QTE question

[felixpoop]

Am playing KB+M. The QTEs I've gotten so far just show a square button shape with an arrow. Is this supposed to indicate the mouse, or a directional arrow key? So far, using the mouse worked once, so I thought it was that, but it hasn't worked any other time. Usually in games if it's the mouse it shows a mouse icon, and if it's a button, it shows the appropriate symbol.

[Psyringe]

It's probably the most confusing way of depicting a QTE that I have ever seen in any game, and I've played thousands. ;) I literally started the game five times, going through the unskippable intro each time, just to find out which key I was supposed to press to catch the falling cell phone.

Don't pay attention to the displayed key, this icon doesn't tell you which key to press, it just means "you need to press a key soon". A short while after you see that icon, an arrow will appear in one of the four cardinal directions next to the key. So if the arrow points to the left, you have to input something that means "left".

The second problem (apart from the confusing display) is that the input isn't always working correctly. Sometimes the mouse worked for me, sometimes it didn't. Sometimes my redefined keybindings worked, sometimes only the default WASD worked. The only thing that worked reliably for me, was pressing the arrow keys on the keyboard. This is probably because those are always functional, regardless of key rebindings.

If you have rebound your keys, I would recommend to set them back to the default, as the game sometimes seems to get confused between default and customized keybinds.

[felixpoop]

Originally posted by Psyringe:

It's probably the most confusing way of depicting a QTE that I have ever seen in any game, and I've played thousands. ;) I literally started the game five times, going through the unskippable intro each time, just to find out which key I was supposed to press to catch the falling cell phone.

Don't pay attention to the displayed key, this icon doesn't tell you which key to press, it just means "you need to press a key soon". A short while after you see that icon, an arrow will appear in one of the four cardinal directions next to the key. So if the arrow points to the left, you have to input something that means "left".

The second problem (apart from the confusing display) is that the input isn't always working correctly. Sometimes the mouse worked for me, sometimes it didn't. Sometimes my redefined keybindings worked, sometimes only the default WASD worked. The only thing that worked reliably for me, was pressing the arrow keys on the keyboard. This is probably because those are always functional, regardless of key rebindings.

If you have rebound your keys, I would recommend to set them back to the default, as the game sometimes seems to get confused between default and customized keybinds.

So, my biggest takeaway is that WSAD ought to work - is that right? Also, do these keys change for later QTEs? Without them indicating what button, specifically, that would suck.

[Psyringe]

Originally posted by felixpoop:

So, my biggest takeaway is that WSAD ought to work - is that right? Also, do these keys change for later QTEs? Without them indicating what button, specifically, that would suck.

WASD will _probably_ work as long as you don't redefine the controls. The arrow keys should _always_ work.

The keys are not supposed to change, though there is a second type of QTE that requires you to mash the "w" key as quickly and as often as you can. When that type of QTE comes up, you see a "w" on they key icon.

[felixpoop]

Thank you.