Can't use some hotkeys to drink potions

[maniajk]

I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but while I'm holding down the SHIFT key (in order to stay still), I can't drink the potions from slots 2 & 8.
I can still drink them by using the mouse or releasing SHIFT, but that just ain't practical. :(
This happens to me in both Diablo, Hellfire and all their mods, but not in D2.
It happens on all language settings!

I use a standard 101-key PC PS/2 keyboard (BTC;Model: 5121 CR/SL), Croatian keyboard layout.


I know you people aren't tech support, but has anyone else encountered this problem/bug(?) and knows how to solve it?

P.S. When I press "6" while holding SHIFT I drink the potion from slot 7. :blink:

[[vL]Kp]

My guess is it's because you're running an unusual keyboard layout. The Diablo code implements drinking with shift in a slightly weird way: keyboard aliases. Specifically, ! drinks potion 1, @ drinks potion 2, # drinks potion 3, etc. If you've somehow remapped ^ (shift-6) to some other key, then potion 6 won't be picked. If you can, try switching to an en-US, en-GB, or similar mapping and see if the problem persists. Also verify that we have the same keyboard symbols: 12345678 = !@#$%^&* -- and in that order.