the q to throw item problem

so i find that this keybind is the worst part of the game. when u try and move and by mistake throw ur wep or gold pick then the mob ur runing from 1 shots u and u lose ur items its very lame. in all being able to re key bind would be a huge addition to the game!

or make it so that players items do despawn like other items.

 

Remapping will be added at some point, I'm sure! I personally haven't ever accidently thrown anything though. Is it really that common?

 

They said they were working on making keys rebind-able soon.

 

If you have fat fingers

 

I often throw my weapon accidentally, but have never actually lost one due to it. That would be harsh. But as TinShigi and BRAWW said, remapping is on the way.

 

I find the worst keybinding is the crafting window and "switch to hands" button are right next to each other ('c' and 'x'). If you accidentally open the crafting window you can't close it again with 'c' so you can't quickly hit 'x' like you were trying to do.

 

Yeah to be honest, id prefer X to be mapped to Q instead. I don't even use Z because i don't see the purpose. Unless i was using a 2h sword/bow on those slots.

 

I didn't even realize Z swapped weapons for a long time, lol. I thought it was a bug whenever they switched. What need is there to ever switch right and left hands?

 

I have a two handed weapon on my left and either my hunting bow or a rifle/shotgun/sniper in my other hand, allowing me to quickly switch between close-range into long-range just by pressing Z.

 

Ah yeah, good call. I forgot you can't right click to draw the bow. Once I learned that, I left it in a different slot.

 

You think that's bad? It happened to me with my diamond pick before the first character whipe.

This really is a problem, and even if they add key rebinding they should still tweak how dropped items despawn.

 

Items do disappear way too quickly. That could use a tweak.

 

In every other game i used 1 for Pickaxe, 2 for Sword and 3 for Bow. Trying to use the L/R slots for weapons is frustrating because of previous habits lol. Each to their own though.

 

damm i was pissed when it was my gold pick on the new patch which was just annoying not game ending.

i agree that it should be the wep swap key.

i have done it twice both with only gold picks trying to hit 1 to get my wep out when there is an mob falling at me needless to say i made the mistake but its a bad spot for that action. and the length of time that items sit on the ground is really short even if u don't die.

 

http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/swap-functions-of-q-and-x.36611/#post-1380834

 

This will interest you https://twitter.com/Tiyuri/status/410943023283851265

 

personally i would prefer having no button allocated to throwing away your item. i think dragging it outside of the inventory is a much better option personally. ( though having the functionality still in and bindable would be good, but just default it to nothing )

 

Prettty much.

 

YAY!!!!!!

 

This hapen to me.

- Climb on a moutain.
- See a bird
- panic
- finger rip to "Q" while wanting to press "A"
- drop my all new gun
- bird bump me down the mountain
- death
- rage