[dev1097] Newly Added Control Config.

[Alhanelem]

Keyboards are for text input. The button layout and shape is horrible for games.

subjective opinion. There are many games that use the button layout of a keyboard to great effect. Keyboards are great for games with a very large number of commands that can't be easily mapped to every button on a controller.

Also, the tendancy for controls to be put on the left hand

keyboard controls generally favor the left hand because your right hand is usually on the mouse. Such control favoring doesnt exist if a game is fully controllable with the keyboard. In FFXI for example, under the compact layout, the control scheme is designed around both your hands being on the keyboard, with WASD controlling movement (your left hand controls movement on a gamepad too) and many shortcut controls; and IJKL (right hand) controls the camera and your confirm button among other things. Space, which begins text input, is accessible with either hand.

Yes, a keyboard was *originally designed* just for text input, but over time many games have successfully adapted keybaords for an effective game control scheme. It's not for everyone of course, neither is the gamepad- It's all a matter of one's personal perference. For me, the keyboard layout for FFXI is very effective (in 'compact" mode, at least- using the numpad just feels wrong to me) as I can thoroughly control my character without moving my hands around on it- you just place them where you would normally place them as if you were typing.

I don't even know the FFXI controls without a controller.

I'm all for people trying both and than preferring one over the other, but saying one or the other is better without even trying it is ignorance at best.

For me, for MMOs like XI, it comes down to one simple fact- it has nothing to do with the control scheme and everything to do with- if I use the keyboard, I only need one device to control the game. If I use the controller, I need two devices to control the game and awkwardly switch between them whenever i need the other device's functionality. For games where there is no chatting or any text input required, I am much more inclined to use a controller. For me though, most of those games are console games, so I don't really need one on my PC much.

I also prefer an alternative keyboard layout, which isn't so conducive to games, Dvorak.

Controls for games can generally be remapped. If you use a different keyboard layout, you just remap the controls to match.