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blubullett

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Combat in .8
« on: April 20, 2017, 09:20:05 PM »

Is there any way to remove the requirement of using the mouse for combat?  I love top down shooters because the controls on them are usually super easy to use using just a keyboard so I can play them on my laptop.  It worked great for Escape Velocity and Endless Sky, which I consider the closest games to this one.  It even worked alright for the .7 version of this.  Now,  the ship always fires in the direction of the curser so I have to use the crappy touch pad on my laptop to fight anyone or my ship is shooting completely sideways.  Impossible.  I don't want to have to go sit in front of my desktop to play this game.  A top down shooter really doesn't need to be this complicated.  Please tell me I am overlooking something and there is a setting to help with this. 
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Re: Combat in .8
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2017, 09:27:24 PM »

Is there any way to remove the requirement of using the mouse for combat?  I love top down shooters because the controls on them are usually super easy to use using just a keyboard so I can play them on my laptop.  It worked great for Escape Velocity and Endless Sky, which I consider the closest games to this one.  It even worked alright for the .7 version of this.  Now,  the ship always fires in the direction of the curser so I have to use the crappy touch pad on my laptop to fight anyone or my ship is shooting completely sideways.  Impossible.  I don't want to have to go sit in front of my desktop to play this game.  A top down shooter really doesn't need to be this complicated.  Please tell me I am overlooking something and there is a setting to help with this. 
You can change that in the game settings option. Look for "turn to cursor"
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Re: Combat in .8
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2017, 11:13:35 PM »

I was hoping I was an Idiot!! Yes!!  Thank you. 
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Re: Combat in .8
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2017, 11:15:35 PM »

I was hoping I was an Idiot!! Yes!!  Thank you. 
No problem!
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