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[Rocket League Edition] How To Optimize PC Controls

By Ashes and 2 collaborators

This is a small guide made with the purpose of teaching you how to configure your mouse and keyboard settings for a better experience if you do not own or play with a gamepad.

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Category: Modding or Configuration

Languages: English

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29 Dec, 2015 @ 6:10pm

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Guide Index

Overview

Steering

Flying

Camera

Chat

Miscellaneous

Conclusion

Comments

Steering

Basic Steering

For basic steering we're going to use the standard W/A/S/D configuration most games nowadays use, most modern and even older games use a configuration similar to this one so it shouldn't be hard to get used to.

Boosting/Powersliding/Jumping

For jumping we'll use the "Left Mouse Button", for boosting "Shift" and for powersliding "Space". This should feel familiar as well.

Flying

Aerial Controls

Similar to the steering controls we're going to stick with a W/A/S/D configuration, but the "Pitch Up" and "Pitch Down" controls are going to be inverted as I found them way more comfortable to use that way. If you do not invert them every time you try to do a flip forwards it will do a backwards one instead and vice versa. For air rolls we're going to use the "Right Mouse Button".

*Note: In order to roll the car in mid-air you'll have to press a directional key while holding down the "Right Mouse Button".

**Note: To do a normal double-jump without flipping forward you will have to let go of "W", in certain cases when you need to keep your forward momentum I recommend letting go of "W" in the last second.

Camera

Basic Camera Controls

I usually don't usually use the "Camera Swivel" controls, but I do bind them to the arrow keys accordingly. If you use them a lot unlike me and find the arrows to be inconvenient, bind them to whichever keys fit your playstyle.

Advanced Camera Controls

For "Focus On Ball" we'll use "F" as it makes the most sense and is pretty comfortable and for rear view we'll use "B" or "R" depending which one you prefer.

Chat

Basic Chat Controls

Most of these controls should be familiar to you from other games and thus easy to get used to. For text chat we're going to use "T", for team text chat we're going to use "Y" and for voice chat we're going to use "V".

Quick Chat

For "Quick Chat" we're going to use 1-4 from the number keys.

Miscellaneous

Skipping Music Track And Scoreboard

For the scoreboard we'll use "Tab" as it's used in most games and for "Skip Music Track" we'll use "N" or any other control that you find convenient

Reset Shot

"Reset Shot" (used only in training game modes) will be bound to "Backspace" or to "R" alternatively if you decided to use "B" for rear view.

Skipping Replay

Last but not least, for skipping replays we're going to use the same key we use for powersliding "Space".

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed this guide and that I helped make your Rocket League experience a bit better!

Please post your feedback and alternative control schemes in the comments!

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15 Comments

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unstable 23 Jul, 2016 @ 2:10pm

i think you just need to put the most used key on the easiest spot
mouse 'left', and 'right' buttons are the boost, and the jump
those 2 you need to be super precise, so its perfect
'WASD' default; to air roll/powerslide i use 'spacebar' (again, its perfect, we use this often)
to ball cam, "LShift", i can press this while turn right and boost air roll everything
rear view is on the mouse scroll button, because i never use this, i think a alternative place is the 'LAlt', but this is my save replay :v

again, the most used keys are the easiest to press, i dont need ball cam on the spacebar, because i can press it twice with the shift, but the air roll, i need to use this with precision and skillsz

Ashes [author] 23 Jul, 2016 @ 1:35pm

Sorry to hear you didn't like it. Can you pinpoint your exact issues with it? Maybe I could test new control schemes and improve the guide.

Super Spore 15 Mar, 2016 @ 5:35pm

This is dank 11/10 too much rocket dinkys

Ashes [author] 23 Feb, 2016 @ 11:33am

You can actually asign the mouse to move the camera, but it doesn't move freely, it just lightly tilts it and it feels akward.

LightIT 23 Feb, 2016 @ 11:31am

Heard that to from my friends. But we play occasionally with laptops, so it's easier to force yourself to a mouse. For me it felt that I could constantly use to mouse for example looking around the car, but as that didn't work it was quite frustrating.

Ashes [author] 23 Feb, 2016 @ 11:05am

Interesting configuration, I'm just used to playing games like that with a mouse at least to some extent, it feels more natural to me, that's why.

LightIT 23 Feb, 2016 @ 2:21am

I don't understand why you would use a mouse only for one or two buttons and when you don't use the sensor of the mouse at all.

Instead of the mouse I use the numpad for things like boost. For me it's more ergonomic, as both arms can just lean straight forward. Futhermore if you use the numpad, you can balance the the amount of keys better for both hands. GL HF.

roflBeck 6 Jan, 2016 @ 8:47pm

Pretty sure the pitch controls are already inverted, shouldn't have to change that.

Lez B Anne 6 Jan, 2016 @ 5:36pm

Or just get a Steam Controller and map it out however you want. <3

שגרירות פלסטין 6 Jan, 2016 @ 9:25am

good guide!
Nice job

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