Phantom modifier keys

[P1IC]

Anyone get this? I've been noticing that my keyboard throws a CTRL keypress while I press other keys, but only after I have used CTRL-S to get top-down view. Pressing the CTRL key on its own clears the problem, until the next time I invoke CTRL-S!

I looked at the assignments in FSUIPC (v.3.96, registered) and when the panel asks for a keypress, and I press "-", the response in the window is ctrl+"-" as if I was simultaneously holding down the CTRL key. Then, if I press the CTRL key (as if trying to unstick a stuck key) the "-" key will then fill in correctly after clearing and setting. But as soon as I invoke CTRL-S back in FS9, then go back into the FSUIPC panel, the phantom CTRL is back.

So I tried re-assigning the top-down view to Ctrl-Shift-S, and then noticed that when I looked in FSUIPC at the "-"key after doing Ctrl-Shift-S for top down, it was showing as Ctrl-Shift-"-"! Even if I do Ctrl-Shif-S a second time to get back to normal view, I then have to press Ctrl and then Shift to clear the phantoms.

Anyone know what's going on, and how I can stop this? I've swapped keyboards (PS2) to no avail.

FS9.1, i5, Geforce 9500GT, 4GB, XP SP3.

[Pete Dowson]

Anyone get this? I've been noticing that my keyboard throws a CTRL keypress while I press other keys, but only after I have used CTRL-S to get top-down view. Pressing the CTRL key on its own clears the problem, until the next time I invoke CTRL-S!

Does CTRL+S give the top-down view by default? I never knew that.

I looked at the assignments in FSUIPC (v.3.96, registered) and when the panel asks for a keypress, and I press "-", the response in the window is ctrl+"-" as if I was simultaneously holding down the CTRL key.

If FS sees the Ctrl key and FSUIPC sees the CTRL key, it means the CTRL key appears to be pressed.

So I tried re-assigning the top-down view to Ctrl-Shift-S, and then noticed that when I looked in FSUIPC at the "-"key after doing Ctrl-Shift-S for top down, it was showing as Ctrl-Shift-"-"! Even if I do Ctrl-Shif-S a second time to get back to normal view, I then have to press Ctrl and then Shift to clear the phantoms.

I can only think that FS is somehow not allowing the KEYUP for the Ctrl key to get passed on when it's busy doing the top-down graphic. I've not seen anything similar.

Anyway, where are you assigning this? If you are using FSUIPC why not assign to the control itself in the first place -- avoiding the keyboard altogether? Really there's never any point assigning buttons to keypresses if all those are doing are converting back to assigned controls inside FS. In FSX Ctrl+S is assigned to "VIEW PREVIOUS TOGGLE" by default. In FS9 it's "VIEW TYPE".

Regards

Pete

[P1IC]

Thanks Pete. I never did find out what the cause actually was. I looked at the various places in XP where the keyboard is configured and ensured that for example the ctrl lock arrangements were off. Still the same persistent modifiers. But only within MSFS.

So I took your advice and assigned the topdown toggle entirely within FSUIPC, and we're golden, as they say over here! Thanks again.