An auto-walk button would be great for players with hand issues like carpal tunnel, arthrosis, arthritis and who are disabled

[titica]

Hello, i searched the forum and didn't find a suggestion like this one, but i found something similar, coming from people with the same problem as me. The toll that walking in zomboid takes in the hands. I have arthrosis and playing the game makes my hand really hurts with all the "wasd" spamming. found people citing this same problem here :

https://steamcommunity.com/app/108600/discussions/0/133257636775230864/

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/12169-movement-mod/&tab=comments#comment-155125

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10188-mouse-movement-controls/&tab=comments#comment-130799

https://steamcommunity.com/app/108600/discussions/2/133258092238092922/

 

the suggestion i have is to have a button that toggles walk by following the mouse, it can be a mod too, i know it can be mess up multiplayer because the running skill will be easier to farm, but i used to do that by just jamming a coin into the keys and running along the roads. its more of an acessability issue but really, i can't keep up playing the game like this

 

Sorry for the bad english, it's not my first language, love the game, been playing it since 2014 and hope it grows and become greater that it already is

 

Edited May 31, 2018 by titica

[MyTJ]

First off, congratulation on searching first

 

Second off, great idea, I fully support a 8 direction auto-walk/run feature! (let's call it "auto-move")

 

On a last note, did you knew there was a way to toggle run on/off while moving? This is already great but would go even better with an auto-move feature. To toggle auto-run, so to speak, you have to go in the menu for gameplay and check the option to have run toggled on/off. From that point, you'll get to run or walk by a press of the run key (shift by default)... for now, we only have to press direction.

 

Again, I fully support a 8 direction auto-move feature