Input Configurations

In Shield Cat, it is possible to set whatever kind of actions you like to whatever kind of buttons/keyboard controls you like. To facilitate this, there are two files: gamepads.ini, and keyboard.ini

It is important to note that, when changing these files, the entries can be in any order, and the game may rearrange the order randomly. Do not worry about making the ini files neat!

When assigning keys or gamepad values, the format goes as follows:

For keys:	T="pause"
For Gamepads:	gp_plus="pause"

The key or gamepad button will be on the left, while the action will be on the right in quotation marks. Below I have detailed all the game's actions, as well as all the possible keys and gamepad values you can use.

Game Actions

Everything you can do in the game is considered an "action." Such actions can be "attack" "move left" etc. They are detailed below.

Action String	Description
attack	Pressing makes Lance spin. Holding will cause Lance to prepare a throw/ability, and releasing will cause Lance to throw the item or use the ability.
pause	Pauses the game
talk	Talk to NPCs, investigate signs and other objects.
ok	Accept button for menus, dialogue boxes, etc. When held, speeds up text in dialogue boxes.
cancel	Cancel button for menus, dialogues, etc. Pressing this will skip ahead in a dialogue.
map_screen	Opens up the map
throw_toggle	Otherwise known as Auto Ability. Press once and Lance will prepare to use an ability. Pressing again will cause Lance to use the ability. If you press "attack" while throw_toggle is on, Lance will use the ability, and throw_toggle will be cancelled.
attack_toggle	Otherwise known as Auto Spin. Press once and Lance will begin to spin, automatically picking up speed. Press again and Lance will begin to slow down. Pressing attack or throw_toggle will cancel out attack_toggle
dir_right dir_up_right dir_up dir_up_left dir_left dir_down_left dir_down dir_down_right	Make Lance go in different directions, choose different items on menus, pick between options in question boxes, etc. (Please note that analog movement is not possible in this game.
ability_bumper_l	Changes to the previous ability in your available abilities.
ability_bumper_r	Changes to the next ability from your list of abilities.
ability_wheel	Opens up a wheel-style menu with your available abilities on it. Using one of the directions will pick an ability.
ability1 ability2 ability3 ability4 ability5 ability6 ability7 ability8	Direct shortcuts to Lance's various abilities.

When assigning abilities to a key or gamepad button, you can combine them. For instance, if you want the "Q" key to make Lance attack, talk, and press ok, then you can do the following:

Q="attack,talk,ok"

IMPORTANT: You MUST put all action keywords in lower case, or the game will not read them!

gamepad.ini

The following details various strings and what they represent on a gamepad. Please note that there are different values for XInput and DirectInput devices, and using one set of values on the other may result in unpredictable results.

The game will attempt to automatically map actions to the controller, but some controllers will have to be mapped manually. The game will let you know if this is the case.

In additon to these, you can set the vibration like this:

gp_vibration_allowed=100

It is a value between 0 and 100, where 0 is no vibration, and 100 is full.

Please note that ANY connected controller set up to receive vibration will vibrate. If you find this undesirable, you can either disable vibration on that controller, or simply disconnect it from your computer.

Each controller configuration has its own section. They're like this:

[none_XInput STANDARD GAMEPAD] gp_face_bottom="attack,ok,talk" ... ... [7e050720000000000000504944564944_Wireless Gamepad] gp_b0="attack,ok,talk" ... ...

The format is GUID_Description. There will be a long number if it is a DirectInput device (which is the GUID) or it will say "none_" if there is no GUID.

XInput Strings

The following is a table of strings to be used only with XINPUT devices, such as XBOX Controllers.