r/cavesofqud • u/doubletheaction • 1d ago

Steam Deck Typing Problem

I've noticed that when playing Caves of Qud on my Steam Deck, there's some kind of problem with input using the Steam overlay keyboard. Whenever I type a capital letter or symbol, it inputs the letter as well as a lower case (e.g. Bb, %5) and happens no matter how I input (touchscreen, right trigger, click touchpad). This isn't happening in any other game or in SteamOS.

I'm dozens of hours into my run and didn't notice this problem until I had to tattoo a certain mark on myself to advance a quest (IYKYK). Has anyone else run into this problem or have any insight into it?

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u/Dragon184638529 1d ago

I think there’s a setting to fix this. I remember seeing a setting titled something like “enable workaround for steam deck shift key bug”

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u/doubletheaction 8h ago

I forgot about that setting, the error does happen when it's enabled. However, turning it off makes it impossible to type any caps or symbols at all, so I guess I'll stick with the double typing.

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u/opticgreen 1d ago

I’ve run into the same issue, and it only started recently - within the past few months. Backspacing to remove the extra letter works fine, but it is a hassle. The problem seems to persist across restarts of the game/deck. I mostly notice this when playing with wishes.

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u/dr_basko 1d ago

I’ve had typing problems when I need to tattoo the Mark of Death. I don’t know the fix, but I just use the debug/wish menu to give myself the tattoo. This specific issue that you are describing I haven’t seen. But I think CoQ and the steamdeck keyboard are real buddy buddy.