And then you've displaced things that were on F and R. So like, WASD puts other stuff on Q and E, but then you move those things to W and R. The unfortunate thing about ESDF is that it generally commits you to remapping practically every key in the game. I did actually start off years ago playing a lot of games with WASD from the home row position, but there are definitely games that made it obvious that this was not how I was supposed to be doing it I think I switched when I started playing a lot of Minecraft. My keyboard even has fancy keycaps on the WASD, like anybody in their right mind should actually want to ever LOOK at their keyboard. Posted by neckro23 at 8:22 AM on July 19, 2018Īs a touch-typist, I don't know how other people don't use ESDF, which frustrates me a lot when games make it hard to modify such things. Conundrum: Do I stick with the setup I used for a thousand hours, or reset to defaults so I can WASD? Recently we Got The Gang Back Together and I played for the first time in a couple years, and I still had my weird controls configured. I played a bajillion hours of Left 4 Dead 2 using this setup, but I've since relented and started using the default WASD controls in other games. * this makes it possible to minimally play the game using one hand, which is nice This also makes it somewhat less awkward to use LAlt for voice chat. The orphaned RMB functions go to LShift or LCtrl. Any extra game functions can be assigned to the cluster of keys around these (QWERFV). This way you get C to crouch and space to jump, S to use and D to reload. I use right mouse to move forwards and w to jump, so I'm still a weirdo.įor a long time (since the Quake days, get off my lawn) I used the scheme of: RMB forwards*, Z/X to strafe, A to move backwards (!). Caps Lock is useless in gaming, Tab is a rarely used key (often brings up a map), and ESDF also has access to Left Shift.Ĭaps lock is not that uncommon for a run or crouch toggle (rather than momentary) and I note a conspicuous absence of Left Ctrl in your list - it is totally accessible with the pinky from a WASD position. WASD only lets the left pinky reach Tab, Caps Lock, and Left Shift. Things insisting on having a middle mouse button or scrollwheel where those functions can't be rebound (surprisingly common! You can rebind all your keys in mots games, but can I bind weapon up/down to the back/forward keys on my trackball instead of the wheel? Can I fuck.) is the bane of my gaming existence. I use a trackball (one of these - it was nothing like as expensive as £50(!!) when I got mine). I guess I should mention the bit of weirdness I have in my preferred mouse/WASD control scheme: I don't actually use a mouse.
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