Anthem also has gamepad support on PC for those who prefer to use a gamepad when they play. Keyboard key assignments are customizable to give you the freedom to tailor your layout however you see fit. Space Bar (multiple times): Double Jump (Ranger)/Triple Jump (Interceptor)/Thrusters (Colossus) NOTE: As the game is still in development, all game features and controls may be subject to change. To help you understand the totality of the power you’ll wield as a lancer, we have created this guide to those controls.
Next part of this post will be about the various mechanical keyboards I’ve used and my thoughts on their pros and cons.About Anthem Gameplay Features Game Modes The Lore of Anthem Ranger Javelin Colossus Javelin Interceptor Javelin Storm Javelin Accessibility New Player Hub Beginner FAQ Tips and Tricks Conviction Fan Art Kit Live Streams Wallpapers Social Kit Screenshots Soundtrack Videos Latest News Update Notes World Updates About Anthem Gameplay Features Game Modes The Lore of Anthem Ranger Javelin Colossus Javelin Interceptor Javelin Storm Javelin Accessibility New Player Hub Beginner FAQ Tips and Tricks Conviction Fan Art Kit Live Streams Wallpapers Social Kit Screenshots Soundtrack Videos Latest News Update Notes World UpdatesĬontrolling Your Javelin on PC Check out the keyboard layout for flying and fighting in your javelin in Anthem.Īs a Freelancer, your survival in the wilds of Anthem depends on your ability to master every feature of your javelin. Hopefully, a post like this one would catch wind with some laptop manufacturers out there, and someone high up would decide to design a laptop with a sensible keyboard layout. It’s gotten so bad, and so impossible to find a good ultrabook with a good keyboard layout that I had briefly contemplated starting a laptop production company that works on a line of developer laptops where everything works well in Linux out of the box, and have a developer-friendly keyboard layout. I get the desire to have a bigger trackpad, but I’d definitely sacrifice a little trackpad space for navigation keys. Wish some of that space can be given back to the keyboard and have a set of proper navigation keys instead. Look at how much space is reserved for the trackpad area. This is probably among the least weird of all the modern ultrabook keyboards, but you’ll see how all of Home/End/PgUp/PgDown are hidden behind Fn modifier + arrow keys. For example, let’s look at the keyboard of the Lenovo Ideapad 720s, which I mentioned on the Antergos article: The funny thing is, this layout doesn’t even use that much more space than many compact keyboards found on modern ultrabooks. I don’t even need dedicated volume buttons, they could be hidden behind Fn modifiers for all I care. I don’t care much about a TrackPoint or 3-button trackpad.
Note the full size arrow keys, and a full set of navigation keys up top including Home/End/PgUp/PgDown! What a programmer’s dream of a keyboard layout for a laptop. However, it does have the best keyboard layout, out of all laptops I’ve used up until this day: It’s definitely not the best of laptops - heavy, outdated appearance, flimsy screen hinges. I would especially hate for them to be hidden behind Fn modifiers!Īs I mentioned previously in the CentOS article, I used to own a Dell Latitude E6410 laptop. As a programmer, navigation keys, and in particular Home and End, are among my most-used keys when coding, and muscle memory dictates for them to be roughly in the area above arrow keys. Unfortunately, in the PC laptop industry there is a trend to move toward more and more compact keyboards. Keyboard layout, though, is something I hate to compromise with.
In fact, I’m even OK with the latest Macbook Pro keyboards’ typing feel that many complain about. I’m OK with laptops doing away with whatever internal switches or membranes they have to, in order to stay in its form factor. Obviously one can’t ask for the feel of a mechanical keyboard on a laptop keyboard. When looking for such ultrabook laptops, aside from laptop weight, the keyboard layout is one of my primary concerns. I’ve written articles about installing CentOS and Antergos on different PC laptops.
There’s not much to talk about there.įor personal uses, I like to have a PC laptop that nowadays I tend to dual-boot Windows and Linux with.
If you work in tech, chances are you don’t really have a choice of a laptop you’re just given a Mac.
When it comes to Apple, there’s little choices - the Macbook/Macbook Pro keyboards are what you get.
I like obsessing over keyboards - I’ve owned many mechanical keyboards (which I’ll talk about in part 2 of this post), and I also like to have a good typing experience when I’m coding on a laptop.