Character stuck moving north

[GoddessNimue]

When I play VXACE games I'm stuck moving forward. I can move left but not right or down. In menu, I can only use the down arrow to move between options. I've been scouring the internet for help but I can't find a solution to the problem. I can't turn my keyboard off because I have a laptop. I'm not sure what to do to solve it. It's not a problem with the keyboard itself because I connected my bluetooth keyboard to test. It's not within the one game either, I made a new project in VX Ace Lite and I still have the same problem in the fresh project. I've tried messing with my drivers to see if that fixes anything, but nothing. Does anyone have any fixes?

 

[Shaz]

This typically happens when someone has a game controller plugged in.

 

[AkiraKotatsuhime]

Try running this little thing made by Cherry:
https://cherryshare.at/f/7p0MHz

Your issue sounds like the one that's known to affect controls in all RPG_RT (2000/2003) and RGSS (XP/VX/Ace) engines and usually running this tool to cleanup keyboard-data helps. In case you have restarted your system meanwhile, the problem may have already disappeared.

～炬燵あ

 

[Andar]

there are three known reasons for this, all of them have happened to multiple people before:

1) game controller plugged in and activated
2) old (and no longer needed) driver from Win95/98 for tablets installed (even if tablet is not connected, the old drivers from Win98 clash with the newer game controller API)
3) dirty keyboard (no joke, someone had this problem after crumbs that had fallen into the keyboard stuck the keys)

 

[GoddessNimue]

Are there specific drivers I should be looking for? I don't have my controller plugged in, and the reset program isn't working.

there are three known reasons for this, all of them have happened to multiple people before:

1) game controller plugged in and activated
2) old (and no longer needed) driver from Win95/98 for tablets installed (even if tablet is not connected, the old drivers from Win98 clash with the newer game controller API)
3) dirty keyboard (no joke, someone had this problem after crumbs that had fallen into the keyboard stuck the keys)

 

[Roninator2]

Unplug your keyboard while playing the game and see what happens.
Maybe you have a stuck key.
Wireless controller?

 

[Andar]

Are there specific drivers I should be looking for?

as I said tablet drivers or scanner drivers.
no other device uses that old API that causes the conflicts.