Gaming Keyboard problem

Technology and Gaming Help and Support
#1

Alright, I already did a search on this particular type of keyboard and nothing came up and searching the net did me no good. But I recently got a Steelseries Merc Stealth Keyboard for my birthday. It has gaming presets for games but every time I open one game, it detects another game on the same engine making me use those presets. Like Half life 2 gives me Counter Strike source, and TF2 gives me Half life 2.

Normally I would submit a ticket to the Steelseries about this problem but I tried like 3 times and always got redirected to something else that didn’t do me any good. I downloaded their latest driver and installed it, I run Windows Vista 64 bit, and I just want this keyboard to work the way it’s supposed to. please help.

#2

So, your problem is that your keyboard uses the same presets for all source games? Isn’t that a good thing?

#3

It is not the keyboard or driver. Its how Steam functions. Your keyboard tracks the profile settings via the .exe file. All source games run via HL2.exe. You can see this in task manager. There is no fix unless you can program the keyboard to use the app extension of each game individually.

#4

This, although methinks l4d and l4d2 are exceptions.

#5

I think they should be able to fix that by reading application title if it’s hl2.exe.

#6

The application title IS hl2.exe dotdotdot it’s different for Steam because that is how it’s coded. Windows however, isn’t.

#7

It wouldn’t say Portal(etc…) when you alt+tab if that was the case…

#8

yes it does, it says whatever the mod name is, portal = hl2.exe anyway you have to save a shortcut for each game on the desktop (from steam) and check in the target box how they are launched (uaually example C:\Steam\Steam.exe -applaunch 240)

#9

It’s not exactly a good thing. Because Half life 2 doesn’t use the same buttons as TF2. The same with Counter Strike Source not using the same buttons as Half life 2. Like I have a button for Suit Zoom in TF2 and Half-life: source. Those buttons aren’t needed.

#10

Well, you’re stuck with it.

#11

Alright. I’ll find a way to work around it. Thanks guys.

#12

I now know that I am way behind in technology. I thought knowing and understanding microsoft word 2007 was the bomb.

I am nothing.

#13

You’re right, you truly are a downer.:’(

#14

Is there a way of turning that feature off then? It’s really unneeded for most games I’d say. When I turn on a game with his cheap old USB Keyboard it loads the setting for that game.

Amazing.

Meaning you have a keyboard that does the same damn thing, but is claiming to have that as a feature that other keyboards don’t, even though it’s all saved in the games files and not on the keyboard…

I’d say that’s unneeded…

#15

It is all saved on the keyboard, or at least those macro buttons. And those keys possibly aren’t recognized as part of the keyboard. AKA, they don’t do anything unless used in a game. At that point, they wont show up as applicable buttons in the keyboards tab. Either way, it’s an unneeded item indeed. But hey, he got it for free, can’t complain.

#16

All steam applications (minus L4D & L4D2) run via hl2.exe (look under the processes tab, not the applications tab). Apparently your keyboard relies on the executable to choose profiles. I don’t know how my G15 does it, but it can tell all the games apart, no problem.

#17

We’ve already established this, and the G15 does it because it was coded to do so. Why else would it?:expressionless:

#18

Yeah. My keyboard runs under executables. It’s design was good but it’s execution was…lacking. I’m learning to live with it though.

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