What's your custom keyboard controls setup?

[Crescence Toran]

If you have one, at least.

[Space Detective]

Movement - WASD
Dash - Ctrl
Primary weapon - Left arrow key
Sub weapon - Right arrow key
Special - Down arrow key
Hyper - Up arrow key
Shield - Shift

Strange? Yes, but it doesn't pain me and it doesn't trigger ghosting on my keyboard, so it works.

[patron saint of gaslighting]

Originally posted by Space Detective:

Movement - WASD
Dash - Ctrl
Primary weapon - Left arrow key
Sub weapon - Right arrow key
Special - Down arrow key
Hyper - Up arrow key
Shield - Shift

Strange? Yes, but it doesn't pain me and it doesn't trigger ghosting on my keyboard, so it works.

thats smart. i hate keyboard ghosting on fighting games in general.

[Meseki]

I settled with this setup (Advanced Hyper usage):
Movement: WSAD
Main Weapon: U
Sub Weapon: I
Dash: O
Special: P
Hyper: Left Shift
Shield: Space

It's pretty much the same buttons I use for BlazBlue (which I don't have ghosting issues with) except the addition of W and Left Shift.

[Hieda no Ajuu]

Movement: Arrows
Main shot: Q
Secondary shot: W
Special: E
Hyper: A
Shield: S
Dash: D

It's a translated EFZ/IaMP setup I got too used to, and now end up using for most games with a dedicated dash. Except Megaman X, because I'm too used to different buttons being shoot/jump for Megaman.

[dynastystar]

so its better to play this game with a keyboard over a controller? and what is "ghosting"?

[dynastystar]

Originally posted by Space Detective:

Movement - WASD
Dash - Ctrl
Primary weapon - Left arrow key
Sub weapon - Right arrow key
Special - Down arrow key
Hyper - Up arrow key
Shield - Shift

Strange? Yes, but it doesn't pain me and it doesn't trigger ghosting on my keyboard, so it works.

left Ctrl or right Ctrl? and are you left-handed or right-handed?

[Lurenai]

Originally posted by dynastystar:

so its better to play this game with a keyboard over a controller? and what is "ghosting"?

Keyboard vs controller is is a matter of preference.

Ghosting is a undesirable effect that occurs on some keyboards when multiple keys (usually 3 or more) are pressed simultaneously. The latter key presses won't be registered, this is called "ghosting". For example, pressing I while holding O and P will fail on most keyboards.

Some keys have some a "anti-ghosting-protection". Modifier keys (shift, ctrl, alt) rarely will count toward ghosting. Arrow keys can also be resistant (but not necessarily).

Gaming keyboards usually have some anti-ghosting protection on commonly used keys like WASDF and arrow keys. Keyboards with "x-key rollover"garantee you can press any x number of keys before one of them fails.

If you're playing a fighting game (or any competitive game) on a keyboard it's imperative that you assure you will never be have to press a combination that won't be registered.

I have to say Space Detective's setup is very creative.

[Space Detective]

Originally posted by dynastystar:

Originally posted by Space Detective:

Movement - WASD
Dash - Ctrl
Primary weapon - Left arrow key
Sub weapon - Right arrow key
Special - Down arrow key
Hyper - Up arrow key
Shield - Shift

Strange? Yes, but it doesn't pain me and it doesn't trigger ghosting on my keyboard, so it works.

left Ctrl or right Ctrl? and are you left-handed or right-handed?

Left Ctrl (and right Shift), right-handed.

[R0CKETRACER]

Movement - Arrows
Dash - V
Primary - Z
Sub - X
Special - Left-Shift
Hyper - Left-Ctrl
Shield - C

That way, it feels the most like a bullet hell layout. The only issue is that Dash is really far out of the way.

[Andredz 2.0]

I usually play with the standard setup with the 360 controller while playing solo, but I felt very comfortable with this configuration when I played in Local with friends:

Movement: WASD
Dash: Space
Primary: Right Arrow
Sub: Left Arrow
Special: Down Arrow
Hyper: Q
Shield: E

It feels better dashing with 'Space' to me though, but recently I really think to change and play with the keyboard instead xD

[[KHP]Iztecteocuitlatl]

Just changed "Special" from "A" to "Space".

Suguri and Sora's default keyboard setup are just okay to me. I can't fit that I need to hold "A" and press other keys for special attacks in AOS.

[poopyoldhag]

Nah, I actually use a game controller.

[ReusedNPCv2]

Movement: WASD.
Primary: J.
Secondary: K.
Dash: L.
Special: Left Shift.
Hyper: I.
Shield: Uh... U I guess?

Admittedly, I tend to miss the shield button, but apart from that this feels sorta natural to me. Having the special key on the left hand has always made sense to me, for some reason.