Niavlys77 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) So a friend of mine tried Warframe for the first time on the weekend. He wanted to assign 'X' to something without realizing it was used for anything. First issue here: the action button should NEVER be unassigned upon confirming changes to key-mapping. This shouldn't happen, and same with many other commands. When he went to play his first game, hacking terminals, lockers, datamasses, etc all couldn't be used - he spent quite some time trying to figure out the "mini-game" haha. I'm not sure what exactly was displayed, but he said it listed a bunch of random letters to be pressed. I'll try to get a screenshot, but no guarantees. Second issue here: player has no idea that the key is unassigned - if you simply cannot unassign the action in the first place, this wouldn't be a problem. - TL;DR - Game says to press all kinds of buttons instead of "Action Button Unassigned". Don't let players confirm key-mapping if certain keys are unassigned, and tell them which ones are required/missing. Edited July 22, 2013 by Niavlys77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saenol Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 You can edit control settings in game, so I view this change as unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSpecter Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Mines been on E for as long as I can remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niavlys77 Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) You can edit control settings in game, so I view this change as unnecessary. Why does that matter? When a new player changes it without knowing, they won't necessarily know what key it might be in the first place, or even that a key isn't assigned. The biggest issue is the fact that this new player thought the game just sucked and made no sense. He didn't have the slightest clue that it was caused by a key being unassigned. If you can't unassign a key in the first place, everything here would be resolved. Edited July 22, 2013 by Niavlys77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saenol Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Why does that matter? When a new player changes it without knowing, they won't necessarily know what key it might be in the first place, or even that a key isn't assigned. The biggest issue is the fact that this new player thought the game just sucked and made no sense. He didn't have the slightest clue that it was caused by a key being unassigned. The game doesn't have that many controls. If they are in the key assignment menu, they can be bothered to spend 15 seconds reading what the controls do before they start reassigning stuff willy-nilly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niavlys77 Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) The game doesn't have that many controls. If they are in the key assignment menu, they can be bothered to spend 15 seconds reading what the controls do before they start reassigning stuff willy-nilly. Again - the game doesn't make it clear that it's a problem with a key assignment. It tells him to press buttons. All kinds of random ones. Try unassigning it yourself to see. I'd try it myself if I were at my home computer. Edited July 22, 2013 by Niavlys77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerDone Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Hang on, the game DOESN'T warn you about an unbound key? I mean I've half a brain, so I never tried running with an unbound key, but it absolutely should warn you about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niavlys77 Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) Hang on, the game DOESN'T warn you about an unbound key? I mean I've half a brain, so I never tried running with an unbound key, but it absolutely should warn you about it. I haven't tested myself yet, but apparently this is the case. For a new player who wants to change keys without thinking first, this is definitely an issue. Also, it's pretty easy to accidentally set a key to one that was set elsewhere, but AFAIK, it doesn't tell the player about replacing the other mapping. Edited July 22, 2013 by Niavlys77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niavlys77 Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 I'll be trying this out tonight - will post screenshots of the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saenol Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Again - the game doesn't make it clear that it's a problem with a key assignment. It tells him to press buttons. All kinds of random ones. Try unassigning it yourself to see. I'd try it myself if I were at my home computer. I agree that the game should never provide misleading information like random strings where there is supposed to be a prompt to press a key. That is pretty clearly a bug, but this is a distinct issue from the ability to leave keys unassigned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niavlys77 Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) I agree that the game should never provide misleading information like random strings where there is supposed to be a prompt to press a key. That is pretty clearly a bug, but this is a distinct issue from the ability to leave keys unassigned. Different issue - sure. But not letting the key be unassigned in the first place would completely resolve it, since this issue simply could not occur. On a side note - forgot to test and screenshot...will have to remind myself to do it tonight. Edited July 23, 2013 by Niavlys77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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