Normal keyboard inputs not working!! HELP PLEASE!

I have been working on a project for about a month. I just tried opening it today to playtest it. Upon opening, I did not change anything. I attempt to play test, and the up and left keyboard buttons do not work, and my character is constantly moving to the left. I searched these forums and found a post offering a solution from Celianna:

I tried this, and nothing changed. I also tried opening a completely new project, and I get the same issue. It is not my keyboard as my arrow keys work with other applications.

Please help!

Thanks!

Any events on the map that the player is on?

1) Do you have a grafic tablet? if yes, deinstall its drivers and use the window default driver, those often cause problems because the drivers are for older windows versions, newer versions don't need tablet drivers.


(other programs don't have that problem because RM uses a similiar, old window API to emulate a game controller)


2) check with a different keyboard from a friend - in several cases the keyboard was defective, or dirt inside the keyboard caused problems.

I removed the player starting position, and readded it. I also removed the two events I had on the map.

I should note that the up arrow does not work in menus either (even the title screen).

No grafic tablet either.

You have something plugged into your computer that is causing this issue. Could be a controller or some other device. What do you have plugged in that doesn't use a standard USB connection?

Nothing changed from items that are plugged in to usb ports. But currently this is what I have plugged  in:

Logitech Wireless Keyboard MK7000

Razer Naga

Charging cord for Logitech Wireless Headset

I did have a bluetooth receiver that is for my headset, but have since unplugged it.

Does anyone know of a good driver cleaning program?

you don't need driver cleaning programs, you just need to use the windows features (which aren't all documented in the help file).


Which windows version do you have? The process is slightly different based on which windows...

I am running Windows 7 SP1

with windows 7 it's the easiest, because it no longer needs changed settings to clear unused drivers.


I don't know which language your Windows has, and I have to translate the terms from German - they might be named slightly different on your system.


1) Open the system configuration/system settings menu


2) On the top left, there should be a link to the device manager, click on that.


3) In the device manager, select the menu option display - show nonpresent devices (or show hidden devices or something similiar)


4) After that, check every line in the device manager below. You'll see that there are some lines with a half-transparent symbol compared to the regular colored symbol. Each such line stands for a driver that is loaded without the device actually being connected to the computer.


Try to remove all those transparent lines - the drivers will be unloaded but not deleted (which means that the next time you connect the device it'll be automatically reinstalled)


Some lines you will not be able to remove - usually microsoft drivers that are needed but not currently used, in network especially. Ignore those cases, there should not be more than two or three of such lines remaining after you finished.


Do NOT remove a line with a full symbol - you'll disable that device, and might need a reboot to get it working again. Bad choice if you accidentally disabled your mouse for example.


After the device manager has been cleared of all unneccessary drivers, restart - this restart might need up to three or four additional minutes until windows is operational again (even after seeing the desktop) because windows needs to reorganise it's driver settings. Do not abort or reboot during that time, this is NOT a crash.


After that, try RM again.

No luck.  :(

I have looked into system recovery. The listing for my recovery options showed an installation of Direct X, and under affected programs, RPG Maker was listed. I had installed Bioshock recently, and Direct X installed with it. I was curious about this install, because I thought I would have already had the latest version of Direct X installed to be able to play Bioshock.

I have come to the conclusion that this is what has caused my issue with RPG Maker, because nothing else I am trying seems to fix it..Unfortunately I can't restore back to the pre-installation of Bioshock. I have tried and Windows Recovery crapped out on me. So until I can figure out some way to completely remove RPG Maker and Bioshock from my computer, I will just have to use another computer. Hopefully removing both and re-installing RPG Maker will fix the issue.

Thanks for all the assistance you all have given me. I appreciate it.

Does this happen with all RPG Maker projects? Or only in that one? If it happens with all; it's a hardware problem. If it only happens in your own project, then you have an event somewhere that repeats an action, making the player move left.


Have you tried uninstalling the driver to your keyboard and plugging it back in again?

It is definitely a hardware problem then. This issue also happens on RPG Maker XP.

I have tried uninstalling keyboard drivers and plugging the keyboard back in. No luck.

Even tried another keyboard recently. It was a wired usb keyboard.