I bought and played Witcher 3 two years after release, think have to do the same with this game too. Currently, it's a technical mess.
See, now I love this comment. And to geek out a little, this is a very similar issue to the one in Star Wars 8. People don't need to know WHAT the plan is, just that there IS a plan, that they're being heard, and that they matter, and that will often be enough to calm them down and give them the patience to await a solution. Morale is important, is what I'm saying.
I am usually ok with a few bugs, but a game that already is loaded with unnecessary keymappings (why do I need the ALT key to draw/sheathe weapons? let me draw slot 1 with the 1-key and sheathe by pressing it again, I feel like playing some flightsim or whatever) and then doesn't allow me to remap them - and yes Witcher 3 used to have the same issue, so annoying!
The default keymapping and keyboard controls are very archaic in this game. Donno where the devs been looking at for the past 7 years.
It's pretty disgraceful that disabled or left-handed players cannot remap to make the game playable for them. I'm neither, but I fall into a third category where I just don't use WASD. I drop the WS back to be SX, so my fingers sit in a nice row on ASD and my thumb rests on X, meaning I can simultaneously move forwards and backwards without having to remove my second finger. I find it much better.
Therefore for me, "action" is always W, that's what I use. F? No thanks. E is my seconday action button, Q my tertiary if I need it.
If I try to play WASD I just can't reprogram my brain, it's not an enjoyable experience. Now I've rebound to ASDX but action is still stuck on F. This doesn't work for me, I keep going to pick things up off the ground and I press W, as my brain tells me to, and I use a fecking medipack. I've used about 10-15 of them so far, when I'm at full health, each one followed by a loud expletive. It's getting beyond silly.
Now I realise I don't have it worst in the scheme of things. Around 10% of all people are left handed. I don't know how many have a physical disability which prevents them playing using normal keyboard settings but it will be many. Both these groups will be struggling more than I but then throw in the large percentage of people who just don't want to use WASD because they're used to something different. Together this is a massive percentage of people who are struggling to play this game comfortably.
Honestly, not allowing full rebinding of keys is criminal. There's absolutely no need for it. No meeting should ever have been held where the outcome was "Nah, just let them rebind some of the keys, but force them to keep F as the action button!". I mean how do you come out of that meeting thinking you've reached the right solution? How can you even justify that to yourselves whilst you're in the meeting? I'd love for someone to attempt to explain how the decision was arisen at, because my brain won't allow me to process any string of sentences that comes to this conclusion.
Therefore for me, "action" is always W, that's what I use. F? No thanks. E is my seconday action button, Q my tertiary if I need it.
If I try to play WASD I just can't reprogram my brain, it's not an enjoyable experience. Now I've rebound to ASDX but action is still stuck on F. This doesn't work for me, I keep going to pick things up off the ground and I press W, as my brain tells me to, and I use a fecking medipack. I've used about 10-15 of them so far, when I'm at full health, each one followed by a loud expletive. It's getting beyond silly.
Now I realise I don't have it worst in the scheme of things. Around 10% of all people are left handed. I don't know how many have a physical disability which prevents them playing using normal keyboard settings but it will be many. Both these groups will be struggling more than I but then throw in the large percentage of people who just don't want to use WASD because they're used to something different. Together this is a massive percentage of people who are struggling to play this game comfortably.
Honestly, not allowing full rebinding of keys is criminal. There's absolutely no need for it. No meeting should ever have been held where the outcome was "Nah, just let them rebind some of the keys, but force them to keep F as the action button!". I mean how do you come out of that meeting thinking you've reached the right solution? How can you even justify that to yourselves whilst you're in the meeting? I'd love for someone to attempt to explain how the decision was arisen at, because my brain won't allow me to process any string of sentences that comes to this conclusion.
the problem is not just mapping a single key, that would be easy to fix. Pretty much everything is messed up in the keymapping department if you attempt to change anything or customize stuff.Hello Guys,
I've found THE real Samuraï.
All my questions about keybinding have been answered in this threat.
Tips : All commands can have multiple keys, just add more lines and this fix the "F" issues.
Go thx this dude.
PS: sorry for my bad english (belgian dude)
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This is what happens when the developer is too busy with publicity and running Micky mouse challenges instead of fixing the product. Confused priorities.
Now my only issue with this is that it's BECAUSE these are the same issues that the Witcher 3 had on launch. Were the Witcher to not have these binding problems, and it to show up for the first time in CP, I would be a very, very great deal more patient than I am now. I am not one to easily forgive a mistake made a second time, because I believe that human beings should be smart enough to learn from the mistakes they've been told about.Well, i would not consider calling the rebind topic as "broken" - its a design flaw that can and hopefully will be corrected.
Its always a different story when millions basically test your game after release, ofc more bugs will be found, compared to lets say a 200 ppl beta testing team. That is literally the case with every big title.
My experience from the Wicther games tought me, that CDPR actually gives a sh*** about their players - compared to other studios - just think about bethesda or EA
So i am honestly not too worried, as long as they put this on their list of things to fix/change.
Not if they aren't in the right mindset. Then they will make the same mistake over and over again.
They sure do and I do trust CDPR will. And since this issue has produced a very large thread already I hope it goes right to the top of their list. Floating cars and bugged animations are to be expected and no big deal in my regard, but if I can't even move my character...Well, i would not consider calling the rebind topic as "broken" - its a design flaw that can and hopefully will be corrected.
Its always a different story when millions basically test your game after release, ofc more bugs will be found, compared to lets say a 200 ppl beta testing team. That is literally the case with every big title.
My experience from the Wicther games tought me, that CDPR actually gives a sh*** about their players - compared to other studios - just think about bethesda or EA
So i am honestly not too worried, as long as they put this on their list of things to fix/change.
Just remapped keys by editing UserSettings.json (For arrow keys mapping) and inputUserMappings.xml (For the "F" remap).
Thanks for the tips in previous pages
Works great. I now use Arrows and "Numpad 0" as F action key.
This is not a satisfaction to have to edit some files to perform basic customization, but it works without issues now.
I can start discovering the game in good condition, without continuous mental overload
Thanks for the tips in previous pages
Works great. I now use Arrows and "Numpad 0" as F action key.
This is not a satisfaction to have to edit some files to perform basic customization, but it works without issues now.
I can start discovering the game in good condition, without continuous mental overload
I need to many keys to rebind, so it's not a great method. but yep, it would work finr for people who only got a problem with F. and there are plenty of already done files for them on nexus tooJust remapped key by editing UserSettings.json (For arrow keys mapping) and inputUserMappings.xml (For the "F" remap). Thanks for the tips in previous pages.
Works great. I now use Arrows and "Numpad 0" as F action key.
This is not a satisfaction to have to edit some files to perform basic customization, but it works without issues now.
I can start discovering the game in good condition, without continuous mental overload
Well it's not fine for those only wanting to rebind F because CDPR have, according to a moderator several pages back, apparently already said that people should not do this. It was alluded to it possibly doing more harm than good, though nothing was explicitly said, but the message was clear - Don't do it.
Some people still will, of course, but it's not "fine" as a solution.
This is really the only gripe i have with the initial release..... I use ESDF for movement, i hate WASD..... in key bindings, theres no re-mapping option for the 'use' function..
Why is this? and please tell me it will be included in the first patch....
Why is this? and please tell me it will be included in the first patch....
Good to know, but is it too much to ask for a press conference? Or at the very least a twitter post?
And how do we know? You are just a mod and we would like to see and "OFFICIAL" response here!
Can you ask them to respond?
Yeah there's definitely some issues with remapping! It's weird that there would be so many restrictions on it.