RUNNING SYSTEM ISSUES [2K3]

Hey I've been trying to implement a simple walk/run system into my game using http://rpgmaker.net/tutorials/142/ <- this tutorial.

The system runs just fine, I even added a trigger switch so that I could turn the walk/run system off during cut-scenes.. However it appears that whilst the walk/run parallel process is ON - NO events work whatsoever. Which means my game's suddenly become completely sequence-breakable.

For example, shortly after the player gains full control over the character there's a couple "on touch" activated events that require the player to run into the event, however, when the run/walk parallel process is ON, nothing happens when the character walks over the event-ed tile.

Does anybody have any idea why this is happening and/or what I could do about it?

I've pretty much copied the tutorial verbatim. So that means the parallel process common event contains a conditional branch that says:

"If SHIFT key is "on" then call common event - hero.run (hero run contains "move event:Hero - decrease walk speed,decrease walk speed,decrease walk speed,decrease walk speed (to set the base level of speed), Increase walk speed, Increase walk speed, Increase walk speed

Else (if SHIFT key is not "on)

Call common event - hero.walk (which is the same, except with ONE less "increase" making it one speed level slower).