Help! I'm typing in Greek! - Guild Wars Forums

dts720666 · Jun 07, 2007, 06:46 AM // 06:46

Tonight as I was playing, all of a sudden, I was typing in Greek letters. I checked my language options in the menu windows, but they both still said English. So, I closed out the game, restarted it, and I was back to typing in English...for about half an hour. Then it did it again...it switched back to Greek.

So I closed out, restarted, and again, back to English. But half an hour later...back to Greek. I did this 3-4 times.

Finally, I just gave up, and stopped typing. I would check it every 2-3 mins or so to see if it switched back to typing in English. But after about 10 minutes, it only typed red vertical bars, and a note said, "Guild Wars does not support that text type. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

Does anyone know what is going on, or how I can stop this from happening?

Wrath Of Dragons · Jun 07, 2007, 07:19 AM // 07:19

First things first, see if the typing occurs in other programs.
Then, scan your computer for any sort of virus

theres 2 possibilities: Try reinstalling your keyboard drivers, and try reinstalling guildwars, even the huge gw.dat file. there might be something corrupted.
Not sure what else it could be.....

Thomas.knbk · Jun 07, 2007, 08:18 AM // 08:18

does it only occur in guild wars or in everything??

dts720666 · Jun 07, 2007, 01:41 PM // 13:41

Just in Guild Wars. I was able to still "communicate" by minimizing gw, opening wordpad, typing what I wanted to say in Wordpad, then copy-pasting it back into gw.

dts720666 · Jun 08, 2007, 03:01 PM // 15:01

I figured it out, and so am posting it here, just in cast this happens to anyone else.

I have language support turned on through my Windows Control Panel, and the Greek was set to a shortcut key Alt+Shift.

As I was playing the game, I sometimes (apparently) hit this key combination as I was targeting foes and looking for drops (I don't use ctrl, but shift).

Anyway, I turned it off, and now no more problems. But now that I know how to do it, maybe I'll turn it back on so I can speak Greek to my guildies...and in towns. It could be fun....

Thomas.knbk · Jun 08, 2007, 03:38 PM // 15:38

If it's only in guild wars, your keyboard drivers can't be the problem.
The best advice I can give you is delete everything and reinstall guild wars. (yes, that's a 3,4 GB download. it's going to take a while)

Jun 07, 2007, 06:46 AM // 06:46	#1
dts720666 Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Apr 2007 Profession: E/Me	Help! I'm typing in Greek! Tonight as I was playing, all of a sudden, I was typing in Greek letters. I checked my language options in the menu windows, but they both still said English. So, I closed out the game, restarted it, and I was back to typing in English...for about half an hour. Then it did it again...it switched back to Greek. So I closed out, restarted, and again, back to English. But half an hour later...back to Greek. I did this 3-4 times. Finally, I just gave up, and stopped typing. I would check it every 2-3 mins or so to see if it switched back to typing in English. But after about 10 minutes, it only typed red vertical bars, and a note said, "Guild Wars does not support that text type. We are sorry for the inconvenience." Does anyone know what is going on, or how I can stop this from happening?

Jun 07, 2007, 01:41 PM // 13:41	#4
dts720666 Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Apr 2007 Profession: E/Me	Just in Guild Wars. I was able to still "communicate" by minimizing gw, opening wordpad, typing what I wanted to say in Wordpad, then copy-pasting it back into gw. Last edited by dts720666; Jun 07, 2007 at 01:47 PM // 13:47..

Jun 07, 2007, 07:19 AM // 07:19	#2
Wrath Of Dragons Burninate Stuff Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Mexico Profession: E/Mo	First things first, see if the typing occurs in other programs. Then, scan your computer for any sort of virus theres 2 possibilities: Try reinstalling your keyboard drivers, and try reinstalling guildwars, even the huge gw.dat file. there might be something corrupted. Not sure what else it could be.....

Jun 07, 2007, 08:18 AM // 08:18	#3
Thomas.knbk Forge Runner Join Date: Jul 2006	does it only occur in guild wars or in everything??

Jun 08, 2007, 03:01 PM // 15:01	#5
dts720666 Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Apr 2007 Profession: E/Me	I figured it out, and so am posting it here, just in cast this happens to anyone else. I have language support turned on through my Windows Control Panel, and the Greek was set to a shortcut key Alt+Shift. As I was playing the game, I sometimes (apparently) hit this key combination as I was targeting foes and looking for drops (I don't use ctrl, but shift). Anyway, I turned it off, and now no more problems. But now that I know how to do it, maybe I'll turn it back on so I can speak Greek to my guildies...and in towns. It could be fun....

Jun 08, 2007, 03:38 PM // 15:38	#6
Thomas.knbk Forge Runner Join Date: Jul 2006	If it's only in guild wars, your keyboard drivers can't be the problem. The best advice I can give you is delete everything and reinstall guild wars. (yes, that's a 3,4 GB download. it's going to take a while)