Can't press W, A and Up at the same time (keyboard)

[Scully]

There are a couple of other combinations that don't work either. What's up with that? Can it be fixed or is it just a ****ty keyboard?

 

[Lord Burgess1]

Your keyboard is on strike.

 

[Asadron]

why would u press those keys at the same time anyways? (works fine for me by the way, prints an AW then moves my page up xD)

 

[Paula]

games with wasd+arrow controls. screwed me over many times in certain platformers where I needed to climb, jump and float in very quick succession. I suppose that's why gamer keyboards have notes in their specs that say "accepts more than 13 simultaneous keystrokes" or something like that.

 

[MadocComadrin]

Paula has it right on this one: many office/home keyboards have a limited key buffer. It's usually 3 or 4 for modern keyboards, but older ones might be limited to 2. If it's really bothering you, you'll need to look for a gaming keyboard or a keyboard that specifically has a bigger buffer.

 

[Scully]

My keyboard is new and does support 3 or more keys pressed at the same time though. Only a couple of keys on the keyboard are messed up. First key is the one left  of "1". In Warband I used it as a look around key for a short while, but noticed that I couldn't run, look around and zoom at the same time. Then in Binding of Isaac I can't run diagonally north west, while shooting upwards.

Any other key combination works though

 

[Lord Burgess1]

The key to the left of 1 is called tilde.

 

[Bromden]

games with wasd+arrow controls. screwed me over many times in certain platformers where I needed to climb, jump and float in very quick succession. I suppose that's why gamer keyboards have notes in their specs that say "accepts more than 13 simultaneous keystrokes" or something like that.

Wow, the most fingers I saw on two hands were 12. Seems you can use a nose too with that keyboard.

Scully: Does the speaker beep wildly when it happens? It does for me when I'm pushing too much buttons.

 

[Scully]

games with wasd+arrow controls. screwed me over many times in certain platformers where I needed to climb, jump and float in very quick succession. I suppose that's why gamer keyboards have notes in their specs that say "accepts more than 13 simultaneous keystrokes" or something like that.

Scully: Does the speaker beep wildly when it happens? It does for me when I'm pushing too much buttons.

Nope.

The key to the left of 1 is called tilde.

It has 6 symbols on it 

 

[Lord Burgess1]

Well it is on my Dutch keyboard.