How can I make Terraria easier to play with controllers?
Since I can't really into WASD due to some issues with my left hand, and I have some issues gaming with a keyboard and mouse even without that, I was hoping to find something that suited it more for a controller like with the way they did the Xbox port.
It wouldn't be for competitive/online play, so I'm not worried about that very much, I just can't actually survive very well in most cases right now. I have to be twice as powerful as recommended usually just to function in an area without dying every few minutes.
Even if I can just set up the "directional cursor" type thing that they have on the Xbox port say for a toggle for when I'm exploring (and go back to regular for building) and a way to cycle through the hotbar items without hitting the number key I'd be set since I can set up the rest via XPadder.
Edit: To clarify for any user that has not played Terraria on console,
- Front bumper buttons generally move you back and fourth through your immediate inventory.
- Left trigger acts as the grappling hook
- Right trigger acts as the "use" button
- Inventory items can be quick-mapped to the D-pad.
- The cursor has two modes:
- A grid-based mode, where you use the analog to move a mouse cursor around your character, within the range of manipulation.
- A direction mode, where you push the analog stick in a direction. For example, if you push in any direction and mine through dirt, the player will generally proceed to mine a passage of 3-units-width in the given direction.
- Pressing the right analog stick down swaps back and forth between the two modes.
Solution 1:
As of version 1.3.1, the PC version of Terraria has official controller support. It has presets for PS4 and Xbox One controllers, as well as custom support.
Solution 2:
I had this same question a few weeks ago when update 1.3 came out, and I picked Terraria up again.
I highly recommend checking out the XInput Game Support Mod. It can be a little quirky to hook up, and as of now (few weeks after 1.3 Terraria released) it has a few bugs that they're trying to patch quickly. However, it helped my hand cramps a lot, as using an xbox360 controller is a lot less physically straining for me.
The forums can explain the setup better than I can.
Link is here on the Terraria forums: http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/xinput-gamepad-support-mod.1260/