Hollow Knight

Hollow Knight

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zkitzor Feb 24, 2017 @ 10:42am 
Its okey, dont have controller so :D
karl-emil Feb 24, 2017 @ 10:43am 
It's recommended to play with controller, haven't tried either yet but I'm sure the notification at startup is there for a reason.
Leth Feb 24, 2017 @ 10:44am 
There is no mouse support in the game. Keyboard or Gamepad only.
Zeretrelle Feb 24, 2017 @ 11:08am 
You can play the game with a keyboard and it's more or less OK. But I can see how it might get problematic in certain arcade situations later on..


The game doesn't support mouse which is absolutely unacceptable for a PC game.

In fact I'm thinking of refunding it. I haven't decided yet. I mean if developers don't seem to care about PC gamers why should we reward them for that?

Recommending a controller is one thing. But neglecting KB+mouse controls in a game released on PC is another.

Last edited by Zeretrelle; Feb 24, 2017 @ 11:15am
humm.. the problem is i was playing RL with my controller and yeah.. is broke now! I will wait a bit until the devs say something about keyboard + mouse.
Zeretrelle Feb 24, 2017 @ 11:17am 
The funny thing is mouse and mouse clicks work in the main menu.. You can move mouse cursor and press LMB and it works. So there is some kind of mouse support. It's just that you can't rebind actions to mouse buttons and it doesn't work when you play. Which begs the question..Why bother implementing it at all?

I expected it to get fixed in ver 1.0 but, alas...

PS There is a workaround.. You can use autohotkey to play with a mouse..
For instance,

LButton::E (E=attack)
RButton::LShift (LShift=Dash)

This way pressing LMB you will attack and pressing RMB you will dash

You can bind keys to 4 mouse buttons using autohotkey.

But we shouldn't have to do it in the first place for a PC game.
Last edited by Zeretrelle; Feb 24, 2017 @ 11:41am
Smurky Turkey Feb 24, 2017 @ 11:40am 
So in your opinion Leth, is playing with a keyboard doable? Does it make things potentially frustrating at tricky moments?
Leth Feb 24, 2017 @ 11:41am 
Originally posted by Smurky Turkey:
So in your opinion Leth, is playing with a keyboard doable? Does it make things potentially frustrating at tricky moments?
I struggled with it but I'm more of a console gamer, myself.

I know there was someone here who preferred keyboard controls, though.
Zeretrelle Feb 24, 2017 @ 11:44am 
Leth

I'm really struggling to understand the reasoning behind disabling mouse support for playing\rebinding keys in a game released on PC. Clearly you do know how to implement mouse support coz it works in the main menu. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
Last edited by Zeretrelle; Feb 24, 2017 @ 11:47am
Ousel Feb 24, 2017 @ 11:55am 
Originally posted by h0rnyfavn:
Leth

I'm really struggling to understand the reasoning behind disabling mouse support for playing\rebinding keys in a game released on PC. Clearly you do know how to implement mouse support coz it works in the main menu. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
Its a 2d action platformer, and from what ive seen theres not a lot of aiming involved so i dont get why you would need a mouse, you can play perfecty fine with wasd and ijkl
Play Metaphor Feb 24, 2017 @ 12:09pm 
Originally posted by Valter ' ♥♥♥♥♥Cat:
humm.. the problem is i was playing RL with my controller and yeah.. is broke now! I will wait a bit until the devs say something about keyboard + mouse.

They already responded.
Yosunai Feb 24, 2017 @ 12:22pm 
I find it really hard to play with keyboard only. Sadly, there's no third party controller support yet, only the official controllers, which sucks.
Peridot772 May 11, 2017 @ 8:14am 
I've been doing fine for now. But now I can't seem to perform the desolate dive attack. it says tap A and down to perform it but it's not working.
Ousel May 11, 2017 @ 8:50am 
Originally posted by Peridot772:
I've been doing fine for now. But now I can't seem to perform the desolate dive attack. it says tap A and down to perform it but it's not working.
3 months old
Kein Zantezuken May 11, 2017 @ 10:56am 
Originally posted by Peridot772:
I've been doing fine for now. But now I can't seem to perform the desolate dive attack. it says tap A and down to perform it but it's not working.
The game gas quick cast button, try quickcast+down at the same time
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Date Posted: Feb 24, 2017 @ 10:37am
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