What was the default keyboard configuration for DOOM?

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3 total messages Started by David Simmons Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:20

#94709

Author: David Simmons
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:20

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Found the Doom Wiki but there was nothing there.  I borrowed the
Collector's Edition and it runs beautifully on my system.

However, I can't seem to find the original keyboard configuration that
worked so well for me.  My mouse is a USB so the game won't recognize
it.

I seem to recall using WASD and the arrow keys, but it's been a LONG
while since I played the game!

Dave S.

Re: What was the default keyboard configuration for DOOM?

#94710

Author: Roy Carin
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:27

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On 07/17/2007 01:20 AM, David Simmons wrote:
> Found the Doom Wiki but there was nothing there.  I borrowed the
> Collector's Edition and it runs beautifully on my system.
> 
> However, I can't seem to find the original keyboard configuration that
> worked so well for me.  My mouse is a USB so the game won't recognize
> it.
> 
> I seem to recall using WASD and the arrow keys, but it's been a LONG
> while since I played the game!
> 
> Dave S.
> 

I've put some information about the "default" keys here:
http://www.geocities.com/roy_carin_080496/doomkeys.html

The images come from prboom for Linux and the Ultimate Doom game wad.

In prboom, you can configure the keys by going into Options/ Setup/ Key 
Bindings. I don't remember if this was an option in the original Doom game.

Re: What was the default keyboard configuration for DOOM?

#94711

Author: Raymond Martineau
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:08

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On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:20:15 -0700, David Simmons <xenobuzz@att.net>
wrote:

>Found the Doom Wiki but there was nothing there.  I borrowed the
>Collector's Edition and it runs beautifully on my system.
>
>However, I can't seem to find the original keyboard configuration that
>worked so well for me.  My mouse is a USB so the game won't recognize
>it.

That's actually a Doom95 problem - it doesn't have mouse support for
Windows NT/XP.  Either use the dos version or a source port. 

>I seem to recall using WASD and the arrow keys, but it's been a LONG
>while since I played the game!

Defaults are arrow keys forward/back and turning, '.' and ',' for
strafing.  CTRL fires, Shift runs, space uses - you probably want to
configure this in the setup application.

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