Annoying Steering control (KEYBOARD)

So...Yeah. if theres even the tiniest overlap between the left and right arrow keys, the steering sticks in the middle.

For instance, if I hold the Left Arrow to steer, than hold the Right arrow to steer the other direction, it will go to the middle, and stick. so i have to depress the button then press it again to make it do a full turn.

really rather annoying when a high speed turn is coming up /:
i suppose this hasn't been properly addressed before now because the Devs use an Xbox controller?

anyone else get this?
Heres a Video i made showing it:


BeamNG Steering in a nutshell video i made


BTW, this is not my keyboard, i can press all 4 of my arrow keys at one time on other games, and they respond independently.
Thanks,

John

 

yeah, happens to me all the time, really annoys me when drifting, I'm pretty sure gabe is working on it though.

 

It is not happening to me. Maybe it is about the keyboard? Is this an USB keyboard?

 

It happens to me sometimes. It's usually while drifting but that's about it.

 

+1 here, wrecked accidentally more than once due to this.

 

USB or PS2 wouldnt really make a difference.

Mine is PS2, but this never happens on other games, and at least 3 of my arrow keys can run at one time in any layout

 

Happends to me sometimes. Hopefully this gets fixed, however, I don't think the priority is too big for this

 

Really? its a big turn off for me! i cant play their game properly because the controls are messed up!

Rather big priority...

 

I think some people have this problem less often than others do. You can't play the game because of that, I have this problem once in 3 min. For me, it isn't a high priority. For others it is maybe. So overall, let's say the priority to fix it is high

 

OK, Thanks Gabe

 

A little update, it seems to only happen from Left arrow key to Right arrow key. not from right to left.

Thanks

 

-EDIT- Please remove this post devs, I didn't read before posting. My apologies!

 

This pretty much seems to be the case. I assume the input logic is event based? Because I think what happens is that whenever either left or right key is released the steering is reset to 0.

You can reproduce this pretty easily: First press and hold left, then press and hold right, then release left. You will see that when you release the left key the steering will reset to 0 even though the right key is still pressed. This obviously also works vice versa.

You should be able to fix this by only resetting the steering back to 0 when the key that was released == the one that was pressed last.

Edit:
I just hacked away a quick fix for this. If you want to use it go to the scripts/clients/ folder and replace the content of beamng.cs with the following:

Code:

// BeamNG specific scripts

exec("./inputmaps/keyboard.inputmap.cs"); // always load the keyboard
 
////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// Joystick or Gamepad Controller bindings


// no more deadzone, etc in here: the code moved to the Lua side


$lastSteeringDir = "";


function steer_left( %val ) {
    if ( %val == 0 && $lastSteeringDir !$= "left" ){
        return;
    }
    else {
        $lastSteeringDir = "left";
    }
    
   vlua("input.analogue=false;input.axisX=" @ %val);
   //$mvLeftAction = %val; // for the editor movements
}


function steer_right( %val ) {
    if ( %val == 0 && $lastSteeringDir !$= "right" ){
        return;
    }
    else {
        $lastSteeringDir = "right";
    }
        
   vlua("input.analogue=false;input.axisX=" @ -%val);
   //$mvRightAction = %val; // for the editor movements
}


function joy_steer( %val ) {
   vlua("input.analogue=true;input.axisX=" @ -%val);
}


function accelerate( %val ) {
   vlua("input.axisY=" @ %val);
   //$mvForwardAction = %val; // for the editor movements
}


function parkingbrake_toggle( %val ) {
   if(%val) vlua("input.toggleParkingbrake()");
}


function parkingbrake( %val ) {
   vlua("input.parkingbrakeInput=" @ %val);
}


function brake( %val ) {
   vlua("input.axisY2=" @ %val);  
   //$mvBackwardAction = %val; // for the editor movements
}


function clutch( %val ) {
   vlua("input.clutchAxis=" @ %val);  
}


function shiftUp( %val ) {
   if(%val)
      vlua("drivetrain.shiftUp()");
}


function shiftDown( %val ) {
   if(%val)
      vlua("drivetrain.shiftDown()");
}


function shiftToGear( %val ) {
   vlua("drivetrain.shiftToGear(" @ %val @ ")");
}


function toggleShifterMode( %val ) {
   if(%val)
      vlua("drivetrain.toggleShifterMode()");
}


function reloadInputMaps()
{
   echo(" *** loading input map *** ");
   vlua("input.rawDevices = {}");
    // dynamically load joystick maps
    if( !isJoystickDetected() )
    {
       echo("no joysticks or gamepads detected.");
    }
    // thid might detect new devices:
    //restartDirectInputSystem();
   enableJoystick();
   %joyCount = getJoystickCount();
   
   %devices = getRegisteredDevices();
   %count = getWordCount(%devices);
   for (%i = 0; %i < %count; %i++)
   {
     %device = getWord( %devices, %i );
     echo("*** " @ %device @ " ***");
     if ( strstr(%device, "mouse") == -1 && strstr(%device, "keyboard") == -1)
     {
        // unbind joysticks and gamepad and so on
        echo(" (unbinding...)");
        if(!moveMap.unbindDevice(%device))
           echo(" *** unbinding failed!");
     }
     %guid = getProductGUID(%device);
     %productName = getProductName(%device);
     %vidpid = getVendorIDProductID(%device);
     %vid = getWord( %vidpid, 0 );
     %pid = getWord( %vidpid, 1 );
     echo(" - Product ID: " @ %pid);
     echo(" - Vendor ID: " @ %vid);
     echo(" - Product Name: " @ %productName);
     echo(" - GUID: " @ %guid);
     %features = getFeaturesString(%device);
     echo(" - " @ %features);
     
     // update lua
     vlua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"'] = {}");
     vlua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['product_id'] = '"@%pid@"'");
     vlua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['vendor_id'] = '"@%vid@"'");
     vlua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['product_name'] = '"@%productName@"'");
     vlua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['guid'] = '"@%guid@"'");
     vlua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['features'] = '"@%features@"'");


     // try 1: custom : the guid     
     %basedir = "scripts/client/inputmaps";
     %joyMap = %basedir@"/custom/" @ strlwr(%guid) @ ".inputmap.cs";
     %joyMap = stripChars(%joyMap, "{}-");
     if (isFile(%joyMap)) {
       echo("  - trying to load mapping " @ %joyMap);
       exec("" @ %joyMap);
       vlua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['loaded_fn'] = '"@%joyMap@"'");
       continue;
     } else {
       echo("  - joystick specific mapping file not found: " @ %joyMap);
     }


     // try 2: custom : the name
     %mapName = stripChars(strlwr(%productName), "+*!@#$%^&_[]|\/<>=~`\"',.;:?() {}-");
     %joyMap = %basedir@"/custom/" @ %mapName @ ".inputmap.cs";
     if (isFile(%joyMap)) {
       echo("  - trying t`o load mapping " @ %joyMap);
       exec("" @ %joyMap);
       vlua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['loaded_fn'] = '"@%joyMap@"'");
       continue;
     } else {
       echo("  - joystick specific mapping file not found: " @ %joyMap);
     }
     
     // try 3: default : the guid     
     %joyMap = %basedir@"/" @ strlwr(%guid) @ ".inputmap.cs";
     %joyMap = stripChars(%joyMap, "{}-");
     if (isFile(%joyMap)) {
       echo("  - trying to load mapping " @ %joyMap);
       exec("" @ %joyMap);
       vlua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['loaded_fn'] = '"@%joyMap@"'");
       continue;
     } else {
       echo("  - joystick specific mapping file not found: " @ %joyMap);
     }
     vlua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['filename_a'] = '"@%joyMap@"'");


     // try 4: default : the name
     %mapName = stripChars(strlwr(%productName), "+*!@#$%^&_[]|\/<>=~`\"',.;:?() {}-");
     %joyMap = %basedir@"/" @ %mapName @ ".inputmap.cs";
     if (isFile(%joyMap)) {
       echo("  - trying to load mapping " @ %joyMap);
       exec("" @ %joyMap);
       vlua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['loaded_fn'] = '"@%joyMap@"'");
       continue;
     } else {
       echo("  - joystick specific mapping file not found: " @ %joyMap);
     }
     vlua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['filename_b'] = '"@%joyMap@"'");
   }
   echo(" *** loading input map DONE *** ");


   // now bind the connect event to the above function
   moveMap.bindCmd(joystick0, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(joystick1, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(joystick2, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(joystick3, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(joystick4, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(gamepad0, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(gamepad1, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(gamepad2, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(gamepad3, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(gamepad4, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   //moveMap.save("input-save.cs");
   
   vlua("input.mapsReloaded()");
}


reloadInputMaps();


echo("### beamng.cs loaded");

 

Thanks for the fix! I had the problem, too.
It works now fine for me

 

Unfortunately it does not work nowadays. Thanks for the initiative, Mr Hankey.

 

I sadly don't have access to a machine that is in any way capable of running DRIVE atm so I couldn't make a fix for the new version yet. I will do it as soon as I get back to my own PC.

However if you can't wait I could try fixing it "blindly" without testing if someone can provide me an up-to-date beamng.cs file.

 

Your fix still works, I copied the lines you added into the new file.

Here is the fixed beamng.cs for 0.3.02

Code:

// BeamNG specific scripts

////////////////////////////////////////////////
// always load the keyboard
%mm = moveMap;
exec("./inputmaps/keyboard.inputmap.cs");
%mm = "";
////////////////////////////////////////////////

////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// Joystick or Gamepad Controller bindings

// no more deadzone, etc in here: the code moved to the Lua side
function steer_left( %val, %inputType ) {
    if ( %val == 0 && $lastSteeringDir !$= "left" ){
        return;
    }
    else {
        $lastSteeringDir = "left";
    }
    
   vlua("input.event(\'axisx0\', " @ -%val @ ", " @ %inputType @ ")");
}

function steer_right( %val, %inputType ) {
    if ( %val == 0 && $lastSteeringDir !$= "right" ){
        return;
    }
    else {
        $lastSteeringDir = "right";
    }
        
   vlua("input.event(\'axisx0\', " @ %val @ ", " @ %inputType @ ")");
}

function steer( %val, %inputType ) {
   vlua("input.event(\'axisx0\', " @ %val @ ", " @ %inputType @ ")");
}

function steer_direct( %val ) {
   vlua("input.event(\'axisx0\', " @ %val @ ", 2)");
}

function accelerate( %val, %inputType ) {
   vlua("input.event(\'axisy0\', " @ %val @ ", " @ %inputType @ ")");
}

function accelerate_direct( %val ) {
   vlua("input.event(\'axisy0\', " @ %val @ ", 2)");
}

function brake( %val, %inputType ) {
   vlua("input.event(\'axisy1\', " @ %val @ ", " @ %inputType @ ")");
}

function brake_direct( %val ) {
   vlua("input.event(\'axisy1\', " @ %val @ ", 2)");
}

function parkingbrake_toggle( %val, %inputType ) {
   vlua("input.toggleEvent(\'axisy2\', " @ %val @ ", " @ %inputType @ ")");
}

function parkingbrake( %val, %inputType ) {
   vlua("input.event(\'axisy2\', " @ %val @ ", " @ %inputType @ ")");
}

function parkingbrake_direct( %val ) {
   vlua("input.event(\'axisy2\', " @ %val @ ", 2)");
}

function clutch( %val, %inputType ) {
   vlua("input.event(\'axisy3\', " @ %val @ ", " @ %inputType @ ")");
}

function clutch_direct( %val, %inputType ) {
   vlua("input.event(\'axisy3\', " @ %val @ ", 2)");
}

function shiftUp( %val ) {
   if(%val)
      vlua("drivetrain.shiftUp()");
}

function shiftDown( %val ) {
   if(%val)
      vlua("drivetrain.shiftDown()");
}

function shiftToGear( %val ) {
   vlua("drivetrain.shiftToGear(" @ %val @ ")");
}

function toggleShifterMode( %val ) {
   if(%val)
      vlua("drivetrain.toggleShifterMode()");
}

function BeamNGVehicle::activate(%this, %mode)
{
   %mm = %this.getActionMap();
   if(%mode == "1")
   {
      //vehicle was activated
      moveMap.pop();
      %mm.push();
   } else
   {
      // vehicle was deactivated
      %mm.pop();
      moveMap.push();
   }
}

function BeamNGVehicle::tryLoadMappingFromDir(%this, %mm, %device, %basedir, %guid, %productName, %vidpidstr)
{
   %kbdMap = %basedir@"/keyboard.inputmap.cs";
   %lstr = "  - trying to load keyboard mapping: " @ %kbdMap;
   if (isFile(%kbdMap)) {
      exec(%kbdMap);
      echo(%lstr @ " - SUCCESSFUL");
   } else {
      echo(%lstr @ " - file not existing");
   }
   
   // try 1: The Vendor ID and Product ID combined
   %joyMap = %basedir@"/" @ strlwr(%vidpidstr) @ ".inputmap.cs";
   %joyMap = stripChars(%joyMap, "{}-");
   %lstr = "  - trying to load mapping via VendorID/ProductID: " @ %joyMap;
   if (isFile(%joyMap)) {
      exec(%joyMap);
      %this.lua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['loaded_fn'] = '"@%joyMap@"'");
      echo(%lstr @ " - SUCCESSFUL");
      return true;
   } else {
      echo(%lstr @ " - file not existing");
   }
   %this.lua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['filename_a'] = '"@%joyMap@"'");

   // try 2: the name
   %mapName = stripChars(strlwr(%productName), "+*!@#$%^&_[]|\/<>=~`\"',.;:?() {}-");
   %joyMap = %basedir@"/" @ %mapName @ ".inputmap.cs";
   %lstr = "  - trying to load mapping via name: " @ %joyMap;
   if (isFile(%joyMap)) {
      exec(%joyMap);
      %this.lua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['loaded_fn'] = '"@%joyMap@"'");
      echo(%lstr @ " - SUCCESSFUL");
      return true;
   } else {
      echo(%lstr @ " - file not existing");
   }
   %this.lua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['filename_b'] = '"@%joyMap@"'");

   /*
   // try 3: the full guid     
   %joyMap = %basedir@"/" @ strlwr(%guid) @ ".inputmap.cs";
   %joyMap = stripChars(%joyMap, "{}-");
   if (isFile(%joyMap)) {
      echo("  - trying to load mapping via full GUID: " @ %joyMap);
      exec(%joyMap);
      %this.lua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['loaded_fn'] = '"@%joyMap@"'");
      return true;
   } else {
      echo("  - joystick specific mapping file not found: " @ %joyMap);
   }
   %this.lua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['filename_a'] = '"@%joyMap@"'");     
   */
}

function reloadInputMaps()
{
   %obj = LocalClientConnection.getControlObject();
   if (!isObject(%obj)) return;
   if( %obj.isMethod( "reloadInputMaps" ) )
      %obj.reloadInputMaps();
}

function BeamNGVehicle::init( %this, %vehiclePath )
{
   %this.vehiclePath = %vehiclePath;
   %this.reloadInputMaps();
}

function BeamNGVehicle::reloadInputMaps( %this )
{
   echo(" *** initializing vehicle (T3D side) *** ");
   %mm = %this.getActionMap();
   //echo(" %this.getActionMap()" @ %mm);
   %this.lua("input.rawDevices = {}");
    // dynamically load joystick maps
    if( !isJoystickDetected() )
    {
       echo("no joysticks or gamepads detected.");
    }
    // thid might detect new devices:
    //restartDirectInputSystem();
   enableJoystick();
   %joyCount = getJoystickCount();
   
   %devices = getRegisteredDevices();
   %count = getWordCount(%devices);
   for (%i = 0; %i < %count; %i++)
   {
     %device = getWord( %devices, %i );
     echo("*** " @ %device @ " ***");
     if ( strstr(%device, "mouse") == -1 && strstr(%device, "keyboard") == -1)
     {
        // unbind joysticks and gamepad and so on
        echo(" (unbinding...)");
        if(!moveMap.unbindDevice(%device))
           echo(" *** unbinding failed!");
     }
     %guid = getProductGUID(%device);
     %productName = getProductName(%device);
     %pidvid = getVendorIDProductID(%device);
     %pid = getWord( %pidvid, 0 );
     %vid = getWord( %pidvid, 1 );
     %vidpidstr = %pid@%vid; // same thing without the space in the middle
     echo(" - Product Name: " @ %productName);
     echo(" - Product ID: " @ %pid);
     echo(" - Vendor ID: " @ %vid);
     echo(" - GUID: " @ %guid);
     %features = getFeaturesString(%device);
     echo(" - " @ %features);

     %this.lua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"'] = {}");
     
     %basedir = "scripts/client/inputmaps/custom";
     if(!%this.tryLoadMappingFromDir(%mm, %device, %basedir, %guid, %productName, %vidpidstr))
     {
        // try the normal dir
        %basedir = "scripts/client/inputmaps";
        if(!%this.tryLoadMappingFromDir(%mm, %device, %basedir, %guid, %productName, %vidpidstr))
        {
           echo("--- unable to find mapping for this controller ---");
        }
     }
     
     // then load all vehicle specific maps
     %basedir = %this.vehiclePath @ "inputmaps";
     %this.tryLoadMappingFromDir(%mm, %device, %basedir, %guid, %productName, %vidpidstr); 
     
     // update lua
     %this.lua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['product_id'] = '"@%pid@"'");
     %this.lua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['vendor_id'] = '"@%vid@"'");
     %this.lua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['product_name'] = '"@%productName@"'");
     %this.lua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['guid'] = '"@%guid@"'");
     %this.lua("input.rawDevices['"@%device@"']['features'] = '"@%features@"'");
   }
   echo(" *** loading input map DONE *** ");

   // now bind the connect event to the above function
   moveMap.bindCmd(joystick0, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(joystick1, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(joystick2, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(joystick3, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(joystick4, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(gamepad0, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(gamepad1, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(gamepad2, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(gamepad3, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   moveMap.bindCmd(gamepad4, connect, "reloadInputMaps();", "");
   //moveMap.save("input-save.cs");
   
   %this.lua("input.mapsReloaded()");   
   
   echo(" *** done intializing vehicle (T3D side) *** ");
}

//reloadInputMaps();

echo("### beamng.cs loaded");

And an attached version for those who can't be bothered to copypaste the text.

I take no credit for the fix, all I did was copy the 10 relevant lines of Mr.Hankey's fix into the new file.

 

Huge thanks to Mr. Hankey, and Pulley for making it drop-and-go.

Steering 'bug' is fixed, and with that a fairly annoying quirk is now gone.

 

I posted this on the bugtracker as well so let's hope this gets merged into the next official update