Legality and banning concerns
Am i legally allowed to modify the config files for apex legends to bind more than one command to a single key, such as making my crouch button press to toggle crouch as well as hold to crouch on the same button. Keeping in mind that no alteration i wish to perform will give me better movement or cheat in any way, but in fact is only changing which button does what ( which can already be done) and decrease the amount of buttons required for actions needed. My reason for this is an xbox controller can use the X button to interact, use alternate interactions, and reload whereas the default pc controls require 2 or 3 buttons to be pressed for each. I simply want to know if combining controls via the config (.cfg) files will get me banned or if i am allowed to do so as you can already alter what control is binded to each individual function and am not doing anything that i cannot already do in game except bind multiple commands to one key which isn't currently available. Another example of the modifications I will perform is making the choose health item press and hold to choose item and then single tap to use that health item I chose as you would on controller or making 1 key click to change weapons and hold to holster weapons. If i am allowed to do this i also need to know if i ever wished to participate in a tournament, would i be able to use this during the event as it is only changing keybinds. Thank you for your time and any feedback is helpful
While you intentions appear benign, it would be easy to misconstrue them, one adjustment to a config file is much the same as another. So with that in mind, all I know is the following:
"When you access or use an EA Service, you agree that you will not:"
"Modify any file or any other part of the EA Service that EA does not specifically authorize you to modify."
https://www.ea.com/legal/user-agreement
Adjusting config files has been allowed in the past in tournaments, but it was specifically allowed for in the rules for those tournaments, but not in recent tournaments.
Scripts and macros that give an advantage are obviously cheating.
"We ask everyone to play within the rules of the game and refrain from tampering or using cheats"
https://www.ea.com/security/amp/news/eaac-deep-dive
You can only fiddle with the in game settings, it is a good rule not to get yourself banned now or in the future.
"Keep Things Fair
Play games the way that they are meant to be played.
Don’t: Use exploits, cheats, undocumented features, design errors, bugs or problems to get a leg up on others"
https://www.ea.com/commitments/positive-play/charter#keep-things-fair
And as a word of warning from Hideouts:
https://twitter.com/RSPN_Hideouts/status/1550320230659809281
