If you've played Path of Exile 2 you've probably realised how much it breaks you for older ARPGs that do not have WASD movement control and force click-to-move. This guide will walk you through adding that functionality in to Marvel Heroes so that you can play on your favourite server (or your own) using your preferred input method.

Navigate to your Documents -> My Games -> Marvel Heroes -> MarvelGame -> Config folder. Open the file MarvelInputUserSettings.ini in your preferred text editor.

By default there are no bindings for A, S, D - but W is bound to walk forward, so we search for that:

Search (usually CTRL+F) for +Bindings=(Name="W"

Note - we specifically want the line with a + symbol at the start of it, ignore any lines starting with an excalamation mark (!) )

When you find that line you want to select that full row. Then paste in the following code to replace it:

+Bindings=(Name="W",Command="MoveForward | OnRelease MoveForward",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)
+Bindings=(Name="S",Command="MoveBackward | OnRelease MoveBackward",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)
+Bindings=(Name="A",Command="StrafeLeft | OnRelease StrafeLeft",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)
+Bindings=(Name="D",Command="StrafeRight | OnRelease StrafeRight",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)

Step 2 will have added W/A/S/D control - and if that is all you wanted, you can stop here. If you also want left mouse button to *not* force you to walk where you click or interact with things, read on...

Since there is no way to prevent left-click from always being Attack/Interact/Move based on where your cursor is hovering, we're going to make it instead behave as if you're *always* holding Shift to attack in place. Don't worry, we'll add Interact back in on another button in the next step - but it will still work on Left mouse if you're stood directly on/beside the thing you want to interact with.

Search for +Bindings=(Name="LeftMouseButton"

Highlight that entire row and replace with this:

+Bindings=(Name="LeftMouseButton",Command="StopAllMovementPressed | PrimaryActionButtonPressed | OnRelease PrimaryActionButtonReleased | OnRelease StopAllMovementReleased",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)

Now we're going to put Interact/Click-to-Move back in but do it on a slightly less intrusive button.

I chose to use Middle Mouse - which is not in the file by default, so you can just paste the new line in somewhere:
+Bindings=(Name="MiddleMouseButton",Command="PrimaryActionButtonPressed | OnRelease PrimaryActionButtonReleased",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)

That's it, you're done!

Enjoy playing with full WASD movement and your left-click just using whatever attack you have slotted without dragging you all over the screen or trying to interact with everything in the middle of a fight!

The default 'Official' controller layout for Marvel Heroes was created for Xbox controllers and does not behave well with PS5 DualSense gamepads. I've created a community layout that remaps it to work with Marvel Heroes and also allow you to use the Trackpad as a mouse (press to click).

You can access that layout by right-clicking Marvel Heroes in your Steam library and choosing Manage -> Controller Layout.

Then click the Community Layouts tab/column at the top-right and you'll see my PS5 remap to Xbox template, click on that to set it as your controller layout to use with the game.

I also tweaked the trackpad sensitivity, smoothness and click behaviours - settings are at the bottom of this guide page in the linked images.

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If you want a smoother experience in-game than the default bindings I also recommend this guide:
https://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?l=german&id=875395719

Personally I removed some of the suggested binds like toggle HUD/UI and changed the right trigger to the movement Toggle instead of Hold to Move, but otherwise the layout feels pretty good. 👍

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