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Controls are Too Uncomfortable!
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Description

Why are the controls for this game so uncomfortable to use?

I do not like having to remove my left hand or right hand away from their respected important positions on the keyboard (Moving/Aiming) to do something as easy as changing the range on my weapon to fire HE M203 rounds from 200 Meters to 100 Meters.
Why not just add one key on the keyboard to hold and use the mouse scroll up and down to select a range?

Why are there so many different keys needed to adjust speeds of player movement? If the mouse scroll was actually used properly, a lot of these headaches could be solved!

Like I would prefer if I could bind the mouse scroll up and down to adjust my soldier stance, rather than using CTRL+W or CTRL+S.

But I can't because it conflicts with the ingame action menu which is needed to do a variety of things like open doors, pick certain items up or even change weapons!

In fact, the way the current system is implemented, it makes playing this game very uncomfortable!

Grenade Launcher and fire selector should never be the same key!

The voice communications system is terrible as well, I have to manually change channels in order to just speak to people in my own vehicle? Why is it not done automatically? Should only be two voice channels! One for local and one for squad radio! The Squad/Team Leaders should have a extra one called Command Radio. It should be simple!

THE SQUAD COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM USING ALL THE NUMBER KEYS IS COMPLETELY USELESS AND LAYOUT IS TERRIBLE. EVEN USING THE NUMBERS, IT TAKES TOO LONG TO ISSUE ORDERS.

Please make the game interface more user friendly. It is fustrating sometimes to even use the compass to tell friendlies where enemies are located because I have to hold K, and cannot do that because it is far away from the WASD keys, and my other hand is on the mouse.

Editing the game controls to custom keybinds is like a friggen chore on its own, to ensure you don't have something conflicting another key bind or binds!

Details

Legacy ID
3294076617
Severity
None
Resolution
No Bug
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Controls
Additional Information

PLEASE ADD THE ABILITY TO KEY BIND USING THE MOUSE SCROLL.

PLEASE CHANGE SELECTING GRENADE LAUNCHER AND WEAPON RATE OF FIRE FIRE SELECTOR TO BE DIFFERENT KEYS.

PLEASE IMPROVE VOICE MICROPHONE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM!

PLEASE MAKE THE GAME MORE USER FRIENDLY. NOT THE GAME PLAY BUT THE CONTROLS AND THE MECHANICS TO BE LESS FRUSTRATING.

Event Timeline

007SirBond edited Additional Information. (Show Details)
007SirBond set Category to Controls.
007SirBond set Reproducibility to Always.
007SirBond set Severity to None.
007SirBond set Resolution to No Bug.
007SirBond set Legacy ID to 3294076617.May 7 2016, 2:10 PM

Downvoted for:

  1. You can change your controls at your likings
  2. All high-caps in the additional informations box
  3. Squad comms are the best out there.. you can control 12 units indipendently with a large extension of actions
  4. Putting more than 1 issue in the same issue report. Read the HOW TO.
Matyeos added a subscriber: Matyeos.May 7 2016, 2:10 PM

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