drifting bug?

Akrasia · 08-03-2006 2:52pm #1

Hi, I've been playing BF2 for a few days and one thing that really pisses me off is that sometimes my guy will just drift in one direction when i let go of the keys as if i've got a direction key pressed down. It happens in all directions so it's not my keyboard. I've got a decent machine and the 1.2 patch but this bug makes the game almost unplayable. The drifting effect usually goes away after a little while but sometimes it's still there even after i respawn. Anyone know how to help?

TheHairyFairy · 08-03-2006 3:33pm

Dont let your guy drink before you play? I've heard of this before, but not a fix..

Fairy

Deacon Blues · 08-03-2006 3:51pm

Brilliant !!!

I thought it was my machine or internet connection ... the pings on IBB can be a disaster.

The amount of times that I leg it up to a corner in order to missile a tank, only to end up drifting out into the middle of the street with the tank guy wondering 'what's this fool up to, ah well, I'll machine gun him anyway' means that my stats are _really_ bad now

Glad to hear that it's the game ... hopefully it'll be fixed soon.

Irishpimpdude · 08-03-2006 3:52pm

It is usually down to lag/crap wireless keyboard! is your keyboard wireless?

KdjaCL · 08-03-2006 6:46pm

Hide in a corner when it happens.

kdjac

TheHairyFairy · 08-03-2006 7:09pm

Yeah a corner with 4 walls, that should keep you from drifting.

Fairy

Zillah · 08-03-2006 7:57pm

You mean a room?

TheHairyFairy · 08-03-2006 9:21pm

Aye one of those room things.

Fairy

Zillah · 08-03-2006 9:21pm

For those of you not familiar with what we're talking about, it could be best described as two large corners placed together.

SirLemonhead · 08-03-2006 10:09pm

I usually get that from pressing scroll-lock and X in game to pull up Xfire...

Akrasia · 09-03-2006 12:17am

Irishpimpdude wrote:

It is usually down to lag/crap wireless keyboard! is your keyboard wireless?

It's an ordinary regular wirey keyboard. I've had no problems with any other game, my broadband is 3MB eircom and it happens even on very low ping games.

It has to be in the game or some compatibility issues.
I have a geforce fx 5700 card with 256mb ram, and amd 64 3400+ processor with 1 gig of ram

Nietzschean · 09-03-2006 2:37am

Zillah wrote:

For those of you not familiar with what we're talking about, it could be best described as two large corners placed together.

does a 4 walled room not require 4 corners? or you could go with a circular room, that'd have none...

chalky · 09-03-2006 8:30am

Does your mouse stop working too?
This happened to me when I first got the game. Every few minutes the game would stop accepting any input and I would just "drift" in whichever direction button I had pressed at the time. Got very annoying when walking on roofs and when you just saw an enemy. Also the sound was a bit messed up. Turns out it was caused by a program called total recorder. When I uninstalled that the game worked perfectly.

Akrasia · 09-03-2006 1:03pm

no my mouse and everything else still works, including the direction buttons, for example, if it's drifting left, i can press the right direction button to stop if from drifting and but that means i can't go right, as if the button is stuck down but it's not.

TheHairyFairy · 09-03-2006 1:05pm

Sounds like a keyboard issue. Can you try a different keyboard at all?

Fairy

Peace · 09-03-2006 1:14pm

I wouldn't go into that 'room' if i were you. I put a claymore in the doorway.

The_Bullman · 09-03-2006 3:29pm

The same thing happens to me every now and again. The way I got it to stop was to tap the offending key again.

Say, for example, that the problem was that I was strafing to the right. To remedy this I tap the right strafe key. Problem solved - well not really but its a temp fix at least

Akrasia · 09-03-2006 4:12pm

I think I'll just go outside and shoot some real people instead. It's such a nice day today.. Plus i'm ****e at the game anyway unless I have a really good squad leader to watch my back

Vegeta · 09-03-2006 4:42pm

Akrasia wrote:

I think I'll just go outside and shoot some real people instead. It's such a nice day today.. Plus i'm ****e at the game anyway unless I have a really good squad leader to watch my back

Man ya just have to give it time, you'll learn the maps and once you have the drifting bug thingy fixed you'll improve. Keep lookin in here aswell cos you'll pick up some great tips and tutoring from the guys on here.

Of course some have more patience and tolerance towards noobs (me being a noob also) than others. Keep at it, what i like about this game is that every night something different happens. Last night I was trying the c4 on the jeep technique tonight i might try something else a bit of tank driving maybe who knows, greta value for money.

Zillah · 09-03-2006 7:01pm

Nietzschean wrote:

does a 4 walled room not require 4 corners? or you could go with a circular room, that'd have none...

No no no. If you take two large corners and put them together, where they join will create the third and fourth corners, so while you only begin with two, you have the full four by the end

Ballboy · 09-03-2006 7:31pm

Ye I get this sometimes and always when im driving the chopper!!!

Lister1 · 10-03-2006 2:04pm

Akrasia wrote:

Hi, I've been playing BF2 for a few days and one thing that really pisses me off is that sometimes my guy will just drift in one direction when i let go of the keys as if i've got a direction key pressed down.

If you are moving and press one of the keys(j, k, l) to type a message you will keep moving in the same direction and at the same speed. Not a bug but intential. Maybe this is whats happening to you....

Sinister · 10-03-2006 4:29pm

Akrasia wrote:

Hi, I've been playing BF2 for a few days and one thing that really pisses me off is that sometimes my guy will just drift in one direction when i let go of the keys as if i've got a direction key pressed down. It happens in all directions so it's not my keyboard. I've got a decent machine and the 1.2 patch but this bug makes the game almost unplayable. The drifting effect usually goes away after a little while but sometimes it's still there even after i respawn. Anyone know how to help?

it could be your fire wall, had the drifting problem like this when i forgot to turn zone alarm off, with it off it was fine though.

Akrasia · 10-03-2006 4:30pm

Sinister wrote:

it could be your fire wall, had the drifting problem like this when i forgot to turn zone alarm off, with it off it was fine though.

Ah! that could be it!. I disable it before i play but sometimes it stays running for some reason. I'll have to do it manually next time. thanks!

cregser · 10-03-2006 6:45pm

I have a drifting problem but I know it's being caused by my gamepad. I have a PS2 dualshock plugged into my PC using one of them GAME usb converters. If the little joystick on the pad is not dead centre I tend to drift a bit. It's really hard to balance it actually.

Do you have a gamepad or joystick plugged in?

SeantheMan · 12-03-2006 8:20pm

Ballboy wrote:

Ye I get this sometimes and always when im driving the chopper!!!

Yeah, happnes me aswell sometimes since 1.2 patch came out.

I bank to left or right, and it will continue, its quite strange, very annoying and has been the death of me more than once

Only happens to me in a chopper though every now and again

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