Problems with updated files: modifier keys do not work about dota2-thecore-config-engine

[lupuleasa-core]

That is weird, it works fine for me.

Different keyboard layouts were always a problem, but can you tell me how you performed the installation?

[Aevyz]

@Kaschmiri: If you can, post a screenshot after you run the autoexec

Also @loopuleasa, did you apply the fix to the other 3 configs? I think they also broke post patch.

[FlorianWendelborn]

You might need to place quotes around ^, but that's just a guess.

[FlorianWendelborn]

Also you could've placed it in the wrong config folder, since DotA 2 has two of them.

[Kaschmiri]

Hey,
installation: I copied the folder (Loopuleasa's Super Compact QWERTG-DFXCV layout) into the cfg directory.
Folder structure should be correct:

\Steam\SteamApps\common\dota 2 beta\game\dota\cfg

Then I opened the autoexec.cfg and changed this line

dota_remap_alt_key "CARET"

Note that this caused a part of my problem- I used dota_remap_alt_key "^" before, and this does not work. Now remapping the alt-key works.

Yet, quickcast and self-cast doesn't. For example, if I play legion commander, I have to press space-w and click on target or self to cast press the attack.
Then again, looking at the console when executing autoexec.cfg, this might make sense: http://i.imgur.com/qrZVZuo.png

Thanks in advance!

[lupuleasa-core]

@AetherV
The fix isn't there for the other configs

[Aevyz]

@Kaschmir I'll see if I can write the fix for the German keyboard. The reason the config doesn't work is because iirc the button next to 1 is not the same as that on a qwerty. Problem is that despite being German, I still got a qwerty keyboard so I can't check if it works, so you might have to do some testing for me.

Tldr: your trying to use a qwerty config on a qwertz keyboard I think

[Kaschmiri]

@AetherV thank you.
The button next to 1 is the caret button on a german keyboard (^). Because of that, I changed:

dota_remap_alt_key "´"

to

dota_remap_alt_key "CARET"

now I can ping and highlight stuff with that key. However, as you can see from my screenshot, some aspects still are not working.

[Aevyz]

Can you send me a screenshot of the console when you:

Open up a lobby game (going to demo heroes is good enough)
Exec autoexec
Press alt
Press space

Then screenshot.

I think one of the triggers are broken. Did you ever try the German config (Pre spring cleaning patch)?

[Kaschmiri]

@AetherV I opened console, typed exec autoexec.cfg, closed console, pressed alt, pressed space, opened console and did a screenshot.
http://i.imgur.com/vt5drVl.jpg

edit: Moreover, yes, I am using a qwertz keyboard, german layout, but I am clueless in respect to what keys I have to rebind to make this work again. Pre spring cleaning patch, I have been using the German config for roughly half a year.

@loopuleasa
first, I just tried overwriting the previously used (german) files with your updated (non-german) files. When that didn't work, I deleted the \SteamApps\common\dota 2 beta\game\dota\cfg -folder entirely, and reaquired it by using steams "verify game integrity"- option.
Then, I entered the game, unbound all keys by assigning KP_MINUS to shortcut after shortcut. After that, I copied the files (meanwhile redownloaded again since you changed them) into the folder again.

Finally, I changed the mentioned alt modifier to ^ (see above).
another screenshot: http://imgur.com/dOSNhao

[Aevyz]

Ich schau es mal heute abend mal am PC an. Ist komisch, weil die einzelne konfig Dateien ausgeführt werden. Ich push ein paar fixes zu mein persönlicher fork und schau mal ob das es löst. Aber wie gesagt, habe nur eine qwerty Tastatur. Kann vllt eins von mein Bruder ausleihen aber mal sehen.

[Kaschmiri]

@AetherV Danke! Wenn du irgendwelches testing/input brauchst, sag Bescheid.

Alternativlösung: Ich kann die Tasten meiner Tastatur "umbelegen" (mechanische CM Storm Mech), könnte das helfen, meine Probleme zu lösen? Ich gehe davon aus, dass nicht, da das Problem ja nicht nur bei der Umbelegung des Alt-Modifiers liegt...

[FlorianWendelborn]

Just use that one setting that allows binding by key position instead of key code.

[Aevyz]

Yeah I might test that one. Question is how they define key position, hopefully that is qwerty

[FlorianWendelborn]

Yeah, quite sure it's QWERTY. I always used that with Manta and never had issues. (on a hardware QWERTZ)

[Aevyz]

@Kaschmiri: did you try the bind keys based on keyboard position option

[Kaschmiri]

Issue closed. I suspect one of the updates during the last week fixed my problem. I do not understand how, and I don't exactly understand why everything works for me despite me using the english cfg with a German keyboard layout now. It works- with the only change being this in the autoexec.cfg.

dota_remap_alt_key "CARET"

Thank you all for providing information and working on this awesome supplement to dota2. I wish I was proficient enough to fully exploit its benefits ^.^