Guide: How to use WASD movements in POE!

[WizardMan]

I've developed a simple script. To use, set your skills 7-10 or whatever you prefer, to w a s d. Their action should be movement.

Next, using Autohotkey, enter the following in notepad the save it as a .ahk file:

BE ADVISED: This script is for 1440p monitors.
For 1080p enjoyers, centerX = 1920/2 and centerY=1080/2

Note: The center movement is actually around your player's thigh, so the centerY should be up by about 120~ pixels (This will be subtracted from the centerY)


#Persistent
CoordMode, Mouse, Screen
centerX := 1280 ; Keep the X-center in the middle of the screen
centerY := 640 ; Move Y-center up by 300 pixels to the green square region
offset := 100 ; Distance in pixels to move the mouse

SetTimer, CheckKeys, 10
return

CheckKeys:
{
xmove := 0
ymove := 0

if (GetKeyState("w", "P"))
ymove := -offset
if (GetKeyState("a", "P"))
xmove := -offset
if (GetKeyState("s", "P"))
ymove := offset
if (GetKeyState("d", "P"))
xmove := offset

if (xmove != 0 || ymove != 0)
{
MouseMove, % (centerX + xmove), % (centerY + ymove), 0
}
return
}


Obviously you can't use your cursor simultaneously, but it should be natural enough to hold you until POE2 :)

[Detergent]

You can use "A_ScreenWidth" and "A_ScreenHeight" so it always finds the center on any resolution.

centerX := A_ScreenWidth / 2
centerY := A_ScreenHeight / 2

[Shade30Seven]

Im still kinda iffy about wasd on a top down arpg, hopefully its integrated into the game right!
or they make it worth while to use at end game!
More than likely it will be bad at first and then improved upon!

[ExoticBomj]

Originally posted by WizardMan:

Obviously you can't use your cursor simultaneously, but it should be natural enough to hold you until POE2 :)

without this it is impossible to play with WASD((

[Chays]

good luck and have fun with it xD

wasd maybe works in slow games but not in an good arpg like poe

edit : And even if it worked, what kind of player are you if you prefer to hold two hands at the table all day instead of rushing around the game world with one hand chill gameplay ;)

[ExoticBomj]

Originally posted by Chays:

good luck and have fun with it xD

wasd maybe works in slow games but not in an good arpg like poe

WASD is MUCH better for arpg in every aspect, gameplay becomes much more ACTION and not clunky as "click to move": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTAkv5Iy47s

[Hiroko]

Originally posted by ExoticBomj:

WASD is MUCH better for arpg in every aspect, gameplay becomes much more ACTION and not clunky as "click to move":

Hi future visitor here. In my timeline, we move our characters directly with our minds.

[Detergent]

Look at his movement when hes trying to run in a circle. He can't and its all straight lines.
To me thats clunky af.
Looks like this in that video. https://imgur.com/5gJw1Kr

Now look when he uses mouse movement. He drags his mouse clear across the screen when he picks a direction to move in. Thats not how you move with a mouse.
Your cursor should always be near the center of the screen (over your character) only moving a few pixels to move and attack.
Muscle memory kicks in and your cursor starts twitching back and forth between attacking and moving without even realizing it. By the time your attack animation is over, your cursor is already pointing where you would like to move and before you reach your destination, your cursor is already where you want to attack.

PoE2 has completely different combat. You can move in one direction while simultaneously attacking in a different direction. PoE1 doesn't have this twin stick shooter style combat and thats why WASD just adds to the clunkyness instead of improving it.

Go look up some PoE2 gameplay. You can spot the difference between controller and WASD immediately.

I will be playing PoE2 on PC. But I will be using a PS5 controller.
However controller has a problem as well. You can't use your flasks or whatever you bind to the DPAD and move at the same time. You have to let go of the joystick to hit the DPAD

Edit: If someone can find me one of these things with an actual analog joystick and not a WASD emulated joystick I would very much like to know about it. https://imgur.com/7JuUcmA
PS I know about the FF14 one, its hot garbage and i'm not buying that one.

Edit2: And before anyone points out how smooth WASD is in other games like shooters and certain MMOs. You're using your mouse/camera to smooth out that clunky 8 directional movement. Thats not going to happen in PoE2.

[ExoticBomj]

Originally posted by Detergent:

Look at his movement when hes trying to run in a circle. He can't and its all straight lines.
To me thats clunky af.
Looks like this in that video. https://imgur.com/5gJw1Kr

Now look when he uses mouse movement. He drags his mouse clear across the screen when he picks a direction to move in. Thats not how you move with a mouse.
Your cursor should always be near the center of the screen (over your character) only moving a few pixels to move and attack.
Muscle memory kicks in and your cursor starts twitching back and forth between attacking and moving without even realizing it. By the time your attack animation is over, your cursor is already pointing where you would like to move and before you reach your destination, your cursor is already where you want to attack.

PoE2 has completely different combat. You can move in one direction while simultaneously attacking in a different direction. PoE1 doesn't have this twin stick shooter style combat and thats why WASD just adds to the clunkyness instead of improving it.

Go look up some PoE2 gameplay. You can spot the difference between controller and WASD immediately.

I will be playing PoE2 on PC. But I will be using a PS5 controller.
However controller has a problem as well. You can't use your flasks or whatever you bind to the DPAD and move at the same time. You have to let go of the joystick to hit the DPAD

Edit: If someone can find me one of these things with an actual analog joystick and not a WASD emulated joystick I would very much like to know about it. https://imgur.com/7JuUcmA
PS I know about the FF14 one, its hot garbage and i'm not buying that one.

Edit2: And before anyone points out how smooth WASD is in other games like shooters and certain MMOs. You're using your mouse/camera to smooth out that clunky 8 directional movement. Thats not going to happen in PoE2.

8 directions are more than enough to participate in incredibly difficult fights, for example imagine Battlerite or V Rising with "click to move", there is no chance of winning with the same gear score against WASD player.

Awkwardness of click to move is that you can't control movement and aiming at the same time.

[Detergent]

Battlerite and V Rising fall under the twin-stick shooter subgenre. PoE2 new combat falls under this category while PoE1 does not.

You can't move and attack at the same time in PoE1. Your character will stop, perform an attack animation, then you can choose to continue to attack or move but not both.
If you want to use WASD in PoE1, these rules remain. All you're doing is adding movement restrictions by using WASD.

Try OPs AHK script if you want to see what PoE1 is like with WASD.

[ExoticBomj]

Originally posted by Detergent:

Battlerite and V Rising fall under the twin-stick shooter subgenre. PoE2 new combat falls under this category while PoE1 does not.

You can't move and attack at the same time in PoE1. Your character will stop, perform an attack animation, then you can choose to continue to attack or move but not both.
If you want to use WASD in PoE1, these rules remain. All you're doing is adding movement restrictions by using WASD.

Try OPs AHK script if you want to see what PoE1 is like with WASD.

The same thing in undember, BUT you can aim) and move at the same time, not attack but aim, it's very convenient when kiting or orb walk, unfortunately OP script doesn't allow you to use mouse and move at the same time((