 mb of SDRAM @ 133 mhz to a 3 ghz PIV @ 800 mhz with 1 GB of DDR @ 400 mhz, and this issue still occasionally crops up on my new rig.

[Schrullenhaft]

Do any keyboard shortcuts work in CM at this point when you can't turn off the flags and bases ? If you exit CM at this point, do you have keyboard problems in any other programs ?

What Windows version are you running ? Do you have keyboard problems in any other program ? Do you have anything running in the background (instant messaging clients, utilities, etc.) ?

[Sgt Joch]

No the keyboard works fine in other programs. I will have to check but I believe all CMBB hotkeys are frozen although I can still give orders, change the view and the game will still function.

I have Windows XP professional with SP1. Other than Windows, the only program I have running in the background is Goback. I turn all other programs including windows messenger and the internet off.

My system:

-PIV 3 ghz;

-1 GB kingston Hyper X DDR 400;

-Abit is-7 mb with latest bios;

-Antec case with 430 watts power;

-PNY GFX 5900/128 mb w. 52.16 drivers;

-Hercules gametheater GXP soundcard with latest 6.09 drivers;

-WD Raptor 10,000 K 36 GB drive;

currently running CMBB special edition ( although the issue also cropped up on my previous regular CMBB install patched to 1.03) with the cmmos mods on disk 2 and Ncrawler's sound pack.