Keyboard controls stop working?

[MavericK96 0]

Hello,

I've recently been trying to play some ArmA2, and the first time I start up the game, it will run fine and everything is great. Some random crashes once in awhile, but nothing serious. However, if I quit the game and start it up again, sometimes when I am in-game, I am not able to move (WSAD does not work), and I can't even access the menu via the ESC key. I can, however, rotate the mouse, aim, and shoot.

I think what is happening is that somehow the keyboard stops working in the game. If I reboot my machine, the problem goes away for the first load, but if I try to load again after that the same issue occurs. Has anyone else gotten a problem such as this? I used to play this game a lot more often, and I never had this issue, but it's been awhile and I've upgraded to Windows 7 from Vista since then.

My specs (if relevant):

Core i7 920 @ 3.8 GHz

6 GB DDR3-1600

2x nVidia GTX 280s in SLI

Windows 7 Business x64

Running the game at 1920x1200, most details Very High, AA at Low. No problems with framerate.

Thanks for any help! :)

[Tankbuster 1747]

Are you running xfire?

[MavericK96 0]

Nope, I am not.

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UPDATE: I think I may have figured it out. It seems to only be happening when I run the game through Steam. It's not a Steam-bought copy, but I registered the shortcut as a non-Steam game in Steam so I could use the interface. That must be what's messing it up.

This doesn't really make a lot of sense, though, since you can get the Steam version of the game which undoubtedly has the Steam UI, and it should work just fine.

[Bulldogs 10]

It's likely the steam overlay. If you hit shift+tab it'll load the steam overlay an the keyboard will stop working. It's likely that since the game isn't loading the actual overlay interface due to it not being natively steam but it's still there in the background.

[Master gamawa 0]

Did you try unplugging your keyboard and then plugging it again?

[MavericK96 0]

What's strange is that my friend has the same retail copy of the game and runs it through Steam with no problems. I seem to recall running it through Steam before, as well, with no issues.

@Master gamawa: I have not tried that yet. I could give it a shot, but that sounds like a huge pain if I have to do that every time I restart the game.