Game shows wrong key icons and doesn't respect non-standard keyboard layout

[dense seal]

I use de neo2-bone on linux and I very much like where c, x, and v are for hotkeys. Unfortunately the game does not respect the alternate layout and uses the QWERTZ positions of these keys, requiring me to use ctrl+v for ctrl+x, ctrl+ü for ctrl+c and ctrl+ä for ctrl+ö. I believe the game should either update the icons for fixed positions, or respect layouts for certain hotkeys. VG, ICPN

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[dense seal]

I have changed the hotkey settings, but this only half fixes the problem

[cedar bolt]

Thank you for your report @dense seal ! Keybinds seems to be changing correctly in Windows when switching between English and German. So it might be Linux related issue, I'd like to ask some questions to further investigate the root cause of this issue

1. Into which language are you changing the system's language to?
2. In which version is this occurring?

[dense seal]

system is en_US but keyboard is de_DE. I'm running the latest Shapez 2 linux version from Steam. The key icons don't match my keyboard, so if i set copy to ctrl+c, it will display ctrl+a

[wooden bridge]

✅ Thank you for providing further information, our team will have a look again!