Linuxdirk wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 14:14
I use i for inventory because it makes sense 😊
I explained above why using it just because it's a mnemonic for Inventar makes less sense than just using an easier key to press.
ROllerozxa wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 14:56
Actually, the other way around.
Woops, typo. Edited. Yes, they changed it to E not to I. Yes, this is an argument in favour of changing it in Minetest too, I just had it backwards.
ROllerozxa wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 14:56
Also:
Blockhead wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 11:48
think of the numerous people, especially
children who play on mobile, or with a trackpad on a laptop, or a very cheap mouse.
I can't tell if that was intentional or not (Think of the children!). Still doesn't make the point less valid though. :P
It should be taken as less of a moral 'think of the children' and more of a 'think about when you were a child with no budget for peripherals, even if you can afford them now as an adult'.
LMD wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 15:37
It depends on how heavily used AUX1 is. In PvP servers such as CTF it is often used for sprinting. That means you tend to press & hold E way more often (and often in parallel with holding W) than you need to press I; usually you only open the inventory when you're in a safe location and need to get some gear in your hotbar.
Making binding the inventory to the convenient E key is a poor idea (for PvP servers in particular) because the inventory key is one of the few keys you
never need to hold at the same time as other keys. It doesn't deserve the sweet spot next to WASD.
E and F are not significantly different in difficulty to push. It might be a marginally easier to press E than F, but PvPers should all strongly consider rebinding keys anyway: Shift is a better sprint key, then rebind sneak to Ctrl. Then you can operate all of the WASD with your ring, middle and index fingers while holding shift with the pinky. Or, since that might be a bit tiring, just switch sprint and inventory so sprint is still on E for that (very marginal) advantage and the inventory is on F. Like I also said above, I is way too far away, and crafting is often time-sensitive in a PvP environment, so you
definitely don't want it on the I key.
LMD wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 15:37
Another point to consider is that changing is an effort: Many guides currently read along the lines of "press E to sprint, I to open the inventory" assuming these default keybinds.
This is just resistance to change. Let me copy and paste what I said above "'What about all the advice that tells people Aux1 is the E key?' - old advice is not a new problem. The change will appear in the changelogs, and the README will be changed. People are likely to start pushing random nearby keys to figure what to do anyway, and find it pretty quickly. After all, I'm always pushing hjk in creative mode to figure out which one of the movement options I'm activating. People on multiplayer servers can ask or check the Change Keys menu; people in singleplayer can also check the Change Keys menu. Forum posts can be edited, and the first post of mod, game and server threads very often are." It's not hard to update your guides.