The 'tab' button????

djddalton · Post by **djddalton** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:30 pm

Why does it always stop working of late? In both the multiplayer and the campaigns, I often find I have to upload and download again to get it to work! Sometimes this is more than once! Anyone else find this annoying?

Might have something to do with the expansion...

Post by **pipfromslitherine** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:44 pm

We didn't make any changes to that code, not for a very long time. I checked whether anything else could be catching the key and there isn't anything.

It would indeed be useful to know if anyone else has seen issues with TAB.

Cheers

Pip

PirateJock_Wargamer · Post by **PirateJock_Wargamer** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:11 pm

I very very occasionally have a non-functioning Tab and 1 key with online games ... don't play enough singleplayer to say if it happens there.

djddalton · Post by **djddalton** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:33 pm

PirateJock wrote:I very very occasionally have a non-functioning Tab and 1 key with online games ... don't play enough singleplayer to say if it happens there.

I thought I might not be alone...

pip - It happens most often on large maps, especially at the start of the game. Very rarely does it happen once my opponent is whittled down. I know very little about program functionality, but maybe it is something to do with memory.

Merr · Post by **Merr** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:05 pm

You know ... I haven't seen this yet ... but ...

Since "TABBING" cycles through units ... perhaps it's trying to cycle through a dead unit (or a unit removed from the map or currently not on the map), at which point it breaks the logic, and prevents further tabbing. ?

I dunno .... just another uneducated guess on my part.

My logic ... if there's no unit there to TAB through, the tabbing won't work.