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[Bedrock] Improve mobile touchscreen controls

So, at this point I plan to post a thread like this every so often until they actually do something. For 8 years, people have been begging for better touchscreen controls and Mojang does nothing, and this is why they are the developer I am the least fond of across all the games I play or have played. This feedback says, and I would like to quote,

"We welcome feedback about menus, toggles on menus, buttons on menus, input devices (like touch controls and keyboards)"

Yet for years, they have not even considered any of the various suggestions and requests people have made for a virtual joystick, an attack button, and whatever else we can think of to make the touchscreen controls for the mobile game give us a more navigable interface. It is disloyal and frankly just rude to let the umpteen feedback threads you get a month asking you to improve the touch controls just fall on deaf ears and blind eyes. I have never seen a more careless act from a game developer in my 28 years, and becuase of this negligence, Minecraft Pocket Edition is the worst investment of $7 I have ever made. I know this is basically a rant more than anything but its just ridiculous. Pocket Edition is going on a decade old... Wake up, please.

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    why not use volume buttons on our phone to control block placing and breaking?hmm,or jump and sneak...( i think here are two buttons on our phone.if we want to change volume ,just pause.)That will let our control easier.

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    Mojang can you bring Custom controls like PUBG, FREE FIRE, Call of Duty,etc in next update

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    Can you make the controls moveable to customize the key controls and resize

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    Wish they could all a customizable controller for Minecraft bedrock edition (mobile)

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    Hello Mojang! As a mobile player, I love the versatility the adjustable joystick brings. However, there are a few minor changes I would make.

    I wish there was a setting that allows me to change how far right (or left if you're a lefty) the movable joystick can go. As a regular gamer, having only one thumb to interact doesn’t feel right. Having a joystick in the middle of my screen gets in the way of using both fingers. It would be nice to have it go up and down as well as side to side.

    The joystick lock option could also be improved, as the only current option is to set it back to default. The one thing I would change about it is a personal lock. By that I mean once adjusted, the lock could keep it there rather than going back to default. This could apply to both the joystick and the other controls as well. Some might prefer the controls to be a bit lower, while others may want them up high.

    In any case, the product thus far is great and this is a huge step forward. Love and appreciate all the hard work and dedication the devs have put into this game over the years! Whether my two-sense makes it in or not, I love you all and thanks for the memories!

    Sincerely your unwaveringly loyal player: Reahn15

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    To see chunk base in pocket minecraft

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    It's ridiculous that we have finally gotten an update for minecraft controls after all this time and they still suck. Literally unplayably bad. Ark mobile has the most intuitive and dynamically usable touch controls that could be copied 1-1 for minecraft and would give the mobile version a competitive control scheme to even console and PC versions. Yet we still have atrocious controls for this mobile version. Ark mobile has shown how perfect mobile survival games can make their controls. Mojang/Microsoft, what are you doing at this point? It's the single complaint I have with the game and yet nothing has been done to make similar to Ark mobile controls. Those said controls from Ark mobile literally eliminate the need for all buttons including (jump, crouch, hit/mine, and even sprint) this frees up the interface to be way more open, dynamic and literally makes all the aforementioned controls better in every way as to what the currently are. As of now it is near impossible to use any of the controls dynamically while doing other actions such as moving or looking. Meanwhile, Ark mobile controls make it not only possible but intuitive to the point where there is no drawback from PC or console controls and solves the (one at a time) control scheme that ruins the playability of mobile. Please mojang make this one change and I promise sales would go up for mobile by a thousand. It's undeniable how much more efficient, intuitive, and better Ark mobile controls are for this game.

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    I really want gyro and control customisation added

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    Umh... This improvement has already been implemented

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    For the love of all things Minecraft just fix this one thing: the status effects overlapping the jump input. Constantly attempting to jump or fly and hitting the status effects display instead. So much aggravation could be avoided if this one thing were just a little bit different.

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    This user's post I think is a not very valid argument. They're saying that 7 dollars for a game that includes multiplayer, has an amazing amount of features, and updates every year is bad. I think that's a very good trade. Also, the mobile layout isn't the best (mojang pls add third person) but it isn't really really bad.

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    Yeah they really need to make them more customizable and add more options to suite them to 3+ finger players as well not just 2 fingers, it's so outdated.