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francisco_bindao
Dianoga
Joined: 05 Jun 2008
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 Posted: Aug 26, 2008 00:26 Post subject: Mouse look and keyboard |
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First I want to say many thanks for all hard work Lucius, for many time ago I wait to see a 3d accelerated version of dark forces game.
I am playing in a notebook with celeron 1.6 Ghz and it is working very fine 
I was just wondering if is it possible to configure the keyboard to turn left and turn right, currently I can only turn left or turn right using the mouse.
Is it possible to do it with keyboard only so I can play the game without using the mouse?
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klasodeth
Trandoshan
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Aug 26, 2008 03:00 Post subject: |
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As far as I know lucius is planning to implement features that allow people to play it with a keyboard-only control scheme. But be advised that currently there is no auto-aim, so unless he implements that too, playing with keyboard control only will be extremely difficult. Auto-aim is probably a bit more involved than supporting additional key bindings, so it may be a little while before such support makes it in. I'm sure it will end up in there sooner or later--probably sooner at the rate lucius seems to crank out code. You can always go to the CodePlex sited and submit it as an official feature request so he doesn't forget about it or miss this thread.
CodePlex Issue Tracking thread
The link takes you to a thread that not only contains a link to CodePlex, but also contains a generic user account so that you can log bugs and feature requests without having to create your own account. Nothing is stopping you from creating one of your own, and that may be preferable if you want to see the status of your request without wading through the other items posted under the generic account.
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lucius
DarkXL Developer
Joined: 17 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Aug 26, 2008 07:26 Post subject: |
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As klasodeth said, keyboard control is planned eventually. I'm not sure when, at this point though. He is also correct that proper auto-aim would be required to make keyboard controls useful, which is also planned eventually as well.
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The MAZZTer
Death Star
Joined: 25 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Aug 26, 2008 23:14 Post subject: |
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psst... francisco... get a usb travel mouse... or a desktop PC... or something. You really can't properly play a FPS without a keyboard and mouse IMO.
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Darth Oosha
Trandoshan
Joined: 24 Sep 2003
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Objection! I've never had any trouble playing Marathon and Descent with the keyboard with no auto-aim. In some cases it's actually easier without; when you're shooting at a distant enemy who's moving, auto-aim makes it impossible to lead your shots.
That said, acknowledged that auto-aim has to be included and on by default to properly emulate DF.
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klasodeth
Trandoshan
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Aug 27, 2008 05:39 Post subject: |
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Darth Oosha wrote:
Objection! I've never had any trouble playing Marathon and Descent with the keyboard with no auto-aim. In some cases it's actually easier without; when you're shooting at a distant enemy who's moving, auto-aim makes it impossible to lead your shots.
That said, acknowledged that auto-aim has to be included and on by default to properly emulate DF.
If you can kill the turrets in Dark Forces with keyboard only and no auto aim, tell me how, because fighting those things even with auto-aim and a gamepad is like getting sodomized by a live missile.
Edited to add: I was going to throw a smiley in there somewhere to show that I wasn't trying to be hostile, but having a smiley right after the sodomy comment probably would have looked very, very wrong.
By the way, did you ever try out DarkXL? From what I recall, Mac Dark Forces data can be made to work. Or are you running a non-Microsoft OS? I only ask because I recall you being very vocal (I mean that in a good way), so I was surprised to see that you haven't had much to say lately.
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The MAZZTer
Death Star
Joined: 25 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Aug 27, 2008 15:19 Post subject: |
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Descent 2 has keyboard ramping which sorta helps with aiming, but nothing can really substitute for the precision of mouse aiming, IMO.
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Darth Oosha
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Joined: 24 Sep 2003
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