Hardbound Text Chat Key

[Nuwisha]

Please let us chose an alternative key for text chat other than "Enter", currently it is hardbound to it and while you can select enter for other actions it causes text chat to open automatically as well, rendering all key presses afterwards messages to chat.

Thank you.

[Sikboy1029]

same here, anybody know if we can edit a .ini file to change this?

[Baronaster]

Personally I bind T to voice chat and would wish for Y to be usable as text chat, definitely a thing this game needs.

[Darkitus]

Well a friend of mine using arrows to move need the "Enter" keybind for something else... kinda annoying that you can't rebind it

[Azonok]

yes! i play with arrowkeys and enter for me its action button! when i press it open chat and can't move /cry

[Phienyx]

I agree. Nothing should be hardbound.

[mrbojangles101]

Hope the devs see this as an arrow key player

[Tekkarath]

I've literally never needed to use Enter as a hotkey for anything EVER, and I played tons of Arma2/3 and Elite Dangerous. Maybe you just need to figure out a better key setup. I could see it being a pain if it was like Palworld where they hard coded the freaking F key as pickup and made it unable to be bound differently, but ENTER? I think you're nuts.

[Ivellios396]

It's also an accessibility issue. I use enter as a button on my mouse. Sadly, Logitech software isn't great at the profiles, nor do I want to switch them constantly.

That enter key is my thumb button which I also use for reload in FPS games. Nothing should be hard coded because you don't know what accessibility workarounds disabled people are using.

[ExcretumNecris]

It's an increased issue, since they disabled autohotkey from working.
With autohotkey I was at least able to reconfigure my enter key as E, now the problem is unavoidable.
Please remove the hardcoded keybinds and unchangeable menu keybinds (like Z for orders)

[JayTee36]

Originally posted by Tekkarath:

I've literally never needed to use Enter as a hotkey for anything EVER, and I played tons of Arma2/3 and Elite Dangerous. Maybe you just need to figure out a better key setup. I could see it being a pain if it was like Palworld where they hard coded the freaking F key as pickup and made it unable to be bound differently, but ENTER? I think you're nuts.

This is the ONLY game i could see myself wanting to rebind it as using the directional arrow keys for strategems is my preferred binding. I have touchy switches and fat-finger enter way too often. I understand its my keyboard playing a part in it, but I should still be able to change that bind for text chat.

[Nuwisha]

Certain key binds will not save either, whenever i start the game i have to redo them (German QWERTZ Keyboard).

[Stim Addict]

Devs don't read steam forums. See if they have official forums.

[Crackss]

I too am an Arrow key player and would definitely like to see this hardbound key changed.

[Kimibabu]

Hi,

find your file "input_settings.config"
here for me : Programmes/Steam/userdata/xxxxxxxx/553850/remote

and copy :

Menu = {
OpenChat = [
{
trigger = "Press"
device_type = "PadDS"
input = "DLeft"
threshold = 0
input_type = "Button"
}
{
trigger = "Press"
device_type = "PadXBOX"
input = "XboxLeft"
threshold = 0
input_type = "Button"
}
{
trigger = "Press"
device_type = "Keyboard"
input = "k"
threshold = 0.20000000298023224
input_type = "Button"
}
]
}

Now the chat key is k and you can bind enter as your action key ;)

[BitBurner]

Originally posted by Kimibabu:

Hi,

find your file "input_settings.config"
here for me : Programmes/Steam/userdata/xxxxxxxx/553850/remote

and copy :

Menu = {
OpenChat = [
{
trigger = "Press"
device_type = "PadDS"
input = "DLeft"
threshold = 0
input_type = "Button"
}
{
trigger = "Press"
device_type = "PadXBOX"
input = "XboxLeft"
threshold = 0
input_type = "Button"
}
{
trigger = "Press"
device_type = "Keyboard"
input = "k"
threshold = 0.20000000298023224
input_type = "Button"
}
]
}

Now the chat key is k and you can bind enter as your action key ;)

This worked for me. I was using PowerToys Keyboard remap tool to remap enter when I played. It was frustrating. Thank you very much—just a note. The first time I added it, it wiped out all my keys. I remapped just a few in the game, added the above back to the config, went back, and added the rest of the key setup in the game. Everything stayed after that. K is now chat and I can remap and use "Enter". Thanks again.