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Actions. Buttons for Controlled Constraints

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When creating Controlled Constraints or Powered Constraints you can assign particular Actions to them (using the Action attribute of the \<Constraint> tag, see 17.1.2 above) or to the ActionCategories used for grouping them.\ \ NOTE: ActionCategories define the grouping of controls in general, they can be used not only for the controlled constraints. Powered Constraints are currently not described within this guide.

Every Action is identified by its number (from 1 to 14) and corresponds to the button or a pair of buttons that are used by the player for controlling the constraint:

  • Actions from 1 to 8 -- correspond to a single button. They can be used for Powered Constraints or for selecting ActionCategories (see 17.1.2 above) in the UI.

  • Actions from 9 to 14 -- correspond to a pair of buttons. They can be used for Controlled Constraints.

For Actions from 1 to 8, the particular button that is assigned to the Action can be changed in the SETTINGS of the game, in SETTINGS > CONTROLS > CUSTOM ADDON ACTIONS:

Actions from 9 to 14 correspond to the button pairs. Particularly, for every Action of such type, there are two buttons: so-called forward and backward.

NOTE: However, these names (forward and backward) are conventional, they do not necessarily correspond to these types of movement, their particular meaning is defined by the Controlled Constraint this Action is used for. E.g., for some constraint that uses Action 10, the button assigned to Action 10 (forward) can correspond to "Extend" and the button assigned to Action 10 (backward) can correspond to its opposite action -- "Shorten". Please note that in the in-game UI, a single name (e.g. "Extend", see LocaleUid above) will be displayed for both of these buttons.

Previously, buttons assigned to these Actions (from 9 to 14) were predefined and had fixed values. However, starting with DLC 6 (Season 6: \"Haul & Hustle\"), these buttons can be also reconfigured by the player in SETTINGS > CONTROLS > CUSTOM ADDON ACTIONS, similarly to Actions from 1 to 8:

However, the default buttons assigned to these Actions remain the same. You can see these default buttons in the table below.

Action #\ Subactions PC Xbox PlayStation Nintendo Switch\ * *

Action 9 forward Q Left Trigger L2 button ZL button

            *backward*     E      Right Trigger      R2 button                                                                                             ZR button

Action 10 forward W Left Stick Left Left Stick Left Left Stick Left

            *backward*     S      Left Stick Right   Left Stick Right                                                                                      Left Stick Right

Action 11 forward A X button square button X button

            *backward*     D      **Y** button       ![triangle](./media/image83.png) button               **Y** button

Action 12 forward R D-pad Up Left Stick Up D-pad Up

            *backward*     T      D-pad Down         Left Stick Down                                                                                       D-pad Down

Action 13 forward F D-pad Left Left Stick Left D-pad Left

            *backward*     G      D-pad Right        Left Stick Right                                                                                      D-pad Right

Action 14 forward Z Left Bumper L1 button L button

            *backward*     X      Right Bumper       R1 button                                                                                             R button