Select arrow moving on its own when quicksaving

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Select arrow moving on its own when quicksaving

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Hi everyone, first of all sorry if this is the wrong sub, I don't know where else to write this.

I am experiencing a weird behavior when quicksaving. I made my own mod based on Brutal Doom and Dox Personalized Addon and I am testing the mod now for bugs or issues.

When hitting the quicksave key, sometimes the selection arrow (Yes/No) moves on it's own, it does not happen all the time, just every now and then

I think this has something to do with my mod, as I have never experienced this issue with any other mods, but maybe I'm wrong and somebody else has seen this already and it's a GZDoom issue...

Here's a video showing the issue at the end (1:14)

https://youtu.be/yznq4EAMI-s

Needless to say, I'm not pressing any keys, nor I have a background app doing that

Does anybody know what could be causing this issue?

Using GZDoom 4.7.1

Thanks in advance :D
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Re: Select arrow moving on its own when quicksaving

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Do you have a gamepad controller plugged in? Check if the stick is not being nudged just a bit by something.
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Hi wildweasel, thank you for your quick answer

I have a gamepad connected but I don't think that's the issue. In fact, I have just disconnected the gamepad, launched the game, and the issue still happens.

This time, it happened just before selecting the quicksave slot, like this:

Quicksave key -> Select quicksave slot -> Do nothing -> Quicksave key again -> issue
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Here's another video:

https://youtu.be/vl2Mt20otwM

Loaded Game -> Quicksave key -> Select quicksave slot -> Quicksave key again -> issue
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Well, I've confirmed it's a GZDoom bug, has nothing to do with my mod

Another video here with Vanilla Ultimate Doom:

https://youtu.be/tAbtbaKGxwM

It happens if you quickly press [Direction arrow + Enter] to select a save slot

Then the next time you press the quicksave key, it's like the arrow key is hold down, altough it is not
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Post by Graf Zahl »

If the selector moves on its own ir normally is the mouse doing micro-movements. If that happens with your mouse you cannot use the regular mouse mode for operating the menu but have to use touchscreen-like.

I have seen that happen with several of the mice I owned over the years.
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Hi Graf, thanks for your answer

It's already set to "touchscreen-like"

Here's another video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4weDjse-VC4

Please let me know if you need anything else
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That looks like it somehow misses the "key up" event.
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Indeed, it seems like that, as if the key is still held down
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What operating system are you on?
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Windows 10 Pro Build 19041.1237
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