Keyboard & Mouse users - controls?

Serafino · Post by **Serafino** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 4:22 pm

Any KB/M users care to share their key bindings? Particularly for all the intertial thrusters. Looking for some slightly easier keys to manage.

morbosfist · Post by **morbosfist** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 5:37 pm

I use the AWSD for thrusters and the 1-0 for speed control.

Serafino · Post by **Serafino** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:56 pm

I use W for inertial forward, S for inertial reverse, A for inertial left, D for inertial right. I use Z and X for inertial down and up but find these a little awkward to hold if making major adjustments to my heading. That's why I was looking for other possible combinations.

Hemlet · Post by **Hemlet** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:29 am

Oh dear, lesse here...

W and S for intertial forward and back, Q and E for intertial left and right, Z and X for intertial down and up (up and down?), A and D for rolling, Shift for AB.

That's probably awkward as all get out for some people, but I have huge gangly hands that I have to make into a "claw" shape to play anyway, so it works for me.

-splosives- · Post by **-splosives-** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:26 pm

From post: 152501, Topic: tid=10188, author=Hemlet wrote:Oh dear, lesse here...

W and S for intertial forward and back, Q and E for intertial left and right, Z and X for intertial down and up (up and down?), A and D for rolling, Shift for AB.

That's probably awkward as all get out for some people, but I have huge gangly hands that I have to make into a "claw" shape to play anyway, so it works for me.

I use the same setup. My IDS is controlled with numbers 1 to 0 (not numpad) and mouse scroll.
Tab is afterburner, shift for reverse afterburner. Ctrl for equalize shield, n and b for energy management.
Left mouse beams, right mosue particle, middle mouse missiles, thumb buttons for targetting enemies.

Serafino · Post by **Serafino** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 3:46 pm

I may switch inertial up and down to Caps Lock and Shift, and play around with that for a bit. It seems that it would make it easier to maintain certain trajectories.

Keep afterburner at Tab and use X for reverse afterburner.

As a side point - has anyone managed to successfully use an Xbox 360 controller to play Mercenary?

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 4:33 pm

From post: 152401, Topic: tid=10188, author=morbosfist wrote:I use the AWSD for thrusters and the 1-0 for speed control.

I also use this and it works great for me, personally. The mouse wheel can be used for finer speed tuning.

carpe_mortem · Post by **carpe_mortem** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:40 am

From post: 153258, Topic: tid=10188, author=Serafino wrote: As a side point - has anyone managed to successfully use an Xbox 360 controller to play Mercenary?

I too am curious about this one (Hi all, newbie here, picked up the game during the Steam sale).

PlasmaJedi · Post by **PlasmaJedi** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:11 pm

Here's an idea for mouse users: set lmb to particle cannons, rmb to lasers, and remap missiles to mouse 3, on mine, mouse wheel click. That way you can effortlessly swap between your shield draining lasers and more energy costly cannons once the targets shield are down, or use both for maximum damage if the situation calls for it.

I too re mapped the throttle w and s keys to inertial forward and back, and use the numbers for IDS "cruise control". Also, I re commend remapping the view change key, lest you swap to third person when your meant to fire a flare!

And of course, REMAP THE JUMPDRIVE! I've gotten face planted into asteroids too many times when I meant to check my inventory, and exploded on a planetary landing pad when I meant to check my map!!!

[Edited on 1-11-2013 by PlasmaJedi]

capricorne693 · Post by **capricorne693** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:08 pm

From post: 153258, Topic: tid=10188, author=Serafino wrote:I may switch inertial up and down to Caps Lock and Shift, and play around with that for a bit. It seems that it would make it easier to maintain certain trajectories.

Keep afterburner at Tab and use X for reverse afterburner.

As a side point - has anyone managed to successfully use an Xbox 360 controller to play Mercenary?

Hi Serafino
My user Xbox 360!!!
You configurate joystick et clavier!
up down left right ((manette left))
speed up/down (( manette right))speed 0 /down) (barre espace) (arrÃªt ( 0) speed)
A/E (( gachette//left right))
Alain
Sorry my French!