Can't stop spinning

[dreadlorde]

I'm having a problem with movement in my engine. It seems that when I'm moving around and shoot, I will sometimes get stuck going in the direction that I was moving when I fired. The only way I can stop it is to hold down on the key that makes me move the opposite direction and then press the key that is the direction I'm currently moving.

Could someone point me to what source files I would need to work with to fix this? I'm using the original WinQuake source on linux with the software renderer. I haven't done much to it except remove windows specific code and the OpenGL renderer.

Here's a link to a demo somewhat better explains what I'm having trouble with. http://omploader.org/vM2Z0cQ/spin.dem

[r00k]

Are you playing in windowed mode?

[ceriux]

iv actually had similar issues with something i messed up in .qc before. if your doing any .qc modifications to test your engine with. be sure to check that too.

[mh]

I fixed that a while ago, but my code is different of course. What's happening is that you're using the mouse for movement (guess), and mouse_oldbuttonstate (or equivalent) is not getting cleared properly. Not certain where in the Linux code this is though.

[dreadlorde]

[Baker]

Add -nomouse to the command line, see if problem persists ...

[dreadlorde]

[Baker]

[Baker]

[goldenboy]

[Teiman]

[goldenboy]

Well, it happens on two very different machines. Usually either pausing and continuing, or restarting the engine a couple times will fix the "angle lock" thing. The "continual spinning" problem is not repairable in any way that I know of - you have to switch engine. The "keep running forward" problem is mostly fixed by messing around with running in different directions, shooting and jumping for a while... of course, that sucks and I then usually restart the level.

There is no computer, no OS and no game engine that doesn't suck.

[Teiman]

[Spike]

[dreadlorde]