Poll: WASD or Arrow Keys?
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the french version of bioshock use what is suppose to be a wasd sheme, but use the AZERTY french keyboard (so zqsd), and since i'm in north america and i use a QWERTY keyboard, my keys are not at the right space. And i guess it's a bug in the french version, but the movement keys are locked, and i cannot changed them, because the game is telling me that the w and a keys are reserved.SirBryghtside said:
Bah! Luddites. I use this now Catch up to the world people
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In all seriousness 98% of the time I choose neither and select 360 gamepad, even if it means extensive work on remapping the controls and finding the right fit through xpad.
But, in the rare occuasion when I have no other choice, it would be arrows, and having to remap the hotkeys to half the numpad the pg control keys, right controlenter, etc. For me having extensive MMO background it is illogical to cover the "chat" keys with commands. Plus I am not fond of having to either hover your hand over the keyboard or rest the palm of it on something movable such as the keyboard itself. So yeah not fond of WASD at all.
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In all seriousness 98% of the time I choose neither and select 360 gamepad, even if it means extensive work on remapping the controls and finding the right fit through xpad.
But, in the rare occuasion when I have no other choice, it would be arrows, and having to remap the hotkeys to half the numpad the pg control keys, right controlenter, etc. For me having extensive MMO background it is illogical to cover the "chat" keys with commands. Plus I am not fond of having to either hover your hand over the keyboard or rest the palm of it on something movable such as the keyboard itself. So yeah not fond of WASD at all.
I used to prefer arrow keys when I was little, but now I've gotten used to using the WASD keys for games. When I try to play with the arrow keys now it just feels uncomfortable for me. And since I play games that involve quickbars and such, the WASD keys are within reach of the number key I need to press.
...the fuck is that?viranimus said:Bah! Luddites. I use this now
Catch up to the world people.
In all seriousness 98% of the time I choose neither and select 360 gamepad, even if it means extensive work on remapping the controls and finding the right fit through xpad.
But, in the rare occuasion when I have no other choice, it would be arrows, and having to remap the hotkeys to half the numpad the pg control keys, right controlenter, etc. For me having extensive MMO background it is illogical to cover the "chat" keys with commands.
I used to be a competitive FPS player (was sponsored and traveled to tournaments). I always used ESDF since it shifts my had over a bit and gives me access to more keys. Also it's where your hand should be when typing making sending quick msgs in game no sweat.
"Tribes" fan? or did ESDF ever get used in something else I'm not remembering...gigastrike said:
I'm honestly surprised anyone prefers the arrow keys over one of the alternative schemes (WASD, ESDF, Numpad (for 4X games)). It was a pretty big revolution in gaming when the players of the original Quake figured out how much better the alternative schemes were. The arrow keys are really awkwardly placed for mouse and keyboard controls, although they aren't bad for keyboard only.
I use the number pad! forward (numpad 8), backwards (numbpad 5), reload (numpad period.), crouch (numbpad 0), jump (numbpad enter), sprint (numbpad 3,) talk/action button (numbpad *), melee (numbpad +), flashlight (up arrow key), grenades (numbpad /), NVG's (right arrow key or home), weapon selection (mouse wheel), prone (page down), leaning left and right (numbpad 7 and numbpad 9). any other actions can be mapped to the regular arrow keys or page up etc...6unn3r said:
Look to your numpad, retyopy, the answer will occur to you =)retyopy said:
OT: I'm a WASD user meself. Some day I might try ESDF but, arrows are right out unless it's a keyboard-only game.