Disabling numlock mid play issue

[taltamir]

I have shield spell bound to Number 7 on the keypad. The numlock is just above it.
I have WASD as the movement keys and numpad as the skills and attacks.
If I hit numlock button it will disable all the num keys from working in the game.

Worse, if I hit both 7 and numlock at the same time then not only does it disable them, but it gets "stuck" as if it is charging the spell on 7 (shield, which shouldn't have a charge), and thus the movement keys stop working. (WASD) either and I am left helpless.

 

[The G-Meister]

Is that not an issue with your keyboard instead of the game? The game never got the "Numpad 7 key up" prompt from your keyboard so I'm not sure what the game could really do to help.

Having said that, if you're referring to the skill Barrier, one of my qualms with it is actually that it activates when you lift the button up rather than press it down. As it gives perfect guard effects when used with perfect guard timings, this means it works somewhat differently from the shield (which applies your shield on button down rather than up), which has put me off using it.

 

[taltamir]

Is that not an issue with your keyboard instead of the game? The game never got the "Numpad 7 key up" prompt from your keyboard so I'm not sure what the game could really do to help..

1. This applies to 100% of all keyboards ever.
2. The keyboard is still sending button presses, but a different code is sent depending on whether numlock is on or off. For the purpose of this game it should treat them both as the same button, which I have seen some games do

Having said that, if you're referring to the skill Barrier, one of my qualms with it is actually that it activates when you lift the button up rather than press it down. As it gives perfect guard effects when used with perfect guard timings, this means it works somewhat differently from the shield (which applies your shield on button down rather than up), which has put me off using it.

My bad, it really is called Barrier and not Shield. Also this explains a lot.
Anyways, considering the skill CANNOT be charged, it should not get stuck in the charging animation indefinitely in such a scenario but rather immediately execute it. As you said, it should be on button down instead of button up.

 

[The G-Meister]

Anyways, considering the skill CANNOT be charged, it should not get stuck in the charging animation indefinitely in such a scenario but rather immediately execute it. As you said, it should be on button down instead of button up.

Having brought up the same point on the discord, people brought up the fact that you can cast barrier onto other players using a targeting reticle, hence the reason for it's cast on button up not button down. So unfortunately that means 1000+ hours of guarding experience takes the override for me

1. This applies to 100% of all keyboards ever.
2. The keyboard is still sending button presses, but a different code is sent depending on whether numlock is on or off. For the purpose of this game it should treat them both as the same button, which I have seen some games do

That doesn't seem like a bad idea actually, though I don't know if those buttons are consistent across keyboards of all different languages. However the thing that's intriguing me is what happens when you bind a key to what would be the key underneath? My keyboard doesn't even have a NumLock button despite the fact that it has an entire numpad, though it's not a detriment when all the buttons that would be underneath (being arrow keys and Ins/Del/End/Home) can be found just to the left anyway. Ultimately it seems like a lot of hassle from something very trivial when you could just like, not hit NumLock

One thing I either suggested somewhere else on the forums or on the discord is that, if you've got a keyboard setup like mine with WASD for movement and NumPad for skills, that you put your most used skills close to where your fingers are. I normally have my main 3 on Num1/2/3, potions on Num5, bow on Num6 and the lesser used skills on the top row.

And if your fingers are generally on the top row, move your fingers. As a lot of the keyboard is actually fairly similar you can generally move your entire hand by a bit (such as changing Shift + WASD + Space to \ + ESDF + Space) and still have the same finger placements, it just takes maybe a half hour of remembering to put your hand in the right place.