Optional WASD look around keys please?

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look i get the fact the is truly the OG styled OSRS but it is 2025 I am 34 i prefer my modern key binds so i am only asking for the option to use WASD to look around like one could use on runelight application please & thank you i love the game so far thanks

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Hey - welcome and thanks for posting!

WASD keybinds for camera movement were not added to RuneScape until a very long time after 2004, and thus will not be available as a feature in the game client.

The good news is that you can use your operating system to rebind WASD to the arrow keys if you wish!

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interesting, then can you still type those letters in game without the camera moving somehow? I’m really struggling without f keys too…

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Not typically. When my WASD keys are remapped, I cannot type those letters at all, in-game or otherwise - I have to unmap them first. Here’s the script I use on Linux:

#!/bin/bash

STATE_FILE="$HOME/.toggle_wasd_state"

if [ ! -f "$STATE_FILE" ]; then
    echo "1" > "$STATE_FILE"
fi

WASD_TOGGLED=$(cat $STATE_FILE)

if [ "$WASD_TOGGLED" -eq 0 ]; then
    echo Remapping WASD to arrow keys
    xmodmap -e "keycode 25 = Up"      # 'W' -> Up Arrow
    xmodmap -e "keycode 38 = Left"    # 'A' -> Left Arrow
    xmodmap -e "keycode 39 = Down"    # 'S' -> Down Arrow
    xmodmap -e "keycode 40 = Right"   # 'D' -> Right Arrow
    echo "1" > "$STATE_FILE"
else
    echo Restoring WASD keymaps
    xmodmap -e "keycode 25 = w"       # 'W' -> W
    xmodmap -e "keycode 38 = a"       # 'A' -> A
    xmodmap -e "keycode 39 = s"       # 'S' -> S
    xmodmap -e "keycode 40 = d"       # 'D' -> D
    echo "0" > "$STATE_FILE"
fi

I have this bound to Ctrl+Alt so I can turn it on and off quickly. Note this is specific to X11 and will not work on Wayland.

I’ve also noticed that it only works in Firefox. Chromium/Chrome (including the launcher) uses its own keymaps and does not seem to respect the OS keymaps when they are changed.

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This is awesome! Do you have any other cool work-arounds you’d be willing to share?:slight_smile: