About the Controls [CLEAR]

[Pinacolada]

I really love the game but the controls are really bad! For example that you have to move your character with the arrow keys! Especially when the fighting is all about moving and dodging! Maybe its just me but i would really love it when they change this! Is there a way to bind the moving to WASD? I always miss my spells because the character was 1 inch too far away from the monster.. The game is so cool but i cant enjoy it to the fullest :/ Sometimes i die to the weakest monsters because the moving is so clunky. :(

[Dark Thoughts]

Eh, this is literally the type of game that should be played with a gamepad, and I say that as a person who usually hates them and hasn't played games like Dark Souls or other 3D titles because they're just cancer in them.
But for 2D jRPG style of games and platformers they're a must have.

[Pinacolada]

Originally posted by Dark Thoughts:

Eh, this is literally the type of game that should be played with a gamepad, and I say that as a person who usually hates them and hasn't played games like Dark Souls or other 3D titles because they're just cancer in them.
But for 2D jRPG style of games and platformers they're a must have.

So i should play with my ps3/4 Controller? Because i have no idea how that works i never used that before :/

[Sairek Ceareste]

You can rebind all of the keys... If you want to move with WASD, then bind it to WASD.

Heck, you can even rebind commands to the mouse if you want.


Go to options > Game > Key Config


Then select the "Up, Right, Left, Right" controls and bind them to "W, D, A, S" respectively.

You'll probably have to rebind your hot keys because of that for using skills, but I assume that won't be much of a problem. I'd maybe recommend using the Numpad on your keyboard if you have one.

[Dark Thoughts]

Originally posted by Pinacolada:

Originally posted by Dark Thoughts:

Eh, this is literally the type of game that should be played with a gamepad, and I say that as a person who usually hates them and hasn't played games like Dark Souls or other 3D titles because they're just cancer in them.
But for 2D jRPG style of games and platformers they're a must have.

So i should play with my ps3/4 Controller? Because i have no idea how that works i never used that before :/

No idea if they're Windows compatible, and then they'd also need to be supported by the game.
Safest bet are usually the Xbox 360 / Xbox One gamepads which are usually the one being natively supported by games who support gamepads. Some other gamepads could often work as long as they are Windows compatible but they often tend to require custom configurations / bindings and do not work out of the box.

[Pinacolada]

Originally posted by Sairek Ceareste:

You can rebind all of the keys... If you want to move with WASD, then bind it to WASD.

Heck, you can even rebind commands to the mouse if you want.


Go to options > Game > Key Config


Then select the "Up, Right, Left, Right" controls and bind them to "W, D, A, S" respectively.

You'll probably have to rebind your hot keys because of that for using skills, but I assume that won't be much of a problem. I'd maybe recommend using the Numpad on your keyboard if you have one.

Okay thanks i was too blind to find those options haha my bad :)

[Jason]

You can use a PS3 remote.

You just need:
- to download the driver (I use SCP Driver its on google)
- have the USB charger cable

[quixoticaxis]

Please, remove the thread or at least update the first post (it scares people).

[Pinacolada]

Originally posted by quixoticaxis:

Please, remove the thread or at least update the first post (it scares people).

i cant delete the thread there is no delete button but i changed the title.

[quixoticaxis]

Originally posted by Pinacolada:

Originally posted by quixoticaxis:

Please, remove the thread or at least update the first post (it scares people).

i cant delete the thread there is no delete button but i changed the title.

Works for me ^_^ ty

[thatguyjerry]

I'm only responding to this because I feel like the title is still misleading to people looking to get into this game. I'm really not sure where your frustration is coming from purely by using arrow keys, or maybe I'm just more versatile than i though but to be frank I consider myself among the common gamer so I don't see myself as an outlier.

As others have said, there is plenty of gamepad support, however, i will admit, I did run into some difficulty using older controllers like a rumblepad, and, as others have expressed, you will run into no problems with more common controllers. I'm a long time gamepad user among some common titles so you can take my word for it.

that being said, I grew up playing LoL and CSGO, so I don't know if I'm more used to using not only WASD controls but more tailor-made controls like LoL's QWER-DF controls, but I would have to argue the learning curve for the controls IN NO WAY proves complex IMHO. The main reason for this being you should and will put the majority of your skill points into a single skill, and you won't be stritching your fingers too far, for the most part, until you reach around level 25, which takes awhile.

Outside of skillshots and generally active skills, you'll spend the rest of your skillpoints in passive abilities, so if beginners are looking for tips then bind your main skills to C and V, your bow and potions should be on the ASDF row, and passives should be distributed between the aforementied row and the avoidable QWER row. As mentioned before, these issues don't become relevant until you have more skilllpoints than you know what to do with so I'll continue to my default response of "I've never had an issue," but like I said maybe I'm an outlier...or maybe learning to type before middle school really paid off haha.

All in all, I hope my tips help because it is an awesome game, and I know the myriad of abilities can be daunting to the newcomer, but invest your time in properly setting up your controls and in the end I find most people would actually prefer to use a keyboard for this game.

[Pinacolada]

Originally posted by thatguyjerry:

I'm only responding to this because I feel like the title is still misleading to people looking to get into this game. I'm really not sure where your frustration is coming from purely by using arrow keys, or maybe I'm just more versatile than i though but to be frank I consider myself among the common gamer so I don't see myself as an outlier.

As others have said, there is plenty of gamepad support, however, i will admit, I did run into some difficulty using older controllers like a rumblepad, and, as others have expressed, you will run into no problems with more common controllers. I'm a long time gamepad user among some common titles so you can take my word for it.

that being said, I grew up playing LoL and CSGO, so I don't know if I'm more used to using not only WASD controls but more tailor-made controls like LoL's QWER-DF controls, but I would have to argue the learning curve for the controls IN NO WAY proves complex IMHO. The main reason for this being you should and will put the majority of your skill points into a single skill, and you won't be stritching your fingers too far, for the most part, until you reach around level 25, which takes awhile.

Outside of skillshots and generally active skills, you'll spend the rest of your skillpoints in passive abilities, so if beginners are looking for tips then bind your main skills to C and V, your bow and potions should be on the ASDF row, and passives should be distributed between the aforementied row and the avoidable QWER row. As mentioned before, these issues don't become relevant until you have more skilllpoints than you know what to do with so I'll continue to my default response of "I've never had an issue," but like I said maybe I'm an outlier...or maybe learning to type before middle school really paid off haha.

All in all, I hope my tips help because it is an awesome game, and I know the myriad of abilities can be daunting to the newcomer, but invest your time in properly setting up your controls and in the end I find most people would actually prefer to use a keyboard for this game.

Look im not really used to Controls like that, i normally play League of Legends so my main usings are the mouse.
When i first started the game i was so confused because i was too blind to find the rebinding in the options because you can only rebin the stuff when you are in the main menu and not while you already loaded your savegame.
I would really like you to delete the whole thread but steam wont let me^^
I changed my controls now and it feels way better but i still need some practice.
I didnt want to talk bad about the game because i really like it, i was just really frustrated because i kept missing enemies while standing right in front of them :/
Thanks for your tips!

[Oxymandias]

If you go to the options, then keyboard, you can change the key bindings.

[Dark Thoughts]

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[gachi is manly]

Originally posted by Pinacolada:

I really love the game but the controls are really bad! For example that you have to move your character with the arrow keys! Especially when the fighting is all about moving and dodging! Maybe its just me but i would really love it when they change this! Is there a way to bind the moving to WASD? I always miss my spells because the character was 1 inch too far away from the monster.. The game is so cool but i cant enjoy it to the fullest :/ Sometimes i die to the weakest monsters because the moving is so clunky. :(

How's moving with arrow keys so much worse than WASD? Isn't it basically the same thing?

Personally in games that have a lot of skills to use like this one, I like to have the QWER-ASDF-ZXCV keys free for skills and have the movement on arrow keys. Shooters and the like that need less of the keyboard for skills/items and such are fine with WASD movement.

[Dark Thoughts]

Nowadays we're trained to move with WASD using our left hand, while using the mouse in the right hand.
Just try to write with your other hand, it is simply not comfortable for those who aren't used to it.

Would be kind of nice to have mouse support like in Crosscode for directional aiming / targeting etc. because I find the blocking in Grindea kind of annoying and clunky too.