[2.7.1 BPAH][Linux] Steam overlay kills keyboard input

[C4st1gator]

Short description: Using Shift+Tab to open the steam overlay, then closing it to return to the game prevents the game from capturing any further input from your keyboard.

Expected behaviour: When you return to the game, it should be able to catch the keyboard and mouse input without issue.

Encountered behaviour: The game stops responding to any and all keyboard input after you pressed Shift+Tab to enter the steam overlay. This behaviour should not persist and only last until you return from the overlay. That is not the case, the only way to interact with the game from that point on is via mouse.

How to reproduce:
Open a game of Crusader Kings 2.
Press Shift+tab to open Steam overlay.
Return to the game.
The keyboard input should no longer be recognized by the game.

Current workaround: The only way I found to make CK2 recieve keyboard input again is to restart the game.

Notes: While Crusader Kings 2 is no longer capable of recieving input via keyboard, the rest of the system remains unaffected, which indicates an error within CK2, possibly in how it interacts with steam.

System: The System this test was performed is a 64-bit Linux - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

 

[hillcf]

Not a problem on Win 7 64bit so it must be an issue with the Linux keyboard and/or CK2 interface. Can you use the keyboard to switch to another program and does the keyboard with them?

 

[C4st1gator]

As I said, the rest of the system continues as normal. I can use any Alt combination, because the alt key gets a form of special treatment from the gnome system, which can make alt+something else key combinations unuseable on some programs. I am not sure if this behaviour is exclusive to the gnome desktop environment. Anyway, I can do anything on the computer except get Crusader Kings 2 to respond to keyboard input once I pressed Shift+Tab.

This is an issue, becuase steam has a window pop up anytime I launch ck2, that can only be closed via overlay and occupies several buttons below the minimap.

 

[[Arthur-PDX]]

Yo,

Looks like an OS specific issue, not surprising. We'll make a ticket for that and see what we can do about it. Thanks for the report !


Arthur

 

[fyrkrans]

Do you still have that problem? (I tried to reproduce it on Debian sid with GNOME, but I wasn't able to; i.e. it worked as it should.)

steam has a window pop up anytime I launch ck2, that can only be closed via overlay and occupies several buttons below the minimap.

Which pop up do you mean?