Magicka - A game for Right Handed - A waste of money for lefties. (Solved)

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Hey

Last night, I bought Magicka. I love how a small amount of people can make great games, and get original games published these days, by great publishers and producers.

However, despite I payd for this game, after I had read about requirements and gameplay, I can't play this game.

The reason is, I am left handed. I read the manual and checked the in-game settings, and there is no chance to change the hotkeys. Which means, I cannot play this game - at all. I will need my left hand on my mouse, and I cannot swap the hotkeys, which means I have to shoot spells, also with my left hand - which practically makes this game impossible to play - atleast it steals the fun out of it.

I think it is a major mistake, not being able to change the hotkeys. Even tiny free flash games online, offer the posibility to change hotkeys - but in this game, I haven't spotted how that can be done yet.

I have therefore bought a game, I would love to play and looked forward to play for a long time, and because there hasn't been any description what-so-ever about this issue - I blindly bought this game, in faith to the developers gave the opportunity to change hotkeys - so every person who bought this game, without major disabilities could play it.

But this game is mainly suitable for right handed players - not lefthanded. I wish that had been somewhere in the description of the game.

Is there any way to change the hotkeys within the game? Are the plans to fix or add this in the future?

Cheers from a Left handed supporter of new and original video games.
 

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I really dont see whats the issue here. You can freely change all key bindings. But why would you want to? The default control scheme for mouse in Magicka is already the opposite to how its normaly setup in other similar games - right click for action (cast spell), left click for movement so its already setup for lefties.

Make sure to update your game.
 

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Thanks for all the fast replies.

I do believe I have the latest version - but I can try update it again, perhaps do a completely new download. Because Controls does not appear in my options menu.

The mouse is fine - nothing wrong with that. The problem is the keybindings on the keyboard - and trust me, for a left handed, that is not suitable - at all.

Yet again - thanks. I hope I can get to play this game for real now :)
 

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When you start the game you should be able to see the version number in the bottom left corner.
If I remember correctly we're on version 1.4.0.3
 

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Thanks for all the fast replies.

I do believe I have the latest version - but I can try update it again, perhaps do a completely new download. Because Controls does not appear in my options menu.

The mouse is fine - nothing wrong with that. The problem is the keybindings on the keyboard - and trust me, for a left handed, that is not suitable - at all.

Yet again - thanks. I hope I can get to play this game for real now :)

When you bind elements to new keys be sure to do a mirror copy of the default key set as Im pretty sure they were put in certain configuration in the first place so casting things like steam or ice and teleport would be easier. You will thank me later:D
 

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Thanks a lot everybody - I deleted and downloaded the game again - I could then get acess to the options panel in the main menu. (Previously I could only acess it in-game, but you couldn't change controls there)

I have now changed the keybindings for the spells - which means I can now sit down and enjoy the colorful Magicka, finally at last! :)

Yet again, thanks to all you guys :> I now wish I could edit in the title of my post - while it now seems a bit rude and cruel. whopsi.