Does this game support key remapping?

[Malidictus]

I'm honestly very interested in Far: Lone Sail, but a deal-breaking item concerns me: Does the game support key rebinding of any kind? I've seen reviews complain that there's no in-game key rebinding (which is honestly very disappointing), but are there any alternate methods of doing it? Tweaking config files soemwhere, maybe?

Failing that, what keys does the game even use? I MIGHT be OK with it if the layout isn't too awkward for my hand stance or maybe if the game doesn't use too many buttons. I remember being fine playing Limbo because that used four directions and a "use" button.

Are there any workarounds?

[Kecske]

In my perhaps unwelcome opinion you shouldn't worry about it too much.
The game has 4 keys, left,right, jump, grab.
I'd strongly recommend playing it with a controller with vibrations turned on.

[Malidictus]

I considered appending an "I don't own or want a game pad" to the post but felt that might come across as confrontational. No avoiding it now - a controller is NOT an option for me. It's KB+M or no sale.

That said, I watched a gameplay video of Lone Sail and there seemed to be more keys than that - zoom keys of some sort, supposedly X and A though I assume the person was playing on a controller.

Like I said - depending on the default layout I might still be able to manage. What's bound to what on the keyboard? You say 4 keys, but which four keys are they? If they're A, W, D and Ctrl, for instance, that's a non-starter right there - not convenient for my hand stance. If it's A, W, D and E, that would be doable.

Is the mouse used for anything? Is anything bound to it?

[Malidictus]

OK, so I found this post where a developer links to the keyboard controls of the game. For a game with no rebindable controls, at least they hedged their bets and offered both WASD and arrow key controls, including multiple bings for the interaction key, odd though the choices presented may be.

And yes, the game does turn out to have zoom keys - X and C of all things... Are those used very often? Or are they just there to help us enjoy the scenery?

I don't like PC games without rebindable controls on principle, but I think I can work with those controls. They're simple enough and bound to logical enough places for the most part. I guess that's the next best thing to customising them.

[Kecske]

Oh right, forgot about the zoom in and out buttons. They aren't all that important.
Here is they key layout:
https://imgur.com/a/rVRq9qU
From what I can tell, the mouse doesn't do anything.

As for controller, I was like you once, screw the console peasants rite? :D
Later I realized that as with any tool, KM+B is best suited for certain situations (like shooters), and controllers are best suited for others. In case of platformers, controllers are just superior. I wish I had my trusty logitech controller back when I played super meat boy. Would have saved me a lot of pain in my hands. You should give them a try, you are missing out in my opinion.

[Malidictus]

Originally posted by Kecske:

As for controller, I was like you once, screw the console peasants rite? :D

No, nothing of the sort. I dislike controllers because they're massively inconvenient for me. I literally can't use them comfortably, for any game. They also don't fit my PC setup, sitting at a desk with my gut pressed against it. That and decent controllers are expensive. I tried an off-brand one because I didn't feel like paying for an Xbox controller. Not only did it generally fail to be recognised properly, but it was also MASSIVELY inconvenient for pretty much everything I tried it with, before binning it permanently.

Like I said - a controller is not an option for me. Nothing I've tried it with - not platformers, not driving games, not FPS, not fighting games - nothing has worked for me in any usable capacity. You may as well ask me to use a Guitar Hero controller. If a game doesn't work with keyboard and mouse, I don't play it, it really is as simple as that.

It's downloading now. We'll see if the controls prevent me from playing it.

[Kecske]

Well, your loss, I hope you enjoy the game!

[Malidictus]

Well, the controls weren't an issue. Numpad arrows + E did most of the work. The zoom keys were REALLY inconvenient and weird, but they didn't really come into play very often. Game's perfectly playable with KB+M.