Greetings, This email is in regards to the recent changes that have been made to the default control settings of the game, among other core changes. I know that hard work has been put in by fabi in order to implement a control scheme more in keeping with RTS games.
My proposal is that this new scheme be used as an option for players to select but not replace the the previous control settings that have been in place for years. The new settings should be tested and fine-tuned through the feedback of users, but not have been pushed through as the new default based on the decision of one person. I have included two relevant threads and some posts from them drawn from a variety of community members who have expressed concerns with the new control scheme being the default. A variety of reasons are stated in detail, and I will not rehash them here. Suffice to say, the forced change has not been embraced or enjoyed by the community, and I don't believe that these changes should be added to facilitate believed 'ease of adoption' for new players at the expense of all those who currently play. >From the original post on the mailing list in November, it was noted that: "I bet most new players are used to this kind of interface anyway and do better with it from the beginning." This has not proven to be the case, and the players have asked for it to be reverted from being the default to an option, a point that was also conceded originally by fabi: "This change can be included as an option (would prefer otherwise), but then the huge improvement legitimates it being the new default." It appears that the decision was made anyway to include it as the new default on believed improvements, but based on the feedback, making it as an option to the old default controls seems to be the best solution. Wesnoth 1.11.8 http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=39850#p565386 - Max http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=39850#p565469 - Othalan Clicking in New Developmental Version http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=39853#p565398 - Velensk http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=39853#p565400 - Pentarctagon http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=39853&start=15#p565535 - Alarantalara http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=39853&start=15#p565544 -taptap http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=39853&start=15#p565545 - iceiceice Regards, Turuk
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