Platform Fighter Engine/Controls
Controls Menu
The Controls menu allows the player to alter the configuration of any controllers they use.
Accessed via the Options menu, a player must be selected to allow customization to begin - thereafter, the new control setting will apply to games played with that name only.
The "standard" actions - attack, special, jump, grab, and shield - can be set to any of the available buttons. Smash attacks and taunts can also be configured, but they are only available for certain buttons. The functionality of the left control stick can not be changed.
Once the control editing is complete, the controls can be saved to the custom name that is selected. Then, whenever that name is selected in a match[1], the controls will follow the customised settings.
Custom controls are used to perform many different techniques that would be more difficult or impossible to do otherwise.
Custom controls are fully legal in tournaments, and players are allowed to redefine controls to any degrees; before a tournament set starts proper, players are also allowed to test their custom controls before in a brief match before the start of the set, in what is known as a "button check".
Default Controls
These are the default controls on Keyboard upon a fresh download of the game comes with:
| Arrow Keys | move |
|---|---|
| S | Attack |
| D | Special |
| A | Jump |
| TFGH | C-stick |
| G | Smash Button (when c-stick is off) |
| Q | Shield |
| W | Grab |
| E | Taunt |
| Enter | Start/Pause |
| Tap Jump | Off |
| A-Smashing | On |
| C-Stick | On |
| Run Type | 2tap2run |
Moveset
Every character has:
| Jab | Fastest Auto-Combo |
|---|---|
| Dash Attack | Attack performed during run only |
| FTilt | Forward Attack |
| UTilt | Upward Attack |
| DTilt | Downward Attack |
| FSmash | Strong Forward Attack |
| USmash | Strong Upward Attack |
| DSmash | Strong Downward Attack |
| NAir | Non-directional Attack while Airborne |
| FAir | Forward Attack while Airborne |
| BAir | Backward Attack while Airborne |
| UAir | Upward Attack while Airborne |
| DAir | Downward Attack while Airborne |
| NSpec | Neutral Special. Usually a projectile or basic attack. |
| FSpec | Side Special. Usually a mobility option or secondary projectile of some sort. |
| USpec | Up Special. A recovery option of some sort. |
| DSpec | Down Special. Usually a move that requires some more tactical thinking. |
| Grab | How they reach out to grab |
| DashGrab | Reach out to grab while runing |
| Pummel | Attack while holding after a grab |
| ZAir | What the Grab button does midair |
| FThrow | Forward Throw after a grab |
| BThrow | Backward Throw after a grab |
| UThrow | Upward Throw after a grab |
| DThrow | Downward Throw after a grab |
| GetUpAtk | Attack while getting up from the Floor |
| LedgeAtk | Attack while climbing up the ledge |
| ItemThrow | Throws Item Forward |
| ItemAtk | Swings a battering item |
| Taunt | Basic Emotes |
| Final Smash | Finisher move |
