PC Custom Keybinds Anyone?

[FosforosCopihue]

Many years ago I read an article on pcgamer.com about the history WASD and how it was slowly adopted as the standard movement layout. Reading this article changed my life forever because mentioned as a sidenote was the alternative ESDF and I tried it on my Half Life playthrough and it became my preferred choice onward. Later on I bought my first mouse with thumb buttons on the side and changed the crouch button to Mouse 2 because it was easier to do rocket jumps on Team Fortress 2 that way.

This is the core of my personal keybinds that have developed over the years. other notable mentions are A and Z for leaning in first person games (A for left leaning, Z for right leaning) inspired by how you trigger flashing lights on cars lol. These days I don't use them much because I've become too lazy to rebind everything constantly the first 2 hours I spend with a new game, unless they do stuff like crouching with C by default. Was curious if anyone had their own cool binds or thoughts on the matter.

 

[Segadude113]

Joy to Key is what i use

 

[RageBurner]

Interesting writeup you shared. I also prefer crouching with "C" but other than that I tend use standard settings.

 

[Spike's iconSpike]

ESDF

cursed!

Only thing i do is use mouse side buttons (thumb).
back for crouching.
front for "next weapon".

I dislike using the wheel OR numbers to change weapons (one is slow, the other requires thinking). Next weapon on the mouse *cheff kiss*.

And crouching because it's used to slide. Use it all the time, and "control" is a million miles away in an awkward position for my useless pinky. I put things on control I don't use every 2 seconds.

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

It does annoy me that so many games use F as the use key these days, so I always set it back to E, like god intended. F is for flashlight for fucks sake.

I like to set sprinting to space and jump to shift, because its easier for how my keyboard is, and how I position my hands.

If I don't wanna use my controller, I usually set emulators on RPG Maker keybindings, cause I know them religiously.