Update: For what it’s worth, I was able to downgrade vorpX from v25.1.4 to v21.3.5. With that, the “ESC” and “E” keys worked fine. It took a bit of thinking to block the update calls so v21.3.5 wouldn’t get overwritten, but it does work. I’m working on a version swapping program so I can keep v25.1.4 from my other games.
If anyone has ideas on why E and ESC don’t work in v25, let me know.