TASEmulators / TASEmulators/BizHawk
Ctrl key doesn't seem to register as input in DOSBox-X
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Description
Summary
Ctrl key does,'t seem to register as input in PC games for me. Specifically, The Lion King (PC) and The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness (PC) rely on Ctrl for primary actions, and pressing it has no effect.
Repro
Open BizHawk.
Load the ROM for either The Lion King (PC) or The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness (PC).
Attempt to perform actions assigned to the Ctrl key (attack/use item).
Observe that the Ctrl key is ignored.
Expected Behavior
Pressing Ctrl should trigger the corresponding in-game action.
Actual Behavior
The game ignores Ctrl input; no crash or error occurs.
Additional Information
BizHawk version: 6960e998465ac2a4b095714eb435eba574086961
Cores tested: Dosbox-X
ROMs: The Lion King (PC), The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness (PC)
OS: Windows 11
I ran a Lua script showing inputs, and Ctrl input is registered by it, but no in-game action happens
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