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Hi guys. I noticed that you can not set the jump with the mouse wheel! It would be very useful do you not? jump with the mouse wheel makes it more comfortable.

Also the option to automatically skip the blocks as MC PE. Jump with the space key is uncomfortable, I have to set the right CTRL, otherwise they fall fingers :D

I am not sure if a middle click would be good for jumping, but as an alternative to the space bar it may be OK. The middle click doesn't have an in-game use anyway. So it seems to be a sensible default. But it should not replace the space bar jump by default.

But default controls are actually just a detail question. What we REALLY need here in the long run is a generalization and more customization of Minetest controls.

Two important features are missing:

1) Allowing to remap ALL actions (so that no hardcoded controls such as left click, right click, mouse wheel remain): https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/4536
2) Allowing to manually map mouse buttons to an action: https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/2361

As for automatic jumping: I probably don't need it for myselves, but I clearly understand the benefits in having this feature. It will improve the accessiblity to the game for some, as you already said, the current system can even cause the hand to hurt for some. Minetest may be inaccessible to some for this simple reason.
So I am in full support of this idea. Good controls are very important for a good game.

I think nobody posted a feature request at https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/ for automatic jumping far, so please go ahead and post it there (with a more complete description of what you want exactly).

Wuzzy wrote:I am not sure if a middle click would be good for jumping, but as an alternative to the space bar it may be OK. The middle click doesn't have an in-game use anyway. So it seems to be a sensible default. But it should not replace the space bar jump by default.

But default controls are actually just a detail question. What we REALLY need here in the long run is a generalization and more customization of Minetest controls.

Two important features are missing:

1) Allowing to remap ALL actions (so that no hardcoded controls such as left click, right click, mouse wheel remain): https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/4536
2) Allowing to manually map mouse buttons to an action: https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/2361

As for automatic jumping: I probably don't need it for myselves, but I clearly understand the benefits in having this feature. It will improve the accessiblity to the game for some, as you already said, the current system can even cause the hand to hurt for some. Minetest may be inaccessible to some for this simple reason.
So I am in full support of this idea. Good controls are very important for a good game.

I think nobody posted a feature request at https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/ for automatic jumping far, so please go ahead and post it there (with a more complete description of what you want exactly).

Thanks Wuzzy, for your comprehensive and clear answer. In fact I meant the possibility to configure the mouse wheel, the automatic jump is useful for Android, as set default option is fine, the important thing is to activate.

I will follow your advice, thank you so much Wuzzy.