Keyboard Mapping, what's yours?

[Airtrooper719]

Hey all, long time FF7 fan here from the good old days on PS1.

I had trouble playing with the default keyboard controls, so I remapped a few and still find it weird, I was so out of time and hitting wrong combos on the Junon Harbor Parade for Rufus.

Anybody got a really simple keyboard layout that just works well? I dunno what the devs were thinking about putting some actions on the page up/page down buttons, they are way acorss the otherside of the keyboard lol

[chumface]

I gave up on the keyboard and got a cheap game controller

[Alucard]

Beforehand, let me just start by saying that I use a controller to play the game.
But at the same time I'm one of those people that has what's called OCPD (Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder), and thus I'm a ♥♥♥♥♥ to perfectionism and attention to minor details.

So of course I couldn't just let the Keyboard mapping alone even though I never use it, and I went and mapped the keyboard keys to the best of my abilities and to the place I felt they worked best (not only for combat but also for the mini-games) and somewhat mimicked the original PS1 controller relative button positions.

My configuration is as follows:

OK - D
CANCEL - S
MENU - W
UP - Arrow Key Up
LEFT - Arrow Key Left
RIGHT - Arrow Key Right
DOWN - Arrow Key Down
START - Space
SWITCH - A
PAGE UP - E
PAGE DOWN - Q
TARGET - Ctrl
ASSIST - Tab
CAMERA - Shift

If you're still not satisfied with my setup, you can try a variation of it by moving around those specific keys you feel don't work as good for you.

Some parts will still be somewhat of a bummer to play (be it on a keyboard or on a controller mind you) because the PC port will ALWAYS show you button prompts like this - "ASSIST", "CANCEL", "PAGE DOWN" and so on.
That's the main issue, and only through sheer memorization of which key/button is which will one be able to do those harder mini-games.

Anyways, cheers.
And here' hoping you'll have a good time replaying this timeless classic from a fellow fan.

[Airtrooper719]

Thanks thats better than what I had before but recently ive tweaked it, movement is now on the numpad 8,4,5,6. And im using WASD with CV and space for the other commands. Trying to keep everything in a circle as if it were on a PS1 controller. Btw I do have xbox wired pads, but sometimes if im playing on my laptop I like the freedom of no wires when im chilling playing some FF7 so trying to get used to playing with keyboard which I have now. Now onto hunting Sephiroth down I have some revenge I need to take on him for his "spoiler" beyond the sleeping forest!!!

[Slippery When Dead]

Most important changes i did were the following:

- Movement on WASD

The four coloured PS1-controller buttons:
- Menu --> backspace
- OK --> enter
- Cancel/run --> right shift
- Change --> tabulator

This way, the buttons from the controller are sorted similar
(Menu above OK, OK above cancel. Change you hardly ever use)

[ƒaylen §øl]

I play with a 360 controller myself. Never been big on keyboard and mouse setups for games.