Ghost of a Tale

Ghost of a Tale

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BoxN Jun 23, 2017 @ 2:07pm
The mouse + keyboard controls need to be refined.
Hello there! I was playing this game with a M+K and i realised how clunky the controls are. So I came up with a better control scheme that I hope will get implemented at some point (also, yes I know you can rebind, but if the controls are good off the bat we wont have to rebind).

Interact: E (It's the standard interact button, along with F, so why change to M1)
Jump: Space (it's fine as it is)
Throw: F (since F is a popular key as well to interact we can bind it to throw)
Drop: Q (another popular key that isnt being used, so lets use it)
*New Button* Hide: R (the M1 + M2 combo is a little clumsy when you're trying to hide in the heat of things, so having a simple R press would do the trick)
Sprint L-Shift (it's fine)
Sneak: L-Ctrl (holding down mouse buttons is one of my worst pet peeves in gaming, it applys unecesarry pressure on your mouse and is really unconfortable while you are moving the mouse, binding it to L-Ctrl will remove pressure from the mouse and make sneaking, which is a big part, more enjoyable)
Map: M (M for map, simple)
Inventory: Tab (it's fine)
Main Menu: Esc (it's fine)

Also two other things:
-Allow us to have sprint/sneak a togglable, some people like it like that some people dont. But with actions that you could spend a while doing, its nice too only have to press it down once instead of holding for however many seconds you have to
-Allow us to quicksave, it says at the begining "save early, save often" so why can't a savescum and quicksave. A simple F5 to quicksave and F9 to quickload will do.

Thank your for reading, and I hope this has helped the devlopment team, if you have any questions please feel free to ask, I like this game and with some control adjustments it will be even better.
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You can quicksave, if you're in a hiding place.
Phaedrus (cosmogonies)  [developer] Jun 24, 2017 @ 4:40am 
Thanks for your suggestions.
We tried our best to make keyboard assignations tweakable to match everyone play style.
Thanks for your suggestions, we will consider it of course, like also your idea about toggle mode for sneak/run (but keep in mind running depletes stamina that make toggling less useful)
Kalinstar ttv Jun 26, 2017 @ 5:49am 
Also in the tutorial it didn't seem to mention what the button was to throw items for mouse and keyboard (or I'm blind)

A toggle would be really good for sneaking.
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Date Posted: Jun 23, 2017 @ 2:07pm
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