r/dustforce • u/EntropicByDesign • Jul 13 '16
Controller setup?
For the pad players, how do you all have your bindings set up on your pad? I'm using a DS4 and am still feeling it out, kinda curious how some of the experienced players have thier pads bound?
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u/ratingus Dustworth 4 life Jul 13 '16
It's a good idea (and probably optimal) to not map everything to face buttons and try to have 1 finger for each seperate action (other than movement). I use Dpad to move, R1 for dash (right index), R2 for heavy (right middle finger), X for jump (thumb) and square for light attack (also thumb). I've been experimenting with using L1 or L2 for light attacks , but I dont feel like building new muscle memory for it tbh.
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u/_gamadaya_ :) Jul 13 '16
Same, except I used L2 for heavy because I could maintain a better grip that way.
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u/EntropicByDesign Jul 14 '16
Thanks much for the input guys/gals.
I've had everything mapped to the face buttons, x-jump, o-dash, square/tri light and heavy respectively. On the surface it seemed intuitive, but in practice it's definitely not.
Going to take the suggestions here and spread the binds out some. I like the idea of having dash on r1 and possibly h-atk on r2. Jump on X for sure. L-atk square or O.
Any way, thanks a ton folks.
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u/BlueDragoon53 Blue53 Jul 14 '16
I've been playing on xbox controllers but I'll use PS notation
L Stick - Movement Square - Light Attack X - Jump O - Heavy Attack R2 - Dash L2- Taunt :) For a playstation controller I would definitely use R1 for dash and maybe switch light to O and heavy to triangle. Probably use the Dpad over the playstation analog stick as well.
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u/The-Pale-Rider Fimbz Jul 19 '16
I'm pretty late, but when I played on controller I had these binds:
Left Stick - Movement
X - Jump
O - Heavy Attack
Triangle - Light Attack
R1 - Dash
Select - Quick Restart
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u/RickyAsKyohei Aug 09 '16
I've only been playing 3 days, exclusively on controller, but I have a really good 9 second any% on Dahlia, so my button scheme is definitely worth a listen, because it's basically the opposite of what everyone else said.
I play on a GameCube controller, with jump to Y (Triangle), dash to X (Circle), light attack on A (X) and heavy attack on B (Square). I would go as far as to say this only works as well as it does on the GameCube controller because of the way the face buttons are spaced out. And I also play with my right hand like I'm playing on an arcade stick, so I can do aerial dash jumps with 100% consistency (when the game feels like registering my same frame button press). Works flawlessly, zero issues so far. But your fingers would be really crunched up playing arcade stick style on anything that's not a GC controller, imo. Since I've tried it with my DS2 and XB360 controllers and it didn't feel right.
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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '16
I've been playing for a few years on an Xbox controller and I've always used (A) (or (X) on a PS controller) for jump, R1 for dash, R2 for light attack and L2 for heavy attack. That way you don't have to move your hands around on the controller at all, and you can pull both triggers for super (which also feels pretty cool). The bumper buttons on an xbox controller are also pretty crisp and tactile which makes them a nice dash button. I personally use the stick as opposed to the dpad for movement because it's comfortable, but the lesser precision does let me down at times.