https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8365
--- Comment #27 from Erich Hoover erich.e.hoover@gmail.com --- (In reply to Goblinstomper from comment #26)
(In reply to Erich Hoover from comment #25)
... I can confirm that this bug also affects the demo. Note: clicking off the window (if in emulated desktop mode) will _not_ trigger the bug, but alt-tab will.
that's interesting because I can alt tab (running the game in fullscreen) to a eg. a browser and open a new tab (which I can't see because I'm using fglrx which comes with it's own alt-tab problems) using keyboard shortcuts and "return" to the game and in-game keybord short-cuts will still work.
Ok, further info: 1) I can now get the game running in fullscreen mode with a patch ( https://github.com/compholio/wine-compholio/blob/master/patches/winex11-Limi... ) * This seems to work appropriately with Alt-Tabbing (hurray!) 2) With non-fullscreen mode the keyboard doesn't completely stop working, but "Backspace" in particular does not work unless you hold down "Alt" for a short bit. I was testing with the username in the networking dialog, since it was "full" and I could not use backspace there was no way to enter more letters. It's possible that having Alt stuck like this could affect other areas of the game, how were you testing?