Anyone who played Arma in is life can say that the controls / key-bindings are quite messed up.
My goal here is to propose a solution by doing a complete remodeling of Arma 3 controls.
This problem is a major obstacle for new players and is probably the number one reason for negative reviews.
Because it makes the game hard to play.
Arma 3 is supposed to be hard but not in this manner.
There is 4 part to my suggestion;
1: General Overhaul of the controls themselves (not the mapping)
The first 4 columns describe the modification the the controls system in general (removing of duplicates, re-config and re-org of the control menu)
2: Suggested improved [Industry standard preset] mapping
The 3 last columns are the suggested [Industry standard preset] mapping (NOT THE DEFAULT MAPPING)
This mapping should replace the current Industry Standard Preset and should be proposed to new gamer that start the game for the first time.
It is created in a way that is more instinctive and simple to learn for new players.
3: The creation of a new "Battlefield style circle" command/action menu that would be more user friendly.
In the file you will find occasion where it is suggested to integrate the control to that new menu
4: Authorize the remapping of 1 to 0 and f1 to f11
We can't attach PDF or XLS so here's the link
XLS : https://www.dropbox.com/s/xrb9oolk5eyznbm/Arma%203%20Controls%20Update%20V1.xlsx?dl=0
PDF : https://www.dropbox.com/s/q0n1vqgpsu05bb8/Arma%203%20Controls%20Update%20V1.pdf?dl=0
Column description
ID: A reference ID to simplify the discussion
Control Name: From Arma 3 Controls settings
Improvement: Type of Improvement to do
Reason: Details on the Improvement or reason of it.
New Control: New list of Controls with the update applied
New Industry Standard Preset suggestion: New mapping for Industry standard preset.
Action / Description : New or Actual description of the new control.
Color Legend
RED : REMOVE
YELLOW : REPROGRAM OR MOVE
GREEN : NEW
Suggestions are welcome
PS: the attached files are not up to date I did and update to the XLS and PDF (link above) {F24664} {F24665} {F24666} {F24667} {F24668} {F24669} {F24670} {F24671} {F24672}