How do you feel about Sky with Mouse and Keyboard?

[TGC Faraz]

Hi Everyone!

Hope you're all doing wonderful :) I was hoping to have a discussion on the how the Sky PC Demo feels on mouse & keyboard.

Are you finding the controls to be responsive when moving through the world? Are you enjoying using KBM, or do you prefer using a gamepad on PC?

Thank you for your feedback!

[lord_of_aether]

Did something change with the keyboard controls for update (Steam build ID) 12915804? It updated 12/8 for me, after the 12/6 update.

I can now only use the mouse to control the camera. I can no longer use the arrow keys to control it, which is really terrible. Hopefully this isn't intended and will be fixed?

[Vix]

It works pretty well for me, although when flapping wings during flight it automatically pushes my skykid upwards, even when I want to go down faster and I'm pressing S to do so.
My bf also wishes for inverted flight option for keyboard.

I'd love an option to toggle different walking speeds, for more precise movement and for flavor. Maybe with 1-5 keys? 1 being walk, 5 being the fastest run?

I also wish we could have 2 interaction buttons (1 for environment, one for nearby player) or a button to switch focus between nearby objects/players.

[Nut]

mouse feels like it has a weight to it, which makes it sluggish
but making us able to use shortcuts on keyboards is wonderful and I hope you guys will make most of it!

[Averine]

it's awesome but i need walk

[J[Y]anin]

A new thing since the latest update Devs.

When trying to do the daily music thing in Harmony Hall, when I try to press a note with the mouse cursor, about every third note as I try to press it switches to controller button and the button move meaning I've missed the note.
It only switches briefly and JUST as I press the note button. I don't even have a controller plugged in to my PC ;p

[Dyumm]

"I hope there will be customizable keybindings for playing the piano, as the default ones don't feel comfortable to me."

[That_SkyDemon]

Truthfully i hate it. i am a controller player no matter what. i use one on my iPhone and i use it here too. i cannot understand how people play any game with mouse and keyboard.

i can however give you feedback on controller play, its great! i am so thankful we can remap the buttons how we want them and i ask with all my heart that you allow this in all other formats of sky!!

[DragonTayl]

I am the opposite to the last post, I much prefer keyboard and mouse. I like the controls and the mapping, though re-mapping is standard so that people can choose keys that are comfortable or muscle-memory for them.

Unfortunately, something seems to have changed in the last few days. I feel much more "blown about" by the wind currents and camera than previously. It has become very difficult to control my motion or actions, the camera swivels on its own more often, and there seems to be either a lag or gradient to the response, particularly when trying to control my direction with the mouse.

[wondible]

I've been playing with controller, but the most frustrating things are responsiveness. I often fly when I just wanted to hop or jump up a stair. I also feel like I should have jumped, but instead I either don't jump, or fall off the ledge - in water trial some very nice people got so tried of watching me fail a jump that they carried me through a steps. I've also had trouble lighting candles, which was especially frustrating in fire trial. This might be a distance issue, but I couldn't really see what was happening.

[porkupine]

I've played for 10-ish hours and highly enjoy the control scheme/feel. The only gripe I have with it is pressing W to move up in flight, and S to move down. It's completely backwards to how most (if not all) games that include flight set their control scheme. Offering a setting to invert vertical flight controls would fix this issue.

[sebbyzx]

I feel like I don't have enough control of my flying. Like I can't make as sharp turns as I can on mobile

[D:\side\]

I mostly like it, but the keyboard could certainly use some more love:
- Interpret Enter as confirmation/selection button, as is tradition on PC
- Add a dedicated button for equipping/hiding the candle (like R, preferably also middle mouse button)
- Use arrow keys to move the cursor and/or camera around

And there seems to be no way to do the same "jump in direction" as done on mobile by swiping on the left half of the screen — I'd half-expect doing the same thing with the mouse (while holding down Shift; cumbersome, but better than nothing at all) to do the same.
If camera controls were more responsive (no smoothing on the mouse), then reorienting the camera and WASD+Space could be a decent replacement. But this also often gets borked during cutscenes when camera controls are taken away entirely (which is annoying, but probably unavoidable).

[DragonTayl]

I think with a recent update the ability to use the keyboard to navigate through the Menu and Express tree was removed. That was a HUGE help and I loved being able to use the arrow keys to get to my selection. I figure that would not negatively impact anyone who uses different controls to play the game, and this thread is specifically about playing with mouse and keyboard. Please restore that ability?

[lizmatt]

I only use KBM, I don't have a controller. I am finding it difficult to navigate tricky areas (like the wind tunnels). The game is forcing me to use WASD for movement, but I would prefer to use the arrow keys. Can you make it so that we can customize our keys?

[D:\side\]

Publicado originalmente por lizmatt:

Can you make it so that we can customize our keys?

Already possible! Have a look at the in-game settings.
Now, confusingly, it displays arrow keys as numbers as seen on the numpad (that's probably a bug), but normal arrow keys work despite that.