Shadowcat on 20/10/2008 at 10:17
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
Thanks.
Bah. Does SS1 have an auto-aim option and separate keys for strafing left and right?
Trying to aim with a keyboard on a horizontal axis always used to suck major balls. Gimme auto-aim over that shit any day.
For clarification, you DO aim your
weapons with the mouse in SS1! (Well, the ranged weapons, at least).
It's your head and body that you move with the keyboard, but for ranged weapons you only need to move until the target is somewhere on the screen, because you can put the mouse cursor over it at that point.
And yes, there are keys for side-stepping left and right (along with walking, running, turning, looking, leaning, crouching, and lying prone :)
SS2's control scheme toggle is awesome, but most people get sufficiently used to SS1 with a bit of effort, that they can enjoy the game. It's well worth the effort.
N'Al on 20/10/2008 at 11:09
The main thing that threw me initially re: SS1's control scheme was the fact that you right-click to shoot/ swing a weapon. Colour me perplexed when I got killed by the first bot that attacks you in Medical even after I was frantically left-clicking on it. Lol, pwned.
But yeah, as SC said, SS1 is well worth the effort getting to know the control scheme.
Neb on 20/10/2008 at 14:27
I use Blender a lot. Right clicking came naturally. :thumb:
Chuck on 20/10/2008 at 14:28
What kind of gamers are we, that we can't get used to a control style? Yes, it took a bit to get used to SS1 and it's interface, but what game doesn't?
Fire up it's older cousin, Ultima Underworld and be confounded by its lack of arrow-key movement (WASD only). I'm a leftie, but I didn't let that stop me from digging that old classic.
An adventure game without any mouse support? That didn't stop me from playing Grim Fandango.
I guess I'm tired of people bitching about this, but the control scheme shouldn't be a deal breaker for an experienced gamer.
Koki on 20/10/2008 at 15:43
Depends on the scheme; difference between WSAD and arrow keys is pretty small. Walking with 8462 is a fingerbreaker - it's just not ergonomic.
Kolya on 20/10/2008 at 19:28
*sound of finger breaking*
Don't worry, not a problem for an experienced gamer!
:mad:
Papy on 20/10/2008 at 22:01
Quote Posted by Koki
Walking with 8462 is a fingerbreaker - it's just not ergonomic.
It's 4562 or 4568 and it's far more ergonomic than wasd. Columns in a keyboard are slanted to make sure hammers don't jam, not because it's ergonomic.
Volitions Advocate on 20/10/2008 at 23:03
IIRC the default bindings for Thief was WAXD... and thats hard on my fingers.
june gloom on 21/10/2008 at 00:15
Ugh resetting Thief's bindings is a nightmare. Thief 2's especially because there's a bunch of shit that's not actually in the ingame menu that you have to figure out by reading the .cfg.
