New keyboard... and now can't open my map while sprinting.

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Coloneluber
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New keyboard... and now can't open my map while sprinting.

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Since buying my new keyboard after my last one broke, I can't open my map while holding down shift. It is particular to the "m" key as I can still open the scoreboard and switch between 3rd and 1st person with "c" in a vehicle. I'm guessing it's a preprogrammed keyboard command or something - anyone know a way to sort this out? I never realized how often I opened my map while travelling, and it's really obnoxious to slow down to open/close my map.
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Re: New keyboard... and now can't open my map while sprintin

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First thing - is it really just the M key? (game or keyboard fault?)
change the map key to something else and check if it works or not.
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Re: New keyboard... and now can't open my map while sprintin

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imo if you got thumb buttons on your mouse - use those. way easier to reach. i use the map a lot. doing so can give you great advantages on the battlefield (if you are able to use those information to your advantage)

if you want to stick to M fine as well (if it is actually set to M key). some keyboards black out when you push too many buttons (USB con only support 5 buttons i think - some keyboards have 2 USB ports for extra power supply). you might have to watch out for that.
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Re: New keyboard... and now can't open my map while sprintin

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jojo mentioned already ghosting, but what you describe sounds not normal. What keyboard do you have?
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Re: New keyboard... and now can't open my map while sprintin

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Like I mentioned other keys work while sprinting, so it's obviously not a problem of pressing too many buttons. Directional keys all work, as does C, tab, etc.

Keyboard is a logitech mk520 (it's a mouse/keyboard combo). No buttons on my mouse I'm afraid.
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Re: New keyboard... and now can't open my map while sprintin

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What happens if you change the binding from M to one of the buttons that you know works?

Not sure if this is possible but maybe the M circuitry doesn't play well with the other combination of buttons (I assume, W and Shift).
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