FIFA 11 – How To Change Settings, Keyboard Configuration ...

How do I change game settings?

Although you might not see it at first, FIFA 11 includes a separate configuration utility application through which you can change display settings, video resolution, map keyboard keys, controller and audio settings. This can be accessed from the start menu (Games –> FIFA11-> Game Settings) – in case you didn’t get the start menu entry, follow the steps below to launch the configuration utility.

1. Navigate to FIFA 11 installation directory on your hard disk.
2. Go inside the ‘Game’ folder.
3. Find and run the file fifaconfig.exe

Cannot run FIFA 11 configuration/settings application

If you followed the steps above and the configuration utility did not launch (or gave an error), it could be something to do with not having the proper version of Microsoft .NET framework installed. FIFA 11 requires Microsoft .NET framework 3.5 – you can download this (free) from this location. Note that having a higher version installed (ex. v4.0) does not solve this issue.

How do I change keyboard key bindings in FIFA 11?

This is perhaps the most asked question related to this game. Although the PC version of FIFA 2011 is ‘allegedly’ optimized for the PC, it’s keyboard control scheme is mapped based on the XBOX360 gamepad. That is, a keyboard key is mapped for each function available in a X360 gamepad. Refer to screenshot below for more information:

You can change the key bindings by running the configuration utility (fifaconfig.exe – see above) and switching to the In-Game Keyboard tab. This is obviously a very user-unfriendly approach and some people might not be aware what exactly those XBOX360 buttons do.  Here are some of the common functions served by X360 buttons:

• A - Lob, Cross, Sliding tackle
• S - Pass. Standing Tackle
• D – Shot
• W - Switch player, Trigger Run
• E – Sprint
• X - Throw ball
• C - Stop the ball, Pace control

Above was based on this EA forum entry.

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