Yeah, I see where you're coming from. It was just a bit jarring having to use space and enter when I had already set up different buttons.bk_figames wrote:Control remapping shouldn't change UI. UI uses a seperate action map that is not assignable. This is by design as it will prevent players from inadvertently making the UI non functional. I.e. they could remove key maps and then not be able to move around the menu. Did you have issues with the UI controls and that's why you went into remapping?
The double focus is what I meant by the 4-way thing. You essentially have 4 shots and 4 speeds (even though two of the speeds are the same).bk_figames wrote:Not sure what you mean by the "4 way shot"
i.e for Tempest:
Unfocus shot: Fast speed, forward + wide side shot
Focus shot: Slow speed, forward shot only (weaker than unfocused)
Unfocus laser: Slow speed (slightly more delay than using focus button), laser + wide side shot
Focus laser: Slowest speed, laser + narrow side shot
I don't have a problem with it on principle (I play plenty of games with more complicated controls), but I feel like it's currently adding more fiddliness than it's contributing. And like I said before, personally I think the shot/missile dynamic is more interesting than the shot/laser one anyway, so I'd prefer to be thinking about that than which 3 button combo I have held down.
The way a different game, StellaVanity, handles this is by giving you different binds for 1. shot/laser (Cave style), 2. autofire shot, 3. dedicated laser + focus, 4. shooting agnostic focus, and then letting you double-bind them if you want. It only has two speeds though and they always behave the same.
Related suggestion for the Cobra. The horizontal side shot narrows towards the center as you transition to laser. As soon as you hit focus it disappears, and as soon as you let go of focus or laser it snaps back to the widest position. Wouldn't it be better for the side shot to travel back to wide gradually just like it narrows? That way you could control the shot width by "riding" the laser/focus at different speeds.