FPS players: How many of you use the arrow keys to move ??

Dark_Angel · 8 Feb 2011 at 11:32

Khaaan! said:
How do you jump if you use the arrows?

:/

Shift, Ins, Ctrl, whatever. I used to use it back in the days of Quake 1 and the like.

I switched around Q3 or so (pure guess).

iv-tecman · 8 Feb 2011 at 11:44

orderoftheflame said:
Just the lefties and the freaks.

(I jest!)

Hey you... lol I'm a leftie.

Nah I used WASD or .................

.. A GAMEPAD if the game supports it.. Oh the shock. I don't play fps online. So gamepad in hand, sit back and enjoy the game..

Some games mind I do use keyboard and mouse - mass effect for example. And it'll always be WASD.

dazza13 · 8 Feb 2011 at 12:15

I used to be an arrow man right up until I got a wolfclaw gaming keyboard now it's wasd all the way.

TwsT · 8 Feb 2011 at 12:29

not used arrow keys since i used to enter IDSPISPOPD during a certain game.

knowlton · 8 Feb 2011 at 13:41

On Crossfire I use the arrow keys - I just can't get my head around the awsd thing.

My controls are...

Cursor keys - movement.
Right Ctrl - Jump
Right Shift - Crouch
Space - Reload

Left Mouse - shoot
Right Mouse - alternative attack

rhymin · 8 Feb 2011 at 15:34

Weirdest control system I have heard of for fps games is using a mouse button to move forward, they're the real freaks! ;-)

rhymin · 8 Feb 2011 at 15:35

knowlton said:
On Crossfire I use the arrow keys - I just can't get my head around the awsd thing.

My controls are...

Cursor keys - movement.
Right Ctrl - Jump
Right Shift - Crouch
Space - Reload

Left Mouse - shoot
Right Mouse - alternative attack

I use the same, except for reload, use middle mouse button for that

Casdawer · 8 Feb 2011 at 15:37

WASD!

ace-rimmer · 8 Feb 2011 at 15:39

i sue arrows, i just got a keyboard that has delete,end and page down above the arrows still.

delete=lean left
page down=lean right
end=jump
right ctrl = crouch
shift=run
0/ins=prone

and i got 3 buttons on the mouse for reload, knife and flash light, scroll button is good for quick prone.

Tunney · 8 Feb 2011 at 15:42

I'm right-handed but I got into playing Quake (Team Fortress) seriously when I was about 14 and was still sharing a PC with my entire family.

My dad is left-handed (freak) and so the mouse was always on the left-hand side of the family PC. So, I just got used to playing FPSs with my left hand controlling the mouse and my right hand on the arrow keys.

My PC game (which I use for gaming) is set up with the mouse on the left-hand side. My work PC (from which I obviously don't game) has the mouse set up on the right-hand side. Yeah, I'm a right weirdo.

ace-rimmer · 8 Feb 2011 at 15:51

im left handed but always used the mouse with my right hand, my dad cant even use then mouse and keyboard at the same time lol , brain blue screens.

Drukk · 8 Feb 2011 at 15:56

rhymin said:
Weirdest control system I have heard of for fps games is using a mouse button to move forward, they're the real freaks!

That'll be me then! Right mouse button to move forward, z and x sideways and shift for backwards.

Jumblejug · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:00

Tested out WASD while playing TFC once, since then I've never looked back.

I remember being a complete nub and playing quake using the keyboard only lol!

bcham · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:04

i use the left mouse button for moving forward,and the riight mouse button for moving back.and in my right hand i have a game pad with the fire buttons ect on.
works for me.

Ravenger · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:13

Jumblejug said:
I remember being a complete nub and playing quake using the keyboard only lol!

I remember playing Quake against a colleague who used the keys exclusively, while I had already learned to use mouse-look on other games like Duke 3D.

It was a massacre. He gave up playing against me shortly afterwards.

silversurfer · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:38

Yea mouse was a quantum leap forward. I was keyboard only like rimmers dad there but fortunately was able to learn the mouse also early enough.
Sounds elementary but it really was keys only on almost any game but flightsims maybe, doom didnt take mouse control Im pretty sure.

The first doom was 3D but sort of hacked in, there was only one level you could aim at. If a monster was higher up, it auto aimed up. There was no need for fancy aiming just point yourself in the right direction and fire

I still only ever used the arrows for about 5 minutes, that really is nethanderal man style

bcham said:
i use the left mouse button for moving forward,and the riight mouse button for moving back.and in my right hand i have a game pad with the fire buttons

how I imagine what you look like :

bcham · 8 Feb 2011 at 18:54

silversurfer said:
Yea mouse was a quantum leap forward. I was keyboard only like rimmers dad there but fortunately was able to learn the mouse also early enough.
Sounds elementary but it really was keys only on almost any game but flightsims maybe, doom didnt take mouse control Im pretty sure.

The first doom was 3D but sort of hacked in, there was only one level you could aim at. If a monster was higher up, it auto aimed up. There was no need for fancy aiming just point yourself in the right direction and fire

I still only ever used the arrows for about 5 minutes, that really is nethanderal man style

how I imagine what you look like :

and you.

http://img135.imageshack.us/i/capturelo.png/