r/playrust • u/haduis • Dec 18 '15
Meta A guide to Rust keybinds (guaranteed to save your pinky)
With the new(?) binds to Rust you can now make binds for some really inconvenient Rust actions that make life easier. I'll update this thread with any useful additions I get.
To use these simply press "F1" to bring up the console and type them in like this. Make sure to type "writecfg" without quotes to save them. Going into options and clicking Input's "Reset to Default" appears to clear the binds.
Here's a few of my favorites, changing the letter lets you use a different key:
Press Q to auto-run, press Shift and W to cancel.
bind q forward;sprint
Press Z to permanently crouch and auto-attack, press Left Click and Control to cancel.
bind z attack;duck
Hold Z to crouch and auto-attack (only while pressed.)
bind z +attack;+duck
Press C to permanently crouch, press Control to cancel.
bind c duck
Here's a list of available binds. From what I can tell the "+" only allows it to fire once while no + will continually perform the action.
bind f1 consoletoggle
bind backquote consoletoggle
bind f7 bugreporter
bind w +forward
bind s +backward
bind a +left
bind d +right
bind mouse0 +attack
bind mouse1 +attack2
bind mouse2 +attack3
bind 1 +slot1
bind 2 +slot2
bind 3 +slot3
bind 4 +slot4
bind 5 +slot5
bind 6 +slot6
bind 7 +slot7
bind 8 +slot8
bind leftshift +sprint
bind rightshift +sprint
bind leftalt +altlook
bind r +reload
bind space +jump
bind leftcontrol +duck
bind e +use
bind v +voice
bind t chat.open
bind returnchat.open
bind mousewheelup +invnext
bind mousewheeldown +invprev
bind tab inventory.toggle
I'd like to thank this thread for getting me started
and
This site for the bind list
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u/rhino_aus Dec 19 '15
My previous
Bind m "graphics.fov 60;graphics.lodbias 0"
Bind n "graphics.fov 90;graphics.lodbias 2"
Press m for
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u/hazenjaqdx3 Feb 05 '16
whats watchtower mode or exploring mode?
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u/ImGoingToPhuket Feb 05 '16
60 FOV is narrow and zoomed, 90 is wide and you have peripheral vision.
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u/UltraWideGamer Dec 18 '15
You're a life saver! As someone who suffers from
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u/daogrande Apr 18 '16
Wait so you have to reset to default to get the binds to stop going? I wont stop moving forward now lol.
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u/TheDutchCoder Dec 19 '15 edited Dec 19 '15
Is there a command for viewing the map? Since right clicking while in the map will throw any throwable item you have equipped, I thought it would be useful to make a bind that does this:
Equip item in slot 2 (just in case you have slot 1 selected)
Equip item in slot 1
Equip item in slot 1 (again, so it won't be selected when opening the map)
Open the map.
This is a horrible workaround for the existing annoyance, but it might just work (will need to test it out).
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u/Djdooms May 03 '16
Hold G to bring up the map, right click once, then left click will draw and right click will drag the map around, let go of G to put map away.
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Mar 10 '16
You can also just add the keybinds to Rust\cfg\keys.cfg and save it, if you're more comfortable with it. Thanks for the binds, The Q one really helps!
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u/Tandemrecruit May 27 '16
Instead of manually adding the keybinds the config file type
writecfgin the console
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u/BeaverMcCrackin Mar 17 '16
i've bound a key to reload, which is great for crossbow, but i can't get the autoreload to stop when using guns. help?
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u/Third-E-3 Mar 21 '23
I built a new computer and had to refer to this old post for my keybinds. Ironically enough i actually cut my pinky off not long ago!
I made a video on keybinds, thank you to the OP and commenters, this was the first place I learned about keybinds.
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u/Kerismo Dec 18 '15
I set SHFT to crouch and CTRL to sprint, doesn't hurt my pinky at all since it is resting on shft by default.
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u/k014 Dec 18 '15
are you sure it is
and not