oh yeah i forgot theres music there. i usually skip it so i forgot xD
and nope. dont have a full keyboard so no numlock. i wish thats all it was lol. if it doesnt work tonight ill just have to try a controller in the morning.
EDIT: some potentially helpful information. i had a thought and tried to change the start menu mod to a different start menu, and when i pulled the game up again, not only did i have the same arrow keys not working issue, but the start menu didnt change.
going from there i closed the game, deactivated the 'Menus- Backgrounds, Avatars' mod entirely, restarted 7th heaven, confirmed it was not active, then launched the game.
still the same modded picture, still same problem. also just tried running the game without the mod manager, and the same problem happens. i think ill start with redoing the install in the morning.
so i think something there screwed up. unfortunately from there i dont know how to fix it.