Control problems

(S. Monkey) #1

I’m having problems with my controls, and I’m looking for suggestions on how to get round them.

I use the traditional WASD keys to move, with shift as crouch, ctrl as prone, and my 4th and 5th mouse buttons as reload and sprint. However, I recently broke my little finger on my left hand, so it’s now strapped to my fourth finger. I can still use all the movement keys fine but shift and ctrl require I take my fingers off the movements which is no good.

Anyone use any control configurations that don’t require so many fingers?

(ECE-666) #2

Just put prone under C or B (whatever feels best for you) and press it with your thumb. For crouch, well you could do the same thing.

(pgh) #3

Set Double Tap Crouch to Prone and bind C or Space for Thumb Ease to Crouch.

Now Thumb or Finger on D can be used to Crouch and Double Tap it to Prone.

(pgh) #4

If its any use actually heres a snip from me config…

   //___________________________
  // 	Controls
 //  ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
	   //________________
	  // 	..Mouse
	 //  ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
		bind MOUSE1 "+Attack"
		bind MOUSE2 "+Moveup"
		bind MOUSE3 "Kill;Wait 10;say_teamnl ^9!^1!^7selfkilled"
		bind MOUSE4 "vstr teamspeak"
		bind MOUSE5 "echo Unbound"
		bind MWHEELUP "vstr Short"
		bind MWHEELDOWN "vstr Long"

	   //________________
	  // 	..Movement
	 //  ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
		bind Q "+LeanLeft"
		bind w "+foward"
		bind E "+LeanRight"
		bind A "+MoveLeft"
		bind S "+Back"
		bind D "+MoveRight"
		bind X "+Prone"
		bind C "+MoveDown"
		bind SHIFT "+Sprint"
		
	   //________________
	  // 	..Armoury
	 //  ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
		bind Z "weapalt"
		bind m "vstr namee"
		bind R "+Reload"
		bind F "+Activate"
		bind G "vstr Map"
		bind SPACE "+Zoom"
		bind CTRL "+TopShots"
		bind ALT "vstr Stats"
		bind TAB "+Scores"
(Ifurita) #5

Here is a one-handed, mouse-only config

http://planetwolfenstein.com/4newbies/onehand-config.zip

Also, you don’t mention:

  1. How many and which keys are bound to weapons - could write weapon toggles to free up 3 keys
  2. If you use +leanleft and +leanright vs. +active +moveleft/right, which could free up another 2 keys

FWIW, the only thing I pull up with my pinky is the scoreboard

(Bongoboy) #6

Hey there Ifuri, good to see you again : )

There was some interesting research in the New Scientist recently about right-handers doing better using the mouse in their left hands. I can’t find a link anywhere now, but the majority of right-handers tested preferred to carry on using the mouse in their left hand even after the experiment period was over. And no, it wasn’t browsing-that-certain-kind-of-website left-handed mouse use either.

Sorry S.Monkey, that’s probably no use to you whatsoever : {

This is vaguely similar but not really the same as some reseach done with American karateka measuring their punching speed with dominant and weak hands. Turns out they were all faster with their “weaker” hands, possibly because they weren’t concentrating on how hard/fast they were going to punch.

One day I’ll be brave enough to try mouse in left hand, and right hand on the PL;’ keys. It just feels so wrong to start off with. But then, what pleasurable activity doesn’t? No, don’t answer that.

Edit: found some feedback, but the original article doesn’t appear to be online. Will chase up, if anyone’s interested. http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opletters.jsp?id=ns244115

Edit-Edit: Result! It was research paper 099-131 by Alain Delisle at the Robert-Sauvé Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute in Montreal, Canada. http://www.irsst.qc.ca/fr/_projet_3040.html or in Applied Ergonomics, vol 35, p 21. Sweep the leg!

(CM..Punk) #7

My mouse is shaped for right-handed people, so that would be even more uncomfortable.

Really really need a new mouse one day. All the ones I find nowdays are symetrical. Well my hands are NOT symmetrical you bastads, gimme a right-handed mouse! I want it to mould into my palm…mmm

(Fusen) #8

lol ahh dont think I could use a left handed mouse cos my left hand is quite retarded when it comes to use with only the left hand :confused: like throwing a ball is fine with right hand but when it comes to left hand it gets about 5 meters lol so i think i wouldnt be able to control firing and shnitzels very well

(Ifurita) #9

like growing a ball is fine

Sounds like someone has bigger problems than setting up their config :smiley:

(Fusen) #10

lol i wonder how throwing became growing =X

(pgh) #11

If I throw my balls they’ll grow?

Im like yerself Fusen in way… cant use me left hand for mouse to save meself and lucky if I can throw summit on target.

(Ifurita) #12

Using my left hand to mouse would be very odd too. I have much finer motor control with my right hand vs the left

(ECE-666) #13

I write left and throw left, but for some strange reason i do lots of stuff right too (like my mouse or batting at baseball) and i can throw a ball with right a bit too. Guess i’m multi-handed or something :banana:

(pgh) #14

What else you use your right for? No wait, dont.

(ECE-666) #15

That realy was a shot on open goal wasn’t it :disgust: