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Virtual joystick (mobile)

most mobile games have a virtual joystick to control movement, I think having a joystick will make it much easier to move around, the crouch button could be located at the center of the joystick,
example of a joystick- https://imgur.com/ssoMoHo

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    I agree a virtual joystick is very necessary because sliding your thumb is more intuitive than having to lift it many times to press the 4 directions on a virtual d-pad (especially to get over that crouch button). 

    Crouch can be double tap when the stick is centered. Swiping up twice makes you sprint but something tells me this doesn't seem as easy as it sounds.

    I wonder if a joystick shaped like an upside down generic keyhole would work. The round part is the normal joystick for walking, and the attached wedge part (which would extend upwards and diagonally) is the sprinting part, and it works as a visual indicator for sprinting. There should be some resistance when moving up towards the wedge so you don't accidentally sprint, so it requires more intentional and prominent movement of the finger for the stick to move into the wedge to start sprinting. 

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    Ich hätte zum bewegen lieber einen Joystick.

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    Please for the love of god have a setting that states that whatever side of the screen the joystick is on is just for movement. A deadzone for looking around.
    If your thumb comes off the joystick don't move the view.

    My left thumb is for movement; not looking around. That's for my right thumb and by god that won't naturally reach the joystick side of the screen.

    Maybe a joystick for looking around too?

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    YES Virtual joystick is the only think I want from mobile UI. It feels pretty dump to when I just stop walking out of nowhere because I slide my left thumb out of the direction button.

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    Skywars would be much more even with a joystick too because the ammount of times ive accidentally crouched or gone sideways by accident it amazingly annoying

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    this is really necessary, how are we still in 2020 playing with an static joystick, and a really terrible one, please pay attention to other games with virtual joysticks, and try to replicate that

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    This was what I wanted to say!

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    They actually used to have this and they took it out for the dpad. I don't get it they're moving backwards

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    Minecraft china has this thing

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    Please make this happen.. minecraft needs it

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    Please change the design of joystick in Minecraft pocket edition and change to a similar one to pubg mobile

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    Pienso que con un joystick se mejora la movilidad dentro del juego, sería bueno que implementaran esta opción dentro de la configuración y así cada jugador se acomoda a su estilo de juego. Espero que tomen en cuenta estos comentarios y no los dejen en el pozo del olvido. Pues ese debe ser el motivo de esta pagina, para que los jugadores seamos tenidos en cuenta.

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    Yes I juse hope this eventually get fixed each time I update the game... I don't know how it could even be a thing!? Did any dev has ever tested playing minecraft for real on his phone? This is so frustrating... For me it's just unplayable with touch screen so far...
    Please I'm sure it's not so much work to implement that compared to the value it could add to the game 🙏🙏🙏

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    I agree! They have to add this option. I will share this post with people so it can get popular and official and announced. Share yours too if you would like to have Joystick on Minecraft.

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    Yes

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    I was thinking of suggesting this myself too lol, anyways,

    instead of making the crouch button a double tap in the center of the joystick, how about putting the crouch button next to the jump button (maybe in the style of SNES, for the little bit of extra touch). Another good change would be to make sure that it’s an option rather than a forced change, for obvious reasons. Speaking of the options, what about, if the joystick option is enabled, You can decide if it follows your finger or is locked to where the D-Pad would be.

    Some might say that a Joystick would go against the blocky nature of Minecraft, so why not make the joystick pixelated? Theres many things to consider when making a joystick (especially for Minecraft) like the joystick pixelation, how big it’ll be compared to the D-Pad, or dead-zones. But overall, it’d be a small, yet, big QoL change to Minecraft Mobile users.

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    If they should put it to make it more practical to play, I also know that it is a lot to ask but a greater support for generic controls

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    I just don't want diagonal controls

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    Just look at any battle royale game like PUBG or COD, it's perfect, also, make the whole left side(or right, you choose in settings)the "move" area, I'm tired of breaking blocks and punching mobs because my finger is slightly off the arrow button. Also, it doesn't mean "remove" the arrow buttons, it can be an option in the menu, like "Touch > Use Joystick(toggle)"

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    hi, im from the future. They are implementing it. Not sure if the joystick will stay in the future, but they now implemented it in the newest beta. Now its up to the community if it stays or not

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    it's necessary because you can't go backwards when in a boat(mobile)

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    I hate it and I can’t figure out how to turn it off.

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    This has been implemented