controller setup

[bootlegtrader]

What do you guys think will be the best way to control Doom III? Keyboard, mouse, joystick, gamepad? Any suggestions on what to buy to be prepared, if anything?

[gatewatcher]

bootlegtrader said:

What do you guys think will be the best way to control Doom III? Keyboard, mouse, joystick, gamepad? Any suggestions on what to buy to be prepared, if anything?

I can't imagine someone playing Doom III on anything but a mouse and keyboard. but if your one of those people that like to play FPS's with a gamepad ot joystick, then i suggest going to pcgamer.com and seeing what they suggest.

[dsm]

What most people use to play Q3A, RtCW, MoH:AA, SoF2 and all the other newer FPSs.

[Liam]

Eh, however people want to control it I expect. I typically play with EASD (no, not WASD) and my mouse (space to jump, crouch to duck).

[Naked Snake]

Shift - Run
Enter - use item
Ctrl - open
Up - move up
Down - move down
Left - sidestep left
Right - sidestep right
Mouse 1 - shoot
Mouse 2 - duck
Mouse 3 - jump
Mouse wheel up - next weapon
Mouse wheel down - previous weapon
[ - previous inventory item
] - next inventory item
Backspace - 180 turn
Delete - drop item/weapon
\ - zoom view
1234567890 - weapons
` - console
Tab - automap

Like my setup?

[Shaviro]

Don't you mean:

Mouse 1 (Left Button): Shoot
Mouse 3 (Middle button): whatever(i have the use button on this one)
Mouse 2 (Right button): Jump

[Dima]

Shaviro said:

Don't you mean:

Mouse 1 (Left Button): Shoot
Mouse 3 (Middle button): whatever(i have the use button on this one)
Mouse 2 (Right button): Jump

Exactly! :)

[dsm]

Shaviro said:

Don't you mean:

Mouse 1 (Left Button): Shoot
Mouse 3 (Middle button): whatever(i have the use button on this one)
Mouse 2 (Right button): Jump

That's a weird setup in my eyes, but according to Flathead, MY setup is the weirdest in the world:
Mouse 1 - backpedal
Mouse 3 - whatever (I use it for zoom view in Q3A, otherwise I rarely ever use it)
Mouse 2 - move forward

Apart from the mouse, I basically use the default keys on the keyboard except z and x which I use to strafe left or right.

The setup that you have feels horribly awkward to me - that was the first setup I tried when I "converted" from purely keyboard to keyboard+mouse and I just couldn't get used to it. I mean, you have to place the keyboard further on the left as to not have to sit in an awkward position.

[WhilelM]

Enter - use item
Right Shift - Autoswitch weapon
Ctrl - open
E - move up
D - move down
S - sidestep left
F - sidestep right
Mouse 1 - shoot
Mouse 2 - jump
Mouse 3 - use item
Mouse wheel up - next weapon
Mouse wheel down - previous weapon
[ - previous inventory item
] - next inventory item
Backspace - drop item
space - zoom view
RTQW 1234567890 - weapons
` - console
Tab - Score
A - taunt
G - duck

Like mine?

[Lord FlatHead]

You people are sick and twisted. Personally, I've been trying to convert from the arrow keys to WASD (or ZQSD on this European keyboard) so I don't have to push my keyboard over to the left, as dsm says.

[Cyberstorm2]

Forward - Up Arrow
Strafe Left - Left Arrow
Strafe Right - Right Arrow
Backpedal - Down Arrow
Shoot - Mouse 1
Jump - Mouse 2
Use Key (Zoom in Quake) - Mouse 3
Next/Last Weapon - MWheel Up/Down (I forget :D)
Crouch - Right Control
Reload - End
Use Item - Home
Drop Weapon - Backspace

What can I say, I'm left handed freak.

[Mormegil]

Forward: W
Backward: S
Step left: A
Step right: D
Jump: Space
Crouch: Left shift
Walk/Run: Left control
Reload: R
Drop weapon: G
Use item: E(If there's not any function like lean)
Map or Info: Tab
Shoot: Mouse 1
Alt. Weapon
option: Mouse 2
Any special
functions: Q, Z, X, and C

[dsm]

Lord FlatHead said:

You people are sick and twisted. Personally, I've been trying to convert from the arrow keys to WASD (or ZQSD on this European keyboard) so I don't have to push my keyboard over to the left, as dsm says.

And that should come from your mouth? :-P

[GiXeLz]

gosh darnit..

for the longest time my mouse has been really crappy (I use some HP PS2 mouse I found).. I have been sucking in FPS games mostly because of my mouse, and I just found this PS2 rate adjuster.

I have been running at 20hz this whole time, wtf. I am pissed. Oh well, now I am running at a (relatively) smooth 100hz :D Now gimme some doom3

[-Enclave-]

H = Strafe Left
J = Move Backward
K = Strafe Right
U = Change Weapon
Mouse1 = Fire
Mouse2 = Move Forward
Space = Jump
L = Open/Use
V = Crouch


Weird I know..... but using the middle of the keyboard gives you access to the entire layout of keys.

[Smokebox]

Every since Quake2, I've used the same keyboard setup:

Mouse:
Button 1 - Fire
Button 2 - Jump
Button 3 - Walk foward

Keyboard:
Arrow Keys - Move
, - Strafe left
. - Strafe right
/ - Crouch
Ctrl - Alt-fire (Unreal, UT, etc.)
Space - Jump
1-9 - Weapon selection
Shift - Walk/run


That's just the basic keys. I'm too lazy to go into details.

[Goat]

Liam the Bard said:

crouch to duck).

Kind of repetitive aren't we?

[The_Tonx]

I use HL:CS default (WSAD). So my keys are pretty much set with default in most FPSes :)

[Livo]

Default.

Yes, I will use the default settings for Doom 3, like most of the other games I play.

I'll probably just bind extra keys for multi-player (most likely talk binds) or rebind some functions to other keys, if I prefer them to be on another key.