Some thoughts on controller implementation from a disabled guy. Certain things NEED to change in order to make this game playable for a lot of us

[boopshabapo]

First I really want to emphasize that the simple fact that controllers are even considered is a big thing. Like really big. Big ups to the devs for doing it. Long story short I use a controller mapped to PC inputs as a mouse/keyboard replacement. This kind of thing is very common among disabled gamers for PC games. We use loads of 3rd party remappers as well as stuff like steaminput. We are used to having no controller support and often have super janky/personalized setups to work around any hurdles with games or with disability. Basically there are two main things that need to happen to make LE playable for people like me.

1. There needs to be an option to turn off auto recognition of gamepad input. Currently any gamepad input will cause the game to auto swap to controller mode. This overwrites any remapping to regular PC inputs done on my end. Its not necessarily a matter of me not liking the customization provided with the game. Its more a matter of disabled people needing lots of random peripherals or input methods. Personally I use an eye tracker for mouse movement so gamepad input alone is not really an option. This brings me to my second point.

2. Simultaneous gamepad/keyboard input is an absolute godsend. I’ll give an example for this one. I used to play overwatch with a steam controller. The steam controller emulated mouse input with the onboard gyro for aiming. Overwatch had great controller support with one issue, any mouse movement while actively using a gamepad would completely lock the game. UI would flash between keyboard/gamepad inputs and the game is generally unplayable. As a result you need to fully commit to gamepad input or simulated KB/M input. Overall this isn’t nearly as much of an issue as number 1 is, but its still something that makes my life a ton easier.

[Shrukn]

FYI you cannot ‘move’ in LE while using the analog stick to move whilst holding down a keyboard key, you just will not move and locked to the floor

I know as I play on a controller and cant use numlock trick or AHK to spam skills, it just wont let you do it as you cant move

[Albinosaurus]

I believe this is a limitation of either the engine itself or EHG’s usage of it. “Holding” your mouse click in this game doesn’t input a smooth continuous command. Instead it iterates an extremely high number of individual clicks to simulate the “held” command. There are a number of other issues brought up around these forums that stem from this (such as “interacting” with things by just moving over them instead of moving past them), but I don’t know if it’s something the devs can do anything about.