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Re: controls

#194
From: song... songbird
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 00:00
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>Q=Forward
>S=Reverse
>TAB=Bank on
>LALT=Slide on
>
>+those not needed all the time:
>SPC=Automap
>Caps Lock=Rear view
>
>Thatis for left hand, and right hand uses joystick or mouse. I like 'slide on'
>better than eparate slide keys because then you have an analog slide, which is
>very nice n atight battle situation giving very accurate aiming & still chance
>for a fast evade (not to mention that you don't run out of fingers).
>
>-Juha

I agree that one really needs 12 fingers for Descent. Still, I prefer the
directional slide keys because without them I can't circle opponents facing
them, a big plus in Anarchy two-player mode. Left slide + right jstick, etc.
Very fun. I remember when I discovered you could assign directional strafe
keys in DOOM; raised my level of play immeasurably. Same kind of thing here,
there's just four of them.

For the curious:

Flightstick: pitch, yaw, fire primary and secondary

F/V: accelerate forwards / backwards (left index finger)
Q/E: roll left / right (rarely used, left pinky and middle finger)

W/S: slide up / down (left ring finger)
A/D: slide left / right (left pinky and middle finger)

Caps Lock: rear view (left pinky)
Tab: automap (left pinky)
Space: flare. (I particularly like this, thumb rests right on it.)

-- 
song...@bga.com                                                    Austin, TX
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From: song...@bga.com (songbird)
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Subject: Re: controls
Date: 5 Jan 1995 18:00:17 -0600
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