So easy a caveman..? or FPS setup from the future? Binding Idea.

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After reading the how hard do you game thread I saw all these people talking about their WASD keys... Am I to understand everyone uses a fairly default set up?

When I was in college back when I got my crazy (live in his mothers basement) gamer cousin to get off his fat rear end (really hes skinny) and go to Full Sail in Orlando, he doubled in 3d ani and video design and devo. He got a spectacular job right out of school @ N-Space who produced much of the content for CoD and a lot of other FPS.

Going to the conventions and seeing the pros play he noticed they do not use WASD but rather ASDF (Strafe left/right altfire fire) and Mouse 1 forward/2 back.

It allows your hand to move much more freely not being bunch up and is also ergonomically healthier. It also puts many more buttons at your left hands disposal

So I started using it and it makes one hell of a difference and I would never go back. Dont get me wrong it is very weird at first, I had been WASD for over 10 years. But some should give it a shot!

Any takers?
Let me know what you think!

-Gig
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My Binds:
F - Fire
D - Alt Fire
S - Strafe Right
A - Strafe Left
R - Reload
T - Taunt
G - Spray
Q/W/E - Voice commands
Space - Jump
Mouse 1 = Forward
Mouse 2 = Back
Mouse 4 (Thumb Button) = Crouch
Mouse wheel up = Melee Weapon
Mouse wheel back = #3 (Primary) Weapon
Mouse wheel Left = Alt (Pistol etc.)
Mouse wheel right = #4 Engy build/spy disguise
 
I can see how it would make gaming easier, but after playing PC shooters for over 10 years, I can hardly imagine changing now.

Also, it requires a skill similar to patting your head and rubbing your belly at the same time, as each hand does something different.

Your left hand will now control side to side movement, as well as firing, while your right hand controls aiming and forward and backwards movement.

In the classic setup, all movement is controlled by your left hand, while all things aiming and firing controlled by your right hand, making it simpler and, in my opinion, easier to use.
 
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Do it do it do it do it do it!

Everyone's doing it man! You want to fit in with the crowd don't you? The girls will love you!

Yeah I thought the same thing. took about 3 days. But at the end I was like, "why did I waste so much time and effort playing like that?!"

I wont argue ease of use. But potentially speaking getting it down can make you free to do a ton more and accuracy goes through the roof
 
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Hmm, this is interesting. I have no clue if I could ever get used to it. But I guess I can always give it a shot. Wish me luck.. haha
 
I use the direction buttons for some reason, a friend of mine got me doing it and even though the bindings for reload and jump, etc are really horrible I'm too used to it.

As for this, my pink and the finger right next to it have horrible... coordination.. I guess.. but I can't move them simultaneously good enough to game with.
 
Tee hee - this is the first FPS I've ever played, and my husband set me up from day one with something really similar to this... so I've never played the WASD setup.

Where this is all I've known, it works pretty well for me... I do have to scream occasionally when I can't get my finger over to SHIFT to get the uber clicked fast enough though... !argh :D

Shift - Alt Fire
Z - Crouch
X - Strafe Left
C - Back
V - Strafe Right
A - Voice chat
R - Reload
G - Taunt
T - Spray
S/D/F - Voice commands
Space - Jump
Mouse 1 = Fire
Mouse 2 = Forward
Mouse wheel up = Melee Weapon
Mouse wheel back = #3 (Primary) Weapon
 
Gypsy that is a truly unique set of bindings.. I thought the ASDF was different but illogical.. I just spent 10 minutes hurting my head trying to position my hand over those keys! nevermind play with them lol!
 
I have a similar setup that I've used since I was 8ish

LMB- forward
RMB- Backwards
A- strafe left
D- strafe right
control- Fire
Middle click- secondary fire
G- taunt
T- spray
Space- Jump
E- Use things (in games that require it like america's army)


stuff like that
 
Wow amazing I'm giving it a shot to all these setups, I just have to make sure that NONE of the really good EGO players are in the same server or I'll be dead in an instant XD
 
I have all the keys bound to "Primary Fire". That way, I can bash my head against the keyboard, yelling "I AM THE WINNAR." Sometimes, I even get a kill.

!bang
 
I will definitely need to implement this on a single player game first, or with bots. I tried it last night and got owned so hard... I tried to shoot and ended up running straight at them.
 
Wow... That sounds like way too much work to readjust after 5+ years of playing FPS with WASD... I might try it out in SP, though, just to see what it's like.
 
after playing doom quake and duke nukem with the mouse buttons for movement and spent a long time untraining it for unreal tournament. id on't want to switch back... *cry*
 
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