Auto-DoW on click

[TheMeInTeam]

I've had a recurring problem where clicking on an AI name to trade causes a DoW.

I'm not touching the keyboard. At all. It's happened from the main screen and when attempting trades from the trade screen.

This has forced a reload a number of times and could potentially screw me bigtime in the HoF or GOTM if it occurred in those games.

Unfortunately, posting saves here isn't gonna cut it, since reloading DOES seem to fix the issue.

The only thing I can think of is that the game "thinks" i'm hitting alt or something, nonsensical as that is.

Any similar experiences or suggestions? I *REALLY* don't think this one is an intended feature.

 

[Psyringe]

Is it possible that you touched the keyboard before, and the Alt key got stuck mechanically? I once had this happen after Alt-Tabbing out of (and back to) Civ.

Alternatively, do you have a wireless keyboard with a weak signal? These sometimes lock themselves into sending a keypress code too.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

No and no, sadly. I play on a laptop, so the keyboard is built in.

I'd buy the alt argument if it only happened once or twice ever, but although this is rare compared to the # of games I play, it's happened over 10 times. I can physically look down at my keyboard and see no buttons down (This is actually one of the first things I checked when it happened early on, because I thought I'd hit alt or something).

But when you're eating a monster sub with your left hand, and lazily playing civ with your right off the mouse exclusively, and you DOW someone from the TRADE screen, it reeks. Something's up. Whether it's a game flaw or something odd on my computer is what I'm trying to determine, but I'm reasonably certain it's not from the alt key being stuck mechanically (like 99.9999999% certain), and 100% not from wireless.

Surely there must be another cause....