[HOW TO] ENABLE AUTO WALK MODE

Overview

Are you tired of holding down the W key to traverse through the seemingly infinite horizons of Afganistan or Central Africa? Feeling soreness in your middle finger or are you just plain lazy? Then look no further, because this guide is the answer to all your prolonged walking needs! Great for conserving your W key since it is the default forward movement bind for 99.99% of PC games.This trick has been tested in the field and is proven to be effective in both main missions that require a lot of travelling as well as free roam.

Before we get started…

There are some things you need to do first:
-You must have the Steam in-game overlay enabled in order for this to work.
-You should set a single button to active/deactivate the in-game overlay (my preferred key is ‘~’ the squiggly key, AKA the key you press the activate the console in some other games. Since I rarely play anything other than MGSV and I never, ever need to use the console, I won’t run into problems where pressing the squiggly key opens up the console and the overlay at the same time in games like TF2. But if you do plan on using the console in Source games, then a good idea is to set it to a single key that’s easily reachable.)

Note: this does not work in MGO and using this in FOB is highly not recommended. Also works for any action that requires pressing and holding a certain control, such as holding F key for using the Intel Scope.

Now for the good stuff

To activate this hidden option to automatically walk/sprint/crawl/drive/whatever in the direction you desire is actually quite simple.

All you need to do is follow the steps below for activating or deactivating auto walk.

Enabling auto walk

1. Press the key you use to walk forward with (mine, like many other players is the W key)
2. While holding down the walk key, press the overlay key to bring up the Steam in-game overlay
3. After the overlay is activated, release the walk key
4. Now press the overlay key again to deactivate the overlay
5. Volia! Now you have enabled auto-walk

With it enabled, you can press the sprint key, crouch key, crawl key, etc. and it will still automatically walk in the direction you aim your mouse at. This is much easier on your W key! Sometimes if you press the walk forward key again, it will disable it. So just keep in mind to not press the W key after you’ve enabled auto walk.

Disabling auto walk

1. Press and hold the walk key
2. Press the overlay key to activate the overlay
3. Press the overlay key to deactivate the overlay
4. Release the walk key
5. Now you should be back to manual walking mode!

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