🚀 go-pugleaf

>Too long in the tooth to change now, I want to use the joystick for
>all movements *and* use the mouse to look around. It's a method that I
>have employed very successfully in every first person perspective game
>since Doom. (except Hexen2 in which I never got it to work either).BTW
>I'm having to use numeric keypad and mouse, which is just not
>comfortable for me.


Joystick-mouse is the best control I have used, and would be, if I
didn't already have a good one, my new religion.  In fact I have been
winning converts (to joystick-mouse control).

A good stick allows "walk", "run", and several directions of diagonal
strafe, plus buttons for jump and duck, primary and secondary fire,
hatswitch for weapon/item selection/use, and stick twist for "vertical
strafe" where applicable.  Circle-strafe?  Sure, now you can move
anywhere while keeping your aim in one direction.  Have employed
successfully in several current FPS games.

I will definitely wait for configurable joystick support prior to picking
up Thief.

Meanwhile, I'd like to find out how convincing/effective the whole
"stalking" concept turned out.  Opinions?  Back in my D&D days
I was always the thief, and wished that playing that part was as cool
as it ought to be if it could work.

Chris