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Re: Best Quake control configuration setup?

#76655
From: Nightowl
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 00:00
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My preferred key combo is:

W= Forward
X= Back
E= Jump
C= Crouch
A= Strafe Left
D= Strafe Right

Then Mouse for directional left/right and look control......     or O= Left.
[= Right and Enter for fire if no mouse option.

I found this combo gives me a better hand-spread across the keyboard


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InfoServ wrote in message <36914...@news.compuvar.com>...
>Hi,
>
>Actually, I like to setup Quake's control keys just like Duke Nukem's.
I've
>done a lot Dukematching, so I'm very well used to the way Duke Nukem's
>control keys are setup.  They're pretty basic, but it makes everything
>readily available.
>
>Up arrow = forward
>Down arrow = backward
>Left arrow = turn left
>Right arrow = turn right
>A = jump
>Z = crouch
>Left control key = fire weapon
>Left Alt key = strafe
>Home key = look up
>End key = look down
>Page down = center view
>
>This allows me to keep my hands on both sides of the keyboard.  The rest of
>the control keys I leave with defaults.  Try it sometime.  It's pretty
cool.
>:-)
>
>
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Date: 1999/01/04
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