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How do I map shortcut keys onto the D-pad of a gamepad?
« on: May 17, 2009, 02:16:07 pm »
Hey all, I'm new here, and this is my first post.

I just bought Aquaria a few days ago, and have absolutely fallen in love. I use the Logitech Dual action gamepad, for smooth control and the fact that all the buttons are in one place.

My question is, How do I map the shortcut keys for the various forms to the directional Pad? I'm getting tired of constantly having to stop and waste time singing. I especially had trouble with Mother Nature, which is all about changing forms fast, simply because I wasted valuable attack time trying to get into energy form.

Could someone help me? Is this easy to do?

Again, this is with a Logitech Dual Action Gamepad, and for Windows Vista.

Thanks in advance,

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Re: How do I map shortcut keys onto the D-pad of a gamepad?
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2009, 03:14:38 pm »
Well, you could just get good at singing, but barring that, slap one of the number keys on your keyboard when you need to switch form.

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Re: How do I map shortcut keys onto the D-pad of a gamepad?
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2009, 08:53:57 pm »
Well, you could just get good at singing, but barring that, slap one of the number keys on your keyboard when you need to switch form.

True, but it's still a hassle to do. I have Aspergers Syndrome, and part of that includes having slower movements than average. It's a real pain in the neck, and it's also a pain on my hands. Besides, I still need to take my hand off the joystick, try and find the appropriate key, then put my hand back on the stick. it takes about five seconds, and i was almost killed once when I did this against Mithala.
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Re: How do I map shortcut keys onto the D-pad of a gamepad?
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2009, 10:36:13 am »
I'm sure there is a way to go into the setup code and assign different key designations, but I don't have the knowledge or skills.... I know somebody from a European country recently had a similar question regarding mapping the numpad keys to their country's keyboard...
I'm sure someone will be able to help you with this....