Cats, frustration, comedy, failure.....my (almost) year long hatred with this stupid Maya bug.
polycounter
Anyone having this issue!? Hotkeys sticking?
"Has anyone found a solution for the bug where after holding down a hotkey it either gets stuck or it turns into a toggle. I have this problem on all of the snapping modes (x,c,v), moving pivots (d), and discrete mode ( j ). Sometimes the key stops working halfway through the action."
Anyone have any luck contacting working with Autodesk? I posted in the Maya forums almost a full YEAR ago and still not a peep from a mod, not a single reply even though I've bumped almost weekly.
At least it's been a journey........
Good god what a joke.
"Has anyone found a solution for the bug where after holding down a hotkey it either gets stuck or it turns into a toggle. I have this problem on all of the snapping modes (x,c,v), moving pivots (d), and discrete mode ( j ). Sometimes the key stops working halfway through the action."
Anyone have any luck contacting working with Autodesk? I posted in the Maya forums almost a full YEAR ago and still not a peep from a mod, not a single reply even though I've bumped almost weekly.
At least it's been a journey........
Good god what a joke.
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Are you making sure you're not holding down shift while pressing any of these? The hotkeys suggest this toggles the snapping rather than only being active while held. You don't have Sticky Keys enabled either?
The main annoyance I found with the snaps and discrete rotate was that I needed to hold down the key before I did the action.
Are you also sure that it isn't a particular plugin or script callback that is interrupting your input?
When vert or edge snapping, it's trying to pick from what's in the viewport; so if you're in a big environment with lots of buildings/trees/foliage in view, it bogs down and seems to process the "key up" poorly or skip it entirely. You can mitigate that at least by changing view or putting isolate select on a marking menu.
Grid snaps and discrete mode... no clue. I really hate that it goes and turns discrete on for the trans/rot/scale tools.
Cool thread at AD forum there, but acting like a little kid doesn't really seem to help, does it?
It happens most often when I use my bind-toggle x-ray (alt+X) and then try to snap-toggle. It doesn't always seem to get stuck, but you can visibly see the input lag when toggling back and forth.
I always just assumed it's from too much running on the viewport, go ahead and hide a bunch of shit, and continue on with my day.
The issue is attempting to use the "d" key to manually move the pivot point - which at that point I usually use "x" or "v" to either snap to the grid or to verts. What happens in the process is the snapping toggles on the UI (on the top bar) become active and now everything in my scene has snapping enabled regardless of holding down shortcut keys. I then have to manually turn it off to resume my work. It's a huge workflow killer and so cumbersome that yes....I guess I've sort of turned into a little baby about it.
It's similar to trying to play a videogame with a crappy off brand controller where one of the buttons constantly gets stuck.
If it's consistently doing this mid-operation, I'd try to hone in on that. My main experience with this is on heavy scenes, what are the specs of your computer? Something like a wireless keyboard problem wouldn't be unheard of even if you don't necessarily see the same behavior in another program. Or maybe something's stealing focus from the maya window for a split second, hard to say.
Could you guys help me and upvote up my issue then?
I guess waiting for almost a year with ZERO response from them doesn't entitle me a little confrontation/silliness; from an issue I deal with at least 3 to 4 times daily? Okay I guess expecting software support from a company that is given millions by my employers is looney tunes. I'm crazy, entitled, confrontational....makes perfect sense.
Regardless of how I look (childish as I am, sure...I only proceeded to act this way after being ignored for almost a year.) I guess we'll never agree on how to handle things when they...in my mind are the ones who are at fault here for releasing buggy software and ignoring their customers.
Teriyaki I respect your work, and your giving me good advice here...thank you. I probably need to be talked off the ledge so to speak.
FROM AUTODESK ^^^^
See persistence/annoyance pays off people!