rebinding the menu keys

[Kweeb]

Wherever the game shows the a specific key,I want that to be the same as the key I bind it with, even in the menus.
I'm a lefty so I use E as numpad 7, so everywhere there is an E It should be NUMPAD 7

[BioFringe]

I just started yesterday and ran into the same problem. After some extensive research I found several mods that will help with this issue but for me they add too many other things that I don't want/need. So I decided to add an entry in my AutoHotKey script for this game and it works perfectly. Here's what I have...

#If WinActive("ahk_exe FalloutNV.exe")

Numpad1::A
Numpad3::
Send {E}
Send {X}
Return

I use the Numpad for everything so the way this works is that when in a menu I can press NP1 to Take All or I can press NP3 to Exit or Accept. If you just want NP7 to equal E then just use...

Numpad7::E

AutoHotKey is free and has an extremely low footprint. You'll never know that you're using it. I've been using it ever since it was first release over a decade ago.

[Kweeb]

thank you, editing the XML file doesn't seem to work..
I just don't like having to use a separate program for a game.

I wonder why the menu keys are hardcoded...

[Kweeb]

The mod KEYBOY does the job well.
Only thing it's missing is VATS ACCEPT.

[BioFringe]

Yeah my script works for Vats too. Glad you got it worked out for yourself. In my view using a mod created by a player is no different than using a third-party program. Except the program usually has a better rep.

The other thing that I like about AHK is that it remains consistent over the years. Meaning that there have been at least over a dozen games that have had hardcoded keys. I would have had to have found over a dozen different mods made by a dozen different people just to have played those games. AHK is easy, always installed and always ready to make my gaming better.

[sooshon]

Originally posted by BioFringe:

Yeah my script works for Vats too. Glad you got it worked out for yourself. In my view using a mod created by a player is no different than using a third-party program. Except the program usually has a better rep.

The other thing that I like about AHK is that it remains consistent over the years. Meaning that there have been at least over a dozen games that have had hardcoded keys. I would have had to have found over a dozen different mods made by a dozen different people just to have played those games. AHK is easy, always installed and always ready to make my gaming better.

Hi, I'm running into this same problem as a lefty and trying to rebind A E with AHK as you suggested. I had it installed already as I tried using it for something in the past but I didn't end up using it much so I don't know what I am doing. Could you walk me through how I should write the script file so that it uses Right Shift instead of E and N instead of A?
Also, should I leave all the auto-generated stuff that it places when I create a new script file? It looks like this:

#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
; #Warn ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

PS: I know it's a necro of an old post but seems you are still active on Steam : )

[BioFringe]

Originally posted by sooshon:

Originally posted by BioFringe:

Yeah my script works for Vats too. Glad you got it worked out for yourself. In my view using a mod created by a player is no different than using a third-party program. Except the program usually has a better rep.

The other thing that I like about AHK is that it remains consistent over the years. Meaning that there have been at least over a dozen games that have had hardcoded keys. I would have had to have found over a dozen different mods made by a dozen different people just to have played those games. AHK is easy, always installed and always ready to make my gaming better.

Hi, I'm running into this same problem as a lefty and trying to rebind A E with AHK as you suggested. I had it installed already as I tried using it for something in the past but I didn't end up using it much so I don't know what I am doing. Could you walk me through how I should write the script file so that it uses Right Shift instead of E and N instead of A?
Also, should I leave all the auto-generated stuff that it places when I create a new script file? It looks like this:

#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
; #Warn ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

PS: I know it's a necro of an old post but seems you are still active on Steam : )

This was actually the last game that I used AHK for as I built a new computer and bought some special gaming keypads to compensate. I'll have to look and see if I still have the script and to see if I can figure it all out again. Give me until tomorrow and I'll see what I can come up with.

I do know that you don't need that other stuff as it's all just comments and can be ignored as far as I can tell.

[BioFringe]

Try the following...

#If WinActive("ahk_exe FalloutNV.exe")

N::A
RShift::
Send {E}
Send {X}
Return

[sooshon]

Originally posted by BioFringe:

Try the following...

#If WinActive("ahk_exe FalloutNV.exe")

N::A
RShift::
Send {E}
Send {X}
Return

I think I figured it out, I tried it initially but the problem was the Shift and N keys lost their normal functionality (I had Shift bound to reload and N to action). I wasn't sure how to keep the normal functionality and add new one at the same time, but what I did was bind reload and action to E and A in the game so now the Shift and N keys seem to work flawlessly for those too, as well as the menus. Thanks a lot for your help and replying to this ancient thread : )

I ended up with simply:
RShift::E
N::A
n::a

I think the Send version doesn't work for Shift if I also want to use it for reload key since I want it to holster a gun if held down and I don't think send does that while the simple rebind RShift::E seems to take care of all kinds of inputs

[BioFringe]

Originally posted by sooshon:

Originally posted by BioFringe:

Try the following...

#If WinActive("ahk_exe FalloutNV.exe")

N::A
RShift::
Send {E}
Send {X}
Return

I think I figured it out, I tried it initially but the problem was the Shift and N keys lost their normal functionality (I had Shift bound to reload and N to action). I wasn't sure how to keep the normal functionality and add new one at the same time, but what I did was bind reload and action to E and A in the game so now the Shift and N keys seem to work flawlessly for those too, as well as the menus. Thanks a lot for your help and replying to this ancient thread : )

I ended up with simply:
RShift::E
N::A
n::a

I think the Send version doesn't work for Shift if I also want to use it for reload key since I want it to holster a gun if held down and I don't think send does that while the simple rebind RShift::E seems to take care of all kinds of inputs

That's great. The less code the better and if it works then that's all that matters. I'm really glad that you got it worked out. It's great to see other get over limitations with a bit of work. If you're willing to jump through the hoops of course.

[Sloppy]

I used Razor Synapse today for the first time to fix just this. I use arrow keys with my left hand so pressing E and A to exit looting and accept VATS especially in the dark was PAINFUL.
I mapped mouse wheel left to A and right to E. These feel like dismissive flick away gestures and work perfectly now.
Mouse is NAGA btw but lots of mice have mouse wheel left/right options now.
PS I mapped the keys in Synapse as windows keys for FNV profile separate from main windows profile.