Any way to improve controls in this game?

[Rusty Shackleford]

I've tried controller and I've tried keyboard and mouse. It's just an awful mess to play. Every action feels sluggish and unresponsive from turning the horse (incredibly unrealistic) and the key presses needed to effectively ride to combat movement and attacking. Are there any mods that make the controls more responsive or are there any plans for improving control at this point, or do I need to seek a refund through my CC company? I would have never bought this game if I knew in advance that is was how it played.

[d333]

How long have you been playing? because I don't have such issues (keyboard and mouse).

Henry is a bit clumsy at the beginning of the game as someone who has no real riding experience and never really used a sword. Maybe that's what you a referring to?

Spurs also improve horse controls (w to move forward, a and d to turn and you can press them while moving forward, single tap shift with the pinky to canter and double tap to galop.) You can also remap all the keys.

As for combat you need to learn moves with Bernard before and after the fight with Capon. As you learn/level up you will have more stamina, strength, agility and it will become faster.

[AfLIcTeD]

With all the information out there about the game (there absolute tons), there is no excuse really for not knowing anything about the game. Maybe do some research before you buy next time.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Originally posted by AfLIcTeD:

With all the information out there about the game (there absolute tons), there is no excuse really for not knowing anything about the game. Maybe do some research before you buy next time.

I did research. The information provided by reviews was biased and never mentioned the control problems. Are saying that the control issues are a feature and I should I expected them?

[Rusty Shackleford]

Originally posted by d333:

How long have you been playing? because I don't have such issues (keyboard and mouse).

Henry is a bit clumsy at the beginning of the game as someone who has no real riding experience and never really used a sword. Maybe that's what you a referring to?

Spurs also improve horse controls (w to move forward, a and d to turn and you can press them while moving forward, single tap shift with the pinky to canter and double tap to galop.) You can also remap all the keys.

As for combat you need to learn moves with Bernard before and after the fight with Capon. As you learn/level up you will have more stamina, strength, agility and it will become faster.

It's not the moves I'm having problems with. My issue is that the controls for the game feel like someone took an old xbox game and turned the sensitivity all the way down. I've increased mouse sensitivity, turned up look sensitivity for the controller and I still feel like positioning weapons and responsiveness in general is sluggish and delayed. If I push a button or click the mouse I expect a reaction not a delay and then the reaction.

What happens in the game feels out of sync with what I'm doing with the keyboard/mouse/controller.

[d333]

There are no control problems with keyboard and mouse, maybe that's why it wasn't mentioned. However, as mentioned above, Henry is clumsy at the beginning.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Originally posted by d333:

There are no control problems with keyboard and mouse, maybe that's why it wasn't mentioned. However, as mentioned above, Henry is clumsy at the beginning.

So this unresponsive sluggishness is a feature? That's unbelievable.

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by Rusty Shackleford:

Originally posted by d333:

There are no control problems with keyboard and mouse, maybe that's why it wasn't mentioned. However, as mentioned above, Henry is clumsy at the beginning.

So this unresponsive sluggishness is a feature? That's unbelievable.

Have you considered that its on your end only? Maybe a driver issue? Or maybe your PC is not good enough to handle it and thus it results in low frame rate and thus issues with the responsiveness of your controls?


I also don't have any issue with the responsiveness of the controls on my end.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Originally posted by Ishan451:

Originally posted by Rusty Shackleford:

So this unresponsive sluggishness is a feature? That's unbelievable.

Have you considered that its on your end only? Maybe a driver issue? Or maybe your PC is not good enough to handle it and thus it results in low frame rate and thus issues with the responsiveness of your controls?


I also don't have any issue with the responsiveness of the controls on my end.

Drivers are up to date and it isn't a frame rate issue as far as I can tell. There are frame rate problems that do crop up, but the sluggishness is consistent across conditions. I'll reinstall and check the frame rate again.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

With horse riding I use the W with the shift and the left and right arrow to turn him.
Never use the mouse once I figured that out. The mouse is useless.
Using the W with shift speeds him up but we can control him, releasing the W and holding shift only he auto stays on the track but its dizzying. With W that stops the swing feeling as teh track has curves. Try it see if that helps you

[Blitz4]

This game isn't Witcher3 or Batman. If that's what you wanted, the game's not for you, it's more sim and less action oriented. It's First Person, not Third Person. Plus your PC is handicapped at the beginning until you level up.


But Sluggish Actions? In a First Person RPG. Impossible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auWlkUYvcIk

[Rusty Shackleford]

Originally posted by Blitz4:

This game isn't Witcher3 or Batman. If that's what you wanted, the game's not for you, it's more sim and less action oriented. It's First Person, not Third Person. Plus your PC is handicapped at the beginning until you level up.


But Sluggish Actions? In a First Person RPG. Impossible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auWlkUYvcIk

I've never played Witcher 3 or Batman, and what does Skyrim have to do with KCD?

[alation13]

Without your actual specs, no one will be able to identify your issues. I run the game on a potato. I have noticed if steam or windows is trying to download anything while I am playing the game is really jerky. Or even is my anti virus is doing a scan it gets really bad.
So my advise is to make sure no programs are running in the background.
AND POST YOUR SPECS, for all we know you are trying to run the game on an ipad or something.

[Blitz4]

Originally posted by Rusty Shackleford:

I've never played Witcher 3 or Batman, and what does Skyrim have to do with KCD?

Good. I think Skyrim is owned by 10M people, but W3 is owned by 20M. I'm glad you played Skyrim, when in FPS mode it can be comparable to this game and W3 can not, but expecting this game to be played like W3 (where you can take on an army by yourself), that belief can blot your expectations of this game.

But you missed or ignored the part where I said your PC (player character) is handicapped at the start of the game until you level up, and you didn't ask what I meant by it. Maybe you do already understand this but refuse to accept it. If that true, then my belief is you don't want help, but just want to complain.

Give people here something concrete to work with, do you have issues with the design or the performance of the game? You never explained this sluggishness using numbers or words other than calling it sluggishness.

I'm also curious if it's input lag, which I showed in that video, but since you didn't comment on that, I doubt that to be true. To help you, which is why I'm here, I need to know if it's your computer or your expectations of the game. Todo that, I need to know exactly how you define sluggishness and if you can give concrete examples if it occurring.

[theo]

What issues? Characteristics like 'sluggish' are subjective. You can't possibly help this person with 'feeling'/'seeming'/'imagining'/'expecting' things. Maybe he's just having a hangover.
Another pointless/troll thread

[Rusty Shackleford]

Originally posted by alation13:

Without your actual specs, no one will be able to identify your issues. I run the game on a potato. I have noticed if steam or windows is trying to download anything while I am playing the game is really jerky. Or even is my anti virus is doing a scan it gets really bad.
So my advise is to make sure no programs are running in the background.
AND POST YOUR SPECS, for all we know you are trying to run the game on an ipad or something.

I did end up turning off the steam overlay option and that seems to have helped a bit. Now I'm trying figure out how to configure the controller buttons in big picture because some of the functions listed in game don't seem to work, while other buttons have different responses than indicated.