How do you generally set up controls?

Pighardia

Pighardia

Pighardia

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Just wondering what people find is the easiest way to set up controls in certain games?

For example, in FPS's do you find it better to have the mele button as one of the mouse buttons, or a kb key? I'm not sure atm tbh.

For certain games, i find a controller works best, such as assassin's Creed Brotherhood atm and also the first Mass Effect, but not the second one.

I also rarely use the number keys for weapons tbh.
 
Knife/Grenades on side mouse buttons.

Crouch moved to control if the devs were retards that thought c was a better place for it.

Thats pretty much all i change.
 
w,a,s,d = forward, backwards, strife left and right.
Shift = Walk/Run/Slowmo
c = Voice chat ingame
ctrl = crouch
x,z = melee
left click = shoot
right click = aim
rest = usually default.
 
LinktoInsanity said:
w,a,s,d = forward, backwards, strife left and right.
Shift = Walk/Run/Slowmo
c = Voice chat ingame
ctrl = duck
x,z = melee
left click = shoot
right click = aim
rest = usually default.
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i could probably go for X as mele, but not Z!

Also, i use a Wolfking Warrior pad, so the keys are slightly different
 
LinktoInsanity said:
w,a,s,d = forward, backwards, strife left and right.
Shift = Walk/Run/Slowmo
c = Voice chat ingame
ctrl = crouch
x,z = melee
left click = shoot
right click = aim
rest = usually default.
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Similar to what i use. C for ingame chat V for Mumble, Mouse4 for melee or Scope depending on the game.
 
Always:

m1 - shoot
m2 - aim or melee
m3 - aim or secondary nade
m4 - nade
m5 - knife

shift - crouch
ctrl - prone
\ - walk
alt - sprint
space - jump
f - use
 
W,A,S,D

Shift = Crouch
Ctrl= Prone
Mele = Mouse 4 (bottom on left side)
Run = Mouse 3 (top on left side)
Reload = Scroll wheel down

When I used to play COD I'd have alternative grenade on Alt.
 
I may be missing a trick here! Always played with C as crouch, Well since COD days anyway, may have to give the ctrl a good go. Get this though, Back in the days of Wolfenstein: Enemy Terriorty it used to be a all about Move,Left, Right = Right mouse, <, >. Left arrow as prone, right shift as sprint and space a jump, oh and left mouse to shoot. Sounds horrible now as a configuration though xD
 
I have some quibbles with some commonly used keys in certain games

BF2 - I have prone mapped to x, I find I cant use the Z key very well when my fingers are on the wasd keys

DOD:S - I have prone mapped to q, just a better place for it again as above

Red Orchestra - I have the map bound to f, I open the map often so I need a key thats within easy reach (its usually the "O" key)

COD's - I have special grenades on a mouse side button and knife on the other side button

Thats it I think, I think the game with the best key layout is quake live, I have made no changes to the key layout.
 
The only thing I change universally is crouch, which I prefer having on C. Otherwise it tends to be game-specific as to whether I'll change anything. The basics are pretty much always kept on default (movement, attack, interaction).

EDIT: I usually swap the mouse scroll weapon change so that they're the other way around. I tend to find scroll down is previous weapon and scroll up is next weapon 99% of games, so I swap them. The only exception is GTA IV as it seems to mess up the rifle zoom controls.
 
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M1 = shoot
M2 = Hold to aim (Hate toggle)
M3 = Voice chat
M4 = Primary Nade
M5 = Secondary nade
Shift = sprint
WASD = forward, back and strafe left and right
Ctrl = Hold to crouch
C = Toggle prone then you can alternate between lay down and crouch by just holding ctrl
q = last used weapon
E = Use
F = Melee

Hmm anything else... Scroll is change weapon but I tend to use the numbers instead as its muuuuuuuch much quicker
 
i admit, i sometimes have problems with the scroll wheel as change weapon. Quite often, i end up going too far, especially on BC2, where i end up changing to RPG by mistake and just firing anyway at someone from 5 yards:D
 
For FPS games I change them, anything else they pretty much stay default.

M1 = Fire
M2 = Look down sight
M4 = Mumble
Shift = Run
Ctrl = Crouch
E = Use
F = Melee

1, 2, 3, 4 to select weapons.
 
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Pighardia said:
i admit, i sometimes have problems with the scroll wheel as change weapon. Quite often, i end up going too far, especially on BC2, where i end up changing to RPG by mistake and just firing anyway at someone from 5 yards:D
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This is why I use the number keys, although I still change to the wrong weapon sometimes :p
 
Grenades go to mouse 4/5, melee is mouse 3, change weapon to mouse wheel, crouch to C, prone to X, left shift as sprint/walk and nothing on Ctrl as I use it for PTT on TS3.
 
On BC2 I get issues with changing weapon with the mouse wheel so I have
LMB - Fire
RMB - Aim
MMB - Spot
MW up or down - melee
MB4 MB5 - change weapon up and down respectively

then on the keyboard all standard apart from Q is set to pistol. Makes it more like CS so I can quickly switch to sidearm in a pinch which is really handy and seems to surprise people when I change almost instantly and kill them...works every time.
 
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