Hot keys not working - anybody else have/solve this issue?

[Hollywood7]

All,
Not a single hot key works for me. The camera control keys do work. Has anyone had this and solved it? If so, what can I do?

Thanks in advance,
Hollywood

[mitra76]

Did you ckeck if under the game directory under {user}\documents\ the file keyboard.csv is present?

[Hollywood7]

Thanks for the response.

I think I have some sort of directory foulup. To answer your question, YES - it is there in the documents directory. Also present in the Saved Game folder are all Replays I've been saving. BUT I am unable to run any of the replays, because the list of saved/replays games is not found and the list is blank.

Is there another Documents directory where the game could be looking to read files? It is clearly writing files per the above fact it is saving games.

It seems like the Writes go to one directory and the Reads are not being found. I can't find anywhere to check/adjust this.

Thanks for any help you might have.

[mitra76]

Do you have windows 7 or 8.1? If you change the resolution, the game holds this setting after a restart? Because the .ini file is here, if it holds the setting it should be able to read it. I suggest to try to reinstall the game, being sure to execute the setup in admin mode and apply the patch immediatly after.

[Hollywood7]

Thanks again for the quick reply.

Running 8.1. I haven't changed the resolution at all - stayed with the default.

I can try a re-install, but I purchased and downloaded the game on 8/1. Don't I have the latest version? Shouldn't I already have the patch included in the version I purchased?

[mitra76]

> I haven't changed the resolution at all - stayed with the default.

Try to change it and see if it remains with the new one after the game restart

>Shouldn't I already have the patch included in the version I purchased?

Make a automatic update to be sure and be sure to have set the compatibility mode with Win7 (tm.asp?m=3876271) on the game exe; in any case I don't think the problem is the patch yes or no, but probably something wrong in the installation process, that is why I asked to make one new being sure of admin.

[Hollywood7]

Thanks for the follow up. I will do a re-install with Admin.

[ETF]

Probably not the issue BUT....

Remember it is the key pad on the right side of the keyboard
It screwed me up for 2 weeks......FYI

[Hollywood7]

I uninstalled and re-installed. Nothing.

As it is - the following files are being updated (read/write) in the Documents\SowWL:
- sowwl.ini
- SowWL.log
- MYGUI.log
- defaults.dat
- HighScore.dat
- CustHighScore.dat

I've modified keyboard.csv to no effect. Only the camera keys work - no other hotkeys.

I renamed the keyboard.csv file to see if I would get an error and/or it would use the defaultkey.csv file in main directory but that didn't work either.

Additionally, it is writing to the Saved\Replays folder and also storing autosave files, but it does not read/list any of those games for replay or continued play in the game.

I have SoW Gettysburg and experienced none of these problems.

I'm really stumped.

[con20or]

keyboard.csv should be in the Documents/Sowwl folder. Copy and paste it in there.

sorry - just read your earlier posts and it seems you had it there and no luck either.

[Hollywood7]

There has to be some kind of hardcoded pathing bug related to reading these files. If it was an authorization thing, the program wouldn't be able to both read and write the high scores, etc. It can write the replays, but then it's not reading the replays back in.

I believe the same pathing problem exists for the keyboard.csv file - it's never reading the file, so it never gets the hotkeys.

[mitra76]

Did you make the resolution test?

[Hollywood7]

Yes - the new resolution works after game restart.

[mitra76]

Then the game can read from the directory because the setting is stored here; the N or M keys work?

[Hollywood7]

Agreed. Neither N nor M keys work.

[mitra76]

The camera controls work? Do you mean the keys W,S,A,X?

[Hollywood7]

All the camera controls work:
Q/E, WASD, CTRL, LSHIFT and SPACE

X is not a camera control in my configuration (Default).

Thanks for the continued help.

[mitra76]

Please attach your keyboard.csv file

[Hollywood7]

I had to rename the upload to .txt as .csv files are not supported for attachment (see attached) as keyboard.txt.

When I look at it loads in Excel - here's how it looks in Excel:
Name Key Func
keycode command

Name Not used, for designer only, but must be filled in for the row to be read by the code
Key Keyboard character or special character string
Func Game command function script, see gui.csv for examples
Notes Keys are only active in game, some keys cannot be used, the list is below
mousewheel
mousebuttons
Some keys require special character strings for this file to be used correctly
ESC CTRL CAPS NUMPAD0 GREYSTAR END
MINUS DQUOTE F1 NUMPAD1 GREYMINUS INSERT
EQUALS RQUOTA F2 NUMPAD2 GREYPLUS DEL
BACKSPACE LSHIFT F3 NUMPAD3 GREYSLASH
TAB BSLASH F4 NUMPAD4 GREYDOT
LBRACE COMMA F5 NUMPAD5 ARROWUP
RBRACE DOT F6 NUMPAD6 ARROWDOWN
SLASH F7 NUMPAD7 ARROWLEFT
RSHIFT F8 NUMPAD8 ARROWRIGHT
ALT F9 NUMPAD9 PGUP
SPACE F10 NUMLOCK PGDN
F11 SCRLOCK HOME
F12


Help F1 loadlayout:InGameHelp



Forward W moveforward
Backward S movebackward
SlideLeft A moveleft
SlideRight D moveright
RotateLeft Q rotateleft
RotateRight E rotateright
Up SPACE moveup
Down LSHIFT movedown
All Run R Arun

Quick Select 1 NUMPAD1 quicksel:1
Quick Select 2 NUMPAD2 quicksel:2
Quick Select 3 NUMPAD3 quicksel:3
Quick Select 4 NUMPAD4 quicksel:4
Quick Select 5 NUMPAD5 quicksel:5
Quick Select 6 NUMPAD6 quicksel:6
Quick Select 7 NUMPAD7 quicksel:7
Quick Select 8 NUMPAD8 quicksel:8
Quick Select 9 NUMPAD9 quicksel:9

Leader ARROWUP rankup
Prev Sib ARROWLEFT rankprev
Next Sib ARROWRIGHT ranknext
Subordinate ARROWDOWN rankdown

Save GREYPLUS
Load GREYSLASH
Speed Up EQUALS speedup
Slow MINUS speeddown

Menu ESC loadlayout:InGameMenu
Courier C loadlayout:SendCourier
Help H loadlayout:InGameHelp
Map M loadscreen:Map

Follow F camfollow
Goto G gotosel
Unit Locations L dumplocs
Dead O dumpdead
Stats K dumpgamedb
Pause P pause
Trees T toggletrees
Hud U togglehud
Chat X chat
Zoom Z zoom
TeamChat I teamchat
Menu Y showmenu
Map Move N AMmoveto
All run R Arun


Advance 1 moveformfwd:300:0
All Advance 2 Amoveformfwd:300:0
Advance to Def 3 movefwd:300:1
All Advance to Def 4 Amovefwd:300:1


TC On 7 Atcommon
TC Off 8 Atcommoff
TC Subordinate Officers 9 tcofficers


WheelLeft COMMA wheelleft:22.5
WheelRight DOT wheelright:22.5

[mitra76]

Try to use the keys M and N with the attached file