WASD Movement

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Back in the day we used the arrow keys. And it worked.

Today we use WASD for movement in a lot of games. It would be nice if this could be enabled in Legendary Heroes or at least an option to remap keys for ourselves. The Arrow keys sit sorta close to my mouse and its a bit cramped having them so close together  For me, WASD sits a decent distance away from my mouse prevent my broad shoulders from scrunching up.

I know, I know its a small issue, and I wouldn't want this to take priority, I can live without it, but I didn't realize until today how used I was to using WASD in games, used to be only FPS games and now they are used everywhere for camera movement!

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top
I like your suggestion. I find that using the mouse to move units safely requires me to click on each square in the path because, if I click on the end point, the AI [sometimes] moves the units in very awkward paths. - Very awkward when my units 'rest' adjacent to a big nasty hostile monster pack. Its delivery! And my army is toast. So I often have to move the stack/unit one space at a time, and that means one mouse click each space moved. WASD is much easier on my fingers,(arthritis).
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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

I just spent a few hours trying to figure out hotkeys for movement.  This is a real problem for me as well.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

WASD?

What aplication would Stardock do? :grin:

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

So, diagonals would have to be Q, E, Z, and C?  Are those keys already mapped to anything by default?

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

This is what AutoHotKey is for.  It allows you to remap ANY key in ANY game to whatever you want.  It, in and of itself, is one of the reasons that gaming on PC is so much better than on consoles.  If you don't already use it, start now!

 

I use AutoHotKey for almost all of my games, and I have a script specifically to give me WASD movement in Legendary Heroes.   I've also used it to create an "Ironman" mode for LE where you cannot reload if you lose a city or something.   :-D

 

PS:  The AutoHotKey script is extremely easy too.  Just put the following in a .txt file and load the file with the AutoHotKey .exe:

 

w::Up

a::Left

s::"Down"                        

d::Right

 

Remove the quotes around "Down" - had to put them in there to avoid the emoticon LOL 

That's all there is to it folks!!!  Enjoy :-)

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Denigrate, reply 6

PS:  The AutoHotKey script is extremely easy too.  Just put the following in a .txt file and load the file with the AutoHotKey .exe:

 
w::Up

a::Left

s::"Down"                        

d::Right
End of Denigrate's quote

 

I ask just because I'm curious - you move without diagonals?

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Denigrate, reply 6

This is what AutoHotKey is for.  It allows you to remap ANY key in ANY game to whatever you want.  It, in and of itself, is one of the reasons that gaming on PC is so much better than on consoles.  If you don't already use it, start now!

 

I use AutoHotKey for almost all of my games, and I have a script specifically to give me WASD movement in Legendary Heroes.   I've also used it to create an "Ironman" mode for LE where you cannot reload if you lose a city or something.  

 

PS:  The AutoHotKey script is extremely easy too.  Just put the following in a .txt file and load the file with the AutoHotKey .exe:

 

w::Up

a::Left

s::"Down"                        

d::Right

 

Remove the quotes around "Down" - had to put them in there to avoid the emoticon LOL 

That's all there is to it folks!!!  Enjoy
End of Denigrate's quote

 

I'm guessing I google where to find this cool sounding program?

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting StormbringerGT, reply 8


I'm guessing I google where to find this cool sounding program?
End of StormbringerGT's quote

 

Yep - it's a quick free download that you will appreciate for the rest of your PC gaming life!   And if you really learn how to use it, you can do a whole lot more with it than simply remapping keys.