Dayz Ps4 Keyboard Controls
Jordan Tucker
However, I've run into a problem: I found a tourist map, which I'm finding really useful for navigating. But whenever I use it, it causes all the keyboard controls except for WASD and ENTER (1st/3rd person mode toggle) to stop working. I can't sprint, jump, crouch and I can't use the 'Interact' button (F). If I log off and on again to the server it fixes it, but this is really annoying!
I've recently discovered that closing the Tourist Map with the [Esc] key rather than with the RMB does not cause the same problem with the keyboard controls after closing the map. So that'll do as a workaround.
there is a lot of "the controls should be like this or that" so here is my suggestion and will satisfy everyone. Custom controls. Presets or course but you can assign your own button controls. Not forgetting ARMA uses every key on the keyboard - so the options available to DayZ will be hard to cram everything into a control pad. Lets keep it straight forward but custom assignment should be a must considering the depth that will be dayz
I'm suprised and a little dissapointed that they haven't atleast added a freelook button and a hold breathe key yet, why not just let players map there own key bindings? Hell elite controller users like myself are only gonna do that once they take 6 months to finally hard bind all the keys themselves. It's so frustratin not being able to hold breathe with the worst scope away I've ever seen in a game
So to help clarify some of the discussions. The LT hands up is NOT surrender emote. Its to bring up your fists,melee weapons an your guns. The R3 stick DOES have use as it switches left to right shoulder in 3rd person an if you hold R3 you will go into 1st person. You can chamber 1 round of the CORRECT bullet to your gun if you pull your gun out and just push the Y button, no need to go into your inventory and push B button to combine the bullet, also you can only chamber one round if you have no loaded magazines for that round. You CAN switch firing modes to your gun by holding LT and spaming RIGHT on the D-PAD. There IS a surrender emote you have to hold RIGHT on the D-PAD and choose the emote. Also I would like to have a walking movement, kinda sucks running through a house when trying to be sneaky. All games besides this one you just barely have to tilt the Left Thumbstick up to walk, PLEASE IMPLEMENT WALKING...
There are a lot of items in this article that I can agree with and disagree with. Yet I am going to add to the controller craziness.. And I want to thank the Devs on the controller Scheme feels good to have inventiveness.
Hands: Are the greatest weapon slot/item slot in the whole setup. Yet they do need a little work.. Would be nice to per say add a couple key strokes to them. (Hold B to drop item in hand) (hold A to send to inventory) Pretty much any two keys to keep you out of your inventory longer.
I noticed when I looked at the controls in game up on the dpad is to interact, is there anyway that could also be used to pump the shotgun and cycle the bolt on the mosin? At least temporarily. Or atleast to unjam.
So how do you select fire now? It used to be Double click on left stick. But now I'm not even seeing it say anywhere Semi-Auto/Full Auto. I haven't had an AK sense new patch yet but I have found an M4 and the option for select fire is no where to be found. Oh one other thing is it even possible to hold your breath to steady aim? Or is that not in the game yet? Same with sliding down a ladder.
RT = Fire & Interact (as it is). Also placing objects should be here ie. tires and other car parts. Hard punch could be as a HOLD of the trigger?! Also opening the canned tuna here as it already says it in the game.
LT + LS/RS = Lean left/right (when implemented). Would also work while scoped in. Now this is where it comes tricky regarding holding your breath (it can't be on the sticks obviously). What I'd suggest is that while aiming through scope/iron sights you simply press LB which toggles the function on (give us the option to choose from hold/press?). It's doable especially for people using the claw grip. Also would work better with LB for people not using claw since you can tap it with your base of an index finger, while holding LT. A bit awkward but doable. Why not RB you may think? Simple, you'd have to take your index finger off from the trigger which I doubt many would want to do especially if it would require holding of the said button.
Y = Keep it as it is. Just fix that you can actually reload with it given that you have room for the empty magazine to go to in your preferred clothing. Pressing Y now acts also as a hold so a proper fix there needed. Hard punch could be here too if can't be implemented to RT as a HOLD.
Changing fire mode: Adding it to LS was just stupid no offense. People who tap LS to do quick sprints (start sprint and soon cancel sprint) while having a gun in hand messes up the fire mode constantly and now that you can't even tell which is it set to? Either adjust the delay between the double press so you really need to be quick to change it or add the option into the gesture menu. I don't mind tho but IMO there's way too much gestures anyway so you could change of the menus you see to just 'Fire Mode' where you could switch to which ever you want. Now you could be sure which you have. As I wrote the last sentence I realized it would be a bit awkward to do it in a middle of a firefight to be fair. Maybe just adjust the time between the two clicks that it takes to switch so it wouldn't overlap with sprinting and cancelling the sprint? It's way too long you can test it and see it for yourself.
About micromanagement: It's fine as it is just let us organize our stuff inside the clothes too (move them by holding A). Bet lot of us would like to keep their stuff more organized which leads me to the ability to locking an item ie. jacket so when you pick stuff up it wouldn't go inside the said locked item. QOL update. You'd be sure you have the extra space left for your mags to go in to and never have to worry about it. It's not like you can drag the item anywhere you want to but it just goes randomly anywhere.
Could someone please verify if there is an issue after the latest update with the "misc" and "comms" options on the d-pad, currently after the latest update, none of these two options are working or available, only the other two work, Thanks.
The controls for DayZ is one of the biggest learning curves. The inventory system and how you interact with items will take some getting used to and can be quite frustrating at times. This game was originally developed as a mod for Arma on the PC so compressing tons of keyboard commands to a controller is not an easy feat. Because of this, many of the buttons have different functions depending on what you're holding, whether you're in your inventory or just walking around. I'll try my best to lay all these out with context.
Sometimes when interacting with items on the inventory screen you have to move them around to get them to work properly. For example, something is on the ground / in the vicinity that you want to equip. You will first have to take it your hands or your inventory and THEN equip it.
Things can sometimes glitch out when attempting to inventory an item from inside a container such as a backpack or clothing item. Simply take the backpack or whatever into your hands and you should be able to take the items out of it that way.
You can combine multiple stacks of similar items into one stack such as ammo to save inventory space. This also works with other items. So if you have two stacks of 9mm ammo, take one stack to your hands, then go over to your inventory and highlight the other stack then hit to combine the two.
You will most likely never use a vehicle in the game. Finding one is extremely rare, finding and hauling all the required parts to get it working is even rarer. On the off chance you do put one together or steal one from another group, these are the controls.
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