AZERTY

[Draeka3]

I just puchased the game only to notice that AZERTY does not work properly :


I have set my keyboard on windows as AZERTY, my keyboard also is AZERTY.
Still, the game forces QWERTY.

Am I doing something wrong ?

Is there a fix (even if temporary) ?

Is AZERTY support planned ?

If not, I'm going to go for a refund before it's too late.

Please understand that in my country the only way to get a QWERTY keyboard is to get a keyboard on which the layout can be physically be rebound...
basically mechanical keyboard with tool (which means way more expensive).

Thanks for taking it in account.

[haasi]

only fix is changing keyboard layout. It would seem this hasnt been implement to the game. might be in the full release

[Draeka3]

Originally posted by haasi:

only fix is changing keyboard layout. It would seem this hasnt been implement to the game. might be in the full release

That's what i did.
Switched my AZERTY as :
language Eng layout fr as default, not working.
language fr, layout fr, not working.
Made default and deleted all other layouts on each, doesn't work.

Either they make it work or i'll wait for 75% off down the line to test (and stop with dev/pub if not implemented).

I've been a fan for over 15 years and never had such a problem in Baldur's Gate 1&2, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights...

[haasi]

Originally posted by Draeka3:

Originally posted by haasi:

only fix is changing keyboard layout. It would seem this hasnt been implement to the game. might be in the full release

That's what i did.
Switched my AZERTY as :
language Eng layout fr as default, not working.
language fr, layout fr, not working.
Made default and deleted all other layouts on each, doesn't work.

Either they make it work or i'll wait for 75% off down the line to test (and stop with dev/pub if not implemented).

I've been a fan for over 15 years and never had such a problem in Baldur's Gate 1&2, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights...

you should go to larians official forums and bring this up, im sure it'll be implemented at least in the official release

[Draeka3]

Originally posted by haasi:

Originally posted by Draeka3:

That's what i did.
Switched my AZERTY as :
language Eng layout fr as default, not working.
language fr, layout fr, not working.
Made default and deleted all other layouts on each, doesn't work.

Either they make it work or i'll wait for 75% off down the line to test (and stop with dev/pub if not implemented).

I've been a fan for over 15 years and never had such a problem in Baldur's Gate 1&2, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights...

you should go to larians official forums and bring this up, im sure it'll be implemented at least in the official release

Good idea !

[Ronin Gamer]

I feel like the game would give you the ability to rebind keys, unless the problem is the game simply doesn't recognize the keyboard at all. I can understand that being an issue obviously.

[Draeka3]

Originally posted by Ronin Gamer:

I feel like the game would give you the ability to rebind keys, unless the problem is the game simply doesn't recognize the keyboard at all. I can understand that being an issue obviously.

True, i can rebind keys but when i do it counts as QUERTY.
Let's say movement :
Rebind WASD (QWERTY) to ZSQD (AZERTY), it'll rebind as WASD.
Look at the layout itself, it's a pain like this.
Add to that the fact every touch you need to guess and remember as a layout that differs from what you have... Well, that's it no matter what.
I'm not putting money on a temp keyboard for one game while waiting for one that'll cost me over 300€.

[Ronin Gamer]

Originally posted by Draeka3:

Originally posted by Ronin Gamer:

I feel like the game would give you the ability to rebind keys, unless the problem is the game simply doesn't recognize the keyboard at all. I can understand that being an issue obviously.

True, i can rebind keys but when i do it counts as QUERTY.
Let's say movement :
Rebind WASD (QWERTY) to ZSQD (AZERTY), it'll rebind as WASD.
Look at the layout itself, it's a pain like this.
Add to that the fact every touch you need to guess and remember as a layout that differs from what you have... Well, that's it no matter what.
I'm not putting money on a temp keyboard for one game while waiting for one that'll cost me over 300€.

Well I can't say in that regard, I've never used an AZERTY keyboard ever in my life. What I meant by the rebinding though was YOU know where the function is on your keyboard, so you should be able to remember what key you are physically pressing to do something regardless of what the game is showing you on screen as the correct key.

[Draeka3]

Originally posted by Ronin Gamer:

Originally posted by Draeka3:

True, i can rebind keys but when i do it counts as QUERTY.
Let's say movement :
Rebind WASD (QWERTY) to ZSQD (AZERTY), it'll rebind as WASD.
Look at the layout itself, it's a pain like this.
Add to that the fact every touch you need to guess and remember as a layout that differs from what you have... Well, that's it no matter what.
I'm not putting money on a temp keyboard for one game while waiting for one that'll cost me over 300€.

Well I can't say in that regard, I've never used an AZERTY keyboard ever in my life. What I meant by the rebinding though was YOU know where the function is on your keyboard, so you should be able to remember what key you are physically pressing to do something regardless of what the game is showing you on screen as the correct key.

I see what you mean but when a game asks for a specific input you shouldn't have to guess almost every time the non-corresponding one.

As an example, it'd be like a PS5 game comes out with xbox prompts.
Except that case would make unintuitive and harder to learn for people who never played on xbox (and played on playstation for decades).

The difference is that it's not a matter of plaforms but entire countries.

Given that last thing, why would it even be released in these countries without warning about that problem (if at all) ?

I did not immediately ask for a refund because from what i've seen it seems like it'll get playstation support (i think on release in 5 months (and i could use those 60€ for a large choice of preorders).

It's hard to stomach such a problem given i've been a fan for decades... and i didn't get to play past... getting control of my character (aside from input testing).
It's a huge thing i've not asked a refund and stopped buying stuff from these devs/publishers.

Originally posted by haasi:

Originally posted by Ronin Gamer:

Well I can't say in that regard, I've never used an AZERTY keyboard ever in my life. What I meant by the rebinding though was YOU know where the function is on your keyboard, so you should be able to remember what key you are physically pressing to do something regardless of what the game is showing you on screen as the correct key.

you don't have to comment if you don't understand what's going on, is also an option.

never having used qwerty, how are you supposed to "remember" how the layout works?
the game doesn't register keys as they appear on your keyboard and that's understandably frustrating.

You've got a point.
How do i remember QWERTY layout without having had access to it ever ?


Please stay chill guys, i'm here to try to find a solution or workaround... Not to argue.


Edit :

@Haasi
If your ban is due to this thread, sorry.
I do not think what you said would justifying it in the "Discussions Rules and Guidelines".

To other people :
I'm not looking for an answer anymore nor am i going to post in Baldur's Gate 3 steam forums... At least for a while.

To mods :
Could you close the thread, please ?

[Houd.ini]

have same issue. i use qwertz

[PentagonX1]

yep german qwertz layout doesn't work for me