sticky creep

[z-vap]

I had posted this over on ttlg.com, but figured it'd be better to check the wiki, first

 

I saw that there is a way to make the run key be toggle-able. Is there a way to do the same for the creep effect?

 

Personally I hate holding down more than one key to move, I can make the run a toggle. I would hope that doing the same for creep would be do-able.

 

Thanks for listening

 

(great job on everything you taffers are doing)

[Noisycricket]

If they don't offer a choice, it might help you to set your left Alt key as your creep, or your even your space key. That frees up your fingers to keep directing your movements. I personaly have two usable buttons next to the space-bar that i use for creep and crouch.

 

I really wish they would come out with a gaming keyboard that gave the thumb multiple things it could do. It can press multiple buttons in 4 directions, but all its tasked for is......Space-bar! It could manipulate another mouse-pad movement or swivel a directional!

Edited March 22, 2009 by Noisycricket

[hexhunter]

I really wish they would come out with a gaming keyboard that gave the thumb multiple things it could do. It can press multiple buttons in 4 directions, but all its tasked for is......Space-bar! It could manipulate another mouse-pad movement or swivel a directional!

 

Belkin's Gameboard

Saitek's Gameboard

Logitechs G13 Gameboard (UK site)

The other notable one was the MS sidewinder, which was like a mouse on a joystick, shame they never made an analog one for use in FPSs

My source: Wikipedia

 

Now more-or-less back on-topic, I find it easiest to use Shift for non-toggle controls, usually I use it for crouching but you spend so much time crouched in thief that it's better to toggle it, so I use it for creep instead and set couch toggle to Ctrl. I agree that traditional keyboards don't have enough keys for your pinky and thumb, I usually have run set to Alt, but that makes a running jump Alt+W+Space, you might as well slam your head against the keyboard.

[Mortem Desino]

I checked our bugtracker. Yes: toggleable creep is a feature we're tracking. There are many team members and contributors (including myself) that like the sticky creep.

 

And while we're on the the subject of keyboard binds, I've been trying to get used to ESDF for a workset. It allows my left hand to stay on the keyboarding "home row", and also lets me use both Z for creep, l-shift for run, and alt for crouch.

[Komag]

I always use ESDF in all games that I can, because it frees up three more keys for whatever I want (Q,A,Z), very nice and helpful for many games, and my fingers are long enough so my pinky can still reach Shift and Ctrl when I need to

[Noisycricket]

I always use ESDF in all games that I can, because it frees up three more keys for whatever I want (Q,A,Z), very nice and helpful for many games, and my fingers are long enough so my pinky can still reach Shift and Ctrl when I need to

I also use ESDF, for the same reasons. I always use q = reload, a = run, g = use. In the interest of realism, or immersion\believability, for things that would, in real life, cause me to look somewhere besides forward to use, i set those keys away from my hand so i have to look away from the screen.

[bvanaerde]

Am I the only one that uses the arrows on the keyboard for moving around?

Right shift for jumping, right ctrl for crough, enough buttons above and right of the arrows... and what's most important: you always know you've got your fingers to the correct buttons

[Mortem Desino]

Arrowkeys were fine for quite a while, but now games have gotten so much more...complicated. You need more modifiers in-hand. WASD came about some time after the growing "Doom" FPS era. People could now have ease of access to extra modifiers (Shift, Ctrl, Alt) as well as other nearby keys for extra actions (Q E ZXC RFV and Spacebar)

 

Some games (I suppose TDM for example) added an extra modifier for movement: creep. Now 6 sets of movement on two modifiers are available: Run, walk, creep, crouch-run, crouch-walk, crouch-creep. How will that fit on arrow keys? I barely fit it in comfortably on WASD. With all the more sensitive movements and more precise actions, you need more keys in your reach and muscle-memory.

 

Also, I think the reason I'm growing towards the ESDF keyset is because I'm STILL used to thief weapon binds.

[sxotty]

Belkin's Gameboard

Saitek's Gameboard

Logitechs G13 Gameboard (UK site)

The other notable one was the MS sidewinder, which was like a mouse on a joystick, shame they never made an analog one for use in FPSs

My source: Wikipedia

Wolfking warrior allows multiple things for thumb as well.