0010090: 8-way mouse control

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0010090	Valley 2	Suggestion - Gameplay		Dec 21, 2012 7:27 am	Dec 21, 2012 2:48 pm

Reporter	Chemuel	Assigned To
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix

Summary	0010090: 8-way mouse control
Description	The current controls for keyboard users are unwieldy but generally considered necessary to make the 8-way aim possible that is the basis for some tactical depth. I suggest mouse support that locks the firing direction in one of the eight fixed directions relative to player location. That way aiming is intuitive and fast-paced but not as easy as it was in the first part. As an added suggestion a display for the direction currently selected might be helpful: instead of a cursor, in my imagination an eight-pronged star around the playerimage highlighting the currently selected direction. Would require the cursor position to be locked relative to player location, not background.
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Internal Weight	New

nekobaron Dec 21, 2012 12:04 pm reporter ~0029228	I've suggested it before in an email so I'm supporting it here too. Understandably 360 mouse control would be overpowered but I would like to move with WASD and use the mouse to shoot and have its aim locked in the 8 directions. I actually find my self only playing classes with an arc secondary to avoid needing to aim as much due to the current controls.

tigersfan Dec 21, 2012 2:47 pm reporter ~0029238	For a myriad of reasons, this isn't something we can really do. Sorry.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Dec 21, 2012 7:27 am	Chemuel	New Issue
Dec 21, 2012 12:04 pm	nekobaron	Note Added: 0029228
Dec 21, 2012 2:47 pm	tigersfan	Note Added: 0029238
Dec 21, 2012 2:48 pm	tigersfan	Internal Weight	=> New
Dec 21, 2012 2:48 pm	tigersfan	Status	new => closed
Dec 21, 2012 2:48 pm	tigersfan	Resolution	open => won't fix
Dec 21, 2012 2:48 pm	tigersfan	Description Updated