I read the FAQ. Nothing in there. I read the wiki. Nothing in there. This forum software does not permit searching (until logged in). Before [creating an account, verifying it, and] logging it, I had to go to each page in this forum using the search in the web browser to see if anyone had previously discussed how to swap the mouse buttons. Nope, nothing there. So I created an account so I could get the ever so precious search function, searched on "mouse", but none of those articles discussed how to swap the mouse buttons. Just used the updater to retrieve all the files (had to do twice since the updater did not retrieve thedarkmod.exe file during the first session) so I have the latest version available. I am right-handed but prefer the mouse on the left side of the keyboard. Why? Because keyboards are lopsided. Both the numpad and arrowpad are on the right side of the keyboard. That means the keyboard to be in front of the user (as expected for proper touch typing without having to look at the keyboard) has the mouse way over to the right. That also means the right arm is not extended straight forward but at an outward angle to the right. That creates more fatigue. So despite being a rightie, I use the mouse on the left side of the keyboard so my arm extends straight forward to use the mouse. I do have the mouse buttons swapped in the OS; i.e., the right button is the primary button and the left button is the alternate button. However, TMD does *not* honor that orientation. This is not the only game that ignores the user's preference in the OS and instead defaults to an ancient de facto standard that the mouse is on the right side of the keyboard. The game developers totally ignore righties that use the mouse on the left or lefties. Do a simple test. Place your knuckles on a desk and extend out all fingers except the middle finger. With the middle finger folded under and its knuckle kept on the desk, you can raise all fingers except the ring finger. Well, with a 3-button wheeled mouse, the index finger will be on the primary button, the middle finger on the middle button, and the ring finger on the alternate button. So the lack of a mouse button swap function means a leftie player will have to use their ring finger because the game makes the left button the primary button rather than honor the orientation configured in the OS. The ring finger should NOT be used for the far more exercised primary mouse button. So the Mouse applet in the OS lets me swap the mouse buttons. The game totally ignores that orientation. There is no swap mouse button function in the GUI config screens when I load TMD. There are games that initially ignore the orientation defined in the OS for the mouse buttons but they do have a means of swapping the mouse buttons. Either they have a "swap buttons" function or the user can reconfigure the bindings to reverse the default of primary and alternative mouse buttons. The latter looks possible in TMD; however, that means there is one orientation of mouse buttons during gameplay (that matches the button orientation defined in the OS) and a different orientation in the menus (which make them clumsier to use). While possible to get gameplay to use the same orientation as defined in the OS, the workaround is definitely not elegant. Is there a valid reason the developers did not include a built-in function to swap the mouse buttons? Redefining bindings for use only during gameplay does not obviate that a swap function got totally missed in the GUI design for the menus. I have games that are ignorant of the OS orientation of the mouse buttons and it is always clumsy when orientation changes depending on which part of the game you are using.
