NoNewTaleToTell: I've got most of the buttons remapped, the only control that is really boggling my mind is the fact that the "Use/Interact" control also puts your weapon away. It's a tiny bit annoying putting your weapon away when looting somebody or whatever, and having to press a hotkey to bring your weapon back up, especially if you're in the middle of a fight.
drealmer7: You just want to change your hotkeys to be better suited for what you're doing. It took some time for me to figure out a good set-up. If you're still having issues I can run-down my keybindings for you, it might help.
Thank you for the offer but I've managed to get it mapped out a-okay now. Previous awkwardness of the controls aside, the game seems pretty darn great.
I'm now playing the 1866 mod for the original Mount & Blade. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that 1866 is just as good (perhaps even better) as the base game. The gunplay is really solid and enjoyable, and that is worth mentioning on its own because most of the western themed mods have fairly bad gunplay in my experience. Although the map isn't particularly large, the mod is absolutely full of content (factions, quests, items, etc) and even has a gambling minigame.
One especially neat thing about 1866 is that you can choose to start with no money or items, just your pair of long johns! Since 1866 lacks arenas and other "easy" ways to make money without risking anything, you really feel the need to join a faction if you start off with nothing.
