Keybinds not working..Am I missing something

[MassiveLeftNut]

I bound W to Left and E to right and they do nothing in game. Its the same as strafe left and right correct? I've tried everything. It shows that they are bound but they simply do nothing in game. 3 mins into Khalim.

[sigh_riss]

Are you sure you didn't change the menu controls?
There are multiple tabs for controls.
The tab on the left shows Slayer controls, so check there.

[MassiveLeftNut]

Originally posted by sigh_riss:

Are you sure you didn't change the menu controls?
There are multiple tabs for controls.
The tab on the left shows Slayer controls, so check there.

100% on slayer controls. Looks like a bug to me. In fact move left and move right don't show on the summary window for the slayer. Just forward and backward.

[ode2dave]

It's not just "strafe left" / "strafe right" - there's a half-dozen other keys that seem to be frozen and cannot be rebound - and any attempt to do so breaks the function of the command.

KEYBIND FILE LOCATION
C:\Users\<user>\Saved Games\id Software\DOOMTheDarkAges\base\
KEYBIND FILE NAME
DOOMTheDarkAgesConfig.cfg

Tried to edit the keybinds the old fashion way and that makes it even worse, for example:
bindMulti "R10:14 PM 5/12/2025" "_gloryStrike1"
bindMulti "MOUSE10:22 PM 5/12/20253" "_ampedShield"

That's what happens when you try to modify the keybind directly at the file level and attempt to fix it in the game.

Just disappointed, this issue should not even exist at this point on the PC.

[dsm_97_gsx]

I'm having similar issues with the game as well. Once I change the keybindings, the left and right strafe and move backward break completely. I can reset the controls, and it works with standard WASD. If I change to something like left shift for a control, it breaks. This is such a basic thing that should not occur in 2025.

[Tolaez]

I am having the same problem, very disappointing.
Q and E for strafing
W for move back
Mouse right for move forward.

Mouse is working but the other 3 are not.

Basically unplayable for me currently.

[ode2dave]

Ok, I may have stumbled on a temporary workaround:
1) do not change the keybinds at the main menu level - do it inside the campaign
2) do not erase the original keybind, just add into it the button you want it to be
*** for instance, forward is "W" I simply add "MOUSE2"
3) run around in the campaign and test if its working
4) if multiple actions happen, that's the bug - but you might try unbind the default keybind
*** using same example, I click on "W" leaving only "MOUSE2"
5) test again and see if that fixes it

So far, that has allowed me to remap most movement keys and now just trying to figure out how to remap and untangle "jump" and "melee" - but got the strafe keys working at least even though they are technically mapped to different keys.

[MassiveLeftNut]

Originally posted by ode2dave:

Ok, I may have stumbled on a temporary workaround:
1) do not change the keybinds at the main menu level - do it inside the campaign
2) do not erase the original keybind, just add into it the button you want it to be
*** for instance, forward is "W" I simply add "MOUSE2"
3) run around in the campaign and test if its working
4) if multiple actions happen, that's the bug - but you might try unbind the default keybind
*** using same example, I click on "W" leaving only "MOUSE2"
5) test again and see if that fixes it

So far, that has allowed me to remap most movement keys and now just trying to figure out how to remap and untangle "jump" and "melee" - but got the strafe keys working at least even though they are technically mapped to different keys.

Tried this. Doesn't work. Thanks for posting though.

[Czlowiekfala]

Guys, I found the solution

To unbind the key you need to press the same button again. Let's just say that you want to bind "f" to meele, but "e" stays no matter what...just press "e" and it will disappear

It's not really intuitive....anyway Rip and Tear fellow Slayers with your own keybinds😁

[Tolaez]

Originally posted by Czlowiekfala:

Guys, I found the solution

To unbind the key you need to press the same button again. Let's just say that you want to bind "f" to meele, but "e" stays no matter what...just press "e" and it will disappear

It's not really intuitive....anyway Rip and Tear fellow Slayers with your own keybinds😁

Yeah it says to do that in the onscreen instructions. That's not the issue here. Some of them simply don't work after setting them unfortunately.

[MassiveLeftNut]

Originally posted by Czlowiekfala:

Guys, I found the solution

To unbind the key you need to press the same button again. Let's just say that you want to bind "f" to meele, but "e" stays no matter what...just press "e" and it will disappear

It's not really intuitive....anyway Rip and Tear fellow Slayers with your own keybinds😁

My dude, you are offering a solution to a problem no one had. This is very clear in the instructions.

[Bacara 1138]

Originally posted by Czlowiekfala:

Guys, I found the solution

To unbind the key you need to press the same button again. Let's just say that you want to bind "f" to meele, but "e" stays no matter what...just press "e" and it will disappear

It's not really intuitive....anyway Rip and Tear fellow Slayers with your own keybinds😁

Thanks a million dude. I'm going crazy with my key bindings and your solution saved me.

[AdeptuS AnonyMouS]

Originally posted by Czlowiekfala:

Guys, I found the solution

To unbind the key you need to press the same button again. Let's just say that you want to bind "f" to meele, but "e" stays no matter what...just press "e" and it will disappear

It's not really intuitive....anyway Rip and Tear fellow Slayers with your own keybinds😁

Thanks! I had my key binds working-ish, but tried to adjust them only to mess them up again =X so this helped.
It definitely does not say to do this in the menu while trying to fix key binds..

[EvilAlwaysWins]

If I change forward or backwards to my mouse buttons and remove W S the a&d strafe buttons do not work.

[Hejdlond]

I found the solution here for directions not working here:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Doom/comments/1kmwy5r/key_bindings_bug/

If you use a mouse button to move forward you need to bind a keyboard button to Move Forward as well, then strafing will work.

[rogeressig]

Originally posted by Hejdlond:

I found the solution here for directions not working here:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Doom/comments/1kmwy5r/key_bindings_bug/

If you use a mouse button to move forward you need to bind a keyboard button to Move Forward as well, then strafing will work.

Cool. That solved it. I bound 'N' and right mouse button for forward and It's all good now.
I have been using right mouse button to move forward since Quake 3 Area days.