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    Abnormal behavior with macro keys

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by Heah, Mar 13, 2017.

  1. Heah

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    Hey guys, i noticed that the macro keys on my AW17R4 will trigger unassigned keystrokes in game

    For example, in Dota 2, the following buttons will trigger:
    X (profile change) --> W
    1 --> E
    2 --> R
    3 --> T
    4 --> Y
    5 --> U, etc etc (same behavior occurs with the macro keys 6--9 above right numberpad)

    This happens regardless of my TactX settings.

    Currently i have all 9 macro buttons disabled (unassigned), however it will still trigger the keystoke i mentioned above (eg. press macro1 will trigger skill E, macro2 will always trigger skill R).

    If i assign function to them, it will still trigger the specific undesired keystoke before executing the actual assigned function.

    This issue has been described before by another AW15 owner, so i assume that its a TactX bug rather than AW17R4 specific issue.

    http://en.community.dell.com/owners-club/alienware/f/3746/t/19678208

    Any help is much appreciated, thanks.
     
    Heah, Mar 13, 2017
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