MP Chat Window focus all screwed up??

[kommie]

I only recently tried out some multiplayer civ, playing with a friend over direct ip. I've been experiencing a really annoying "bug" though, and was wondering if anyone else has experienced this.

When you type messages into either the chat window or the diplomacy chat, quite often the game would think that you're actually using hotkeys for the main game screen, so while typing my units would get orders to move around on the map, perform actions, etc, and then when i press <enter> to send the chat message my turn would end!! argh!

The actual messages would get typed out fine though, its not a window focus problem per se, but rather a dual-focus problem, where the game thinks im sending keystrokes to both the chat window and the game window at the same time.

Occasionally I'd also be completely unable to type in the chat window, even though the cursos is flashing there, and only lots of clicking around and pressing buttons and reopening the window would it let me type in there.

frustrating!

 

[NeuralQuanta]

I'm experiencing this and started a new thread today to try and generate responses. I notice there are at least 4 threads talking about this problem now, but no solutions yet.... Ini file? Python? Did a patch break it (some posts suggest it started being a problem in 1.09)....?

 

[the oob]

I've experienced this as well, a possible workaround would be to write the text outside the game in notepad or some such, and then paste (ctrl-v) the text into the chat window in the game, if the game allows pasting.

 

[Wing Wah]

what i've noticed whenever i chat in a diplomacy screen, i always have a 'ping teammate' cursor after i leave the diplomacy screen, and yes sometimes the background does shift around to different units while i'm typing.

the game seems to pause while someone's connecting, leaving your keystrokes queued up, so that when the person has connected, all your keystrokes are acted out.

this led me to accidentally accept a diplomatic offer i had been typing out a rejection for

i prefer to keep the 'chat log' window open for chatting, rather than using the diplomacy screen. there are less 'focus' problems, and you can continue doing game stuff while using it.