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    reset action key to not require hokding in

    One of the most frustrating things about FC on PC is that the key mappings are clumsy. If I want to use something, and I hit the key I have mapped for it, why do I have to hold the key in? If I fire, I tap the fire key. Why cant I just tap the use key? Think about it. Each time I have to use (open door, enter vehicle, search a body, etc) instead of a 1/10th second tap, I have to hold the key in for a second. Say for example I just nailed 5 guys on a busy road. I'm exposed for 5 more seconds while I'm searching them. At one point I couldnt get the bodies searched before the next technical would come through. Finally I just ran off because I was tired of being shot while I was searching. (that was in FC3, which doesn't allow us to skip the 2 second search scene, so it's actually about 3 seconds per body.
    I"m sure some people will wonder why I get so aggravate by holding a key down. Again, do the math (literally). If I search 1000 bodies during the entire game, enter 200 vehicles, 500 buildings (for resupply, etc), disable all the radios/bell towers (depending on the game), that's more than 1700 seconds of my life wasted. The key thing, of course, that I and many others are complaining about is that we have keyboards with MULTIPLE KEYS!! We dont have 3 button console interfaces that require morse code to set different functions for the same button. I have a key I can just tap to do the function. I'm not knocking console games, I just happen to play FC on a PC.
    So, has anyone figured out how to map the use key so it's just a tap and not hold in for 'one mississippi" ?
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    I am afraid, and sadly for all real PC Gamers... you just answered your own question with this:

    Originally Posted by jeff.jones692 Go to original post
    We dont have 3 button console interfaces that require morse code to set different functions for the same button.

    But of course UBI PR says that ALL their games are made on a PC so of course this means they are meant for PC... and you know that UBI never lies. [\Ironic mode OFF]
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    Agreeing with the thread opener . I mean to hold your interaction key for open doors doesen´t bother me that much to be honest but it realy is a pain in the back to need to hold in fast action scenes for example when you want to close the wingsuit for a wingsuit takedown or when you approach a cliff by accident and you are in car and want to quickly leave it the fact that you need to hold the interaction key for a few seconds could mean that your going over cliff still in the car . It´s garbage and should be recoded so that on any interaction you just need to tab e once , no question about it .
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