I'd say CDPR dropped the ball on the control scheme in general. Porting from consoles is always a bad idea, and not having a fully configurable keybinding scheme is even worse.

I've gotten around some of it with a G600 and macro support, but it could be a lot better with dev support.

I'm guessing they will fix it though. If there is one thing these guys do better than any other dev studio in the world, it's post launch support and actually giving a damn about games and gamers.

That's why I am counting on, too. I do hope *this time* they do it. CDPR put a lot of work in Witcher 3, it would be a shame if it got a bad reputation because of such a thing which is not too hard to fix.

I'm not disabled but I'm having a diffucult time with these keys anyway. I use the arrow keys to play games, and I usually use return to "activate" but that's used -only- for something else, so that's out. I have to use the # key next to it which isn't ideal. For some reason the backspace key does the exact same thing as the return key, and is also afaik, locked. I could use that for something else, but no.

For games that assume you're an ambibextrous octopus, it's absolutely insane.

Hopefully they unlock those locked keys and allow us to fully rebind what we want. It's an absolute given for PC games.

What I really don't understand is why they're locked in the first place. Some things can be rebound, so it's not as though the game lacks the mechanism to rebind them.

The only possible thing I can think of is that whether something is rebindable is based on whether you'd reasonably want to or be able to rebind it on a console controller - which would be a daft limitation to carry over to the mouse and keyboard.

It's so very random. About two dozen things are bindeable, another dozen are present but locked, and half are absent entirely. Including something as basic as movement.

Bugs are bad, but games are huge and complicated and sometimes there isn't the time, or resources or etc etc, but on top of so many things, for me, this is just bizarre.

I'm currently using a the macro function on Notepad++ to make the edits and I reckon I can end up with a pretty good setup, but the the things that can be changed and the things that can't and the things that are said to be "Locked" but aren't really...

...who at CDPR put all this together and thought "Yup. That's good. No-one will want to rebind the movements keys."

Left handed player and I can not play using WASD and cannot remap.

Every game I have on GOG, including Witcher 1 and Witcher 2, Acanum, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, NeverWinter Nights, etc. etc. ALL allow full keyboard mapping and I play. Not Witcher 3.

GOG will not allow a refund because I downloaded the game...

I wrote to CD PRojekt Support and was told:

I'm afraid that changing certain key-bindings is not possible for now.
The only hotfix I can recommend is to switch to an xbox pad (both 360 and x1 are compatible)

Kind regards,

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Sounds like corporate speak for "we don't care".

This explains a lot of it was a console port. I thought it was a PC build and then ported to console. :(

Yes we can hope, but us pre order people only have 30 days to apply for a refund or be stuck with a title we cannot play due to accessibility issues. CDPR have not made any statement on this yet......even MORE of a worry.

I think many were expecting for a statement along the lines of saying they are aware of it and are working to patch it so ANY key can be rebound on the PC version. Sadly this had not yet been forthcoming. :(
This is what people have said. That it was a console game, ported to PC hence the locks. I don't know I thought W3 was built for PC first but I am not in the know for these things.

Very disappointing for BASIC accessibility. As a left handed person as well, I agree with the rest of you as you know. I need to rebind to keys on the right side of the keyboard I too would notmally rebind "enter" etc.

All we can do is try to go for a refund but if the game launches and works, well, it may not qualify. I have not downloaded it yet for fear of this issue.
You need to ask "Will this be changed within the next few months because people have accessibility issues and lack of FULL binding prevents people from playing eg left handed people and those with disabilities. We also have a deadline from GOG to be able to apply for a refund so we need an answer quickly. Please do not answer something like "we cannot say" we need a definite "yes" we are working to fix it or "no".

Since I don't count as disabled, I cannot ask this way myself. I did ask the support about full binding though, and will report the results.

Anybody else got something back? Especially disabled persons?

Yup, just got this back:

[i]Thanks for getting in touch.

I'm terribly sorry to hear that the inability to change bindings and configurations is preventing you from enjoying the game :(.

At this time, there isn't any means of changing binds in game, but we have received feedback from players and have passed their feedback and concerns onto our Development team. I can't promise anything, but fingers crossed that they do look into the issue and resolve this soon.

Again, my sincere apologies for the inconvenience and I hope that this is resolved soon so that you can enjoy your game :).

Best Regards,

Chris

CD Projekt Red Support[/i]

Ok.

NOW we're getting somewhere. At least they are looking at it...................that is all I wanted to hear.
My faith is going up again. :)

I have no idea where I am now. What I mean is, I don't know what to make of the response posted by SilverQuick123 (thanks for posting that SilverQuick123).

The response didn't say anything from the Development team. It seems to come back to a big thing with companies with regard to feedback. Feedback is often passed on somewhere, but in itself, that doesn't really mean anything. I don't know. I really do hope they come through on this, but I'm concerned that that response from CDPR is based on passing on info and hope. In no way am I saying it will be, but the feedback *could* just be ignored. There's no acknowledgement from the Development team, let alone a commitment to do anything.

I guess I'll/we'll see.

@Avalan

Indeed we shall.

You are completely correct of course, not a response from the dev team so I too would like something a little more concrete but this is all we have at present I fear and it is the best we have. :(

Unfortunately, yes.

If you don't mind me asking, have you downloaded the game yet, or are you still waiting?