a little survey

[mattheadfat]

for 1st person shooters, who uses something either than a mouse? what are the pros and cons? I have a couple wacky friends who swear by inverted y-axis on their mouse when playing 1st person shooters? do lots of people? i hate it

[scotter]

i invert mine it's more natural to me lean forward is down lean back is up /forum/smile.gif and I've tryed game pads and joy sticks and just cant get them down the same way a mouse and key board works /forum/smile.gif

[drdeath]

i still use my mouse and keyboard (not inverted), but i have heard that this microsoft sidewinder dual strike is really great for 1st person shooter games. you can check it out here:
http://www.microsoft.com/sidewinder/devices/DualS/default.htm

[AuraEdge]

Uninverted mouse + Keyboard. /forum/smile.gif

[mattheadfat]

that side winder thing is kind of neat, remeber the logitech wing man extreme had a knob thing beside it's joystick that was for 1st person games

[This message has been edited by mattheadfat (edited 11-11-1999).]

[Toadman]

I hear it's quite a learning curve with the dual strike, so prepare to get shellacked for a few days. I play keyboard with inverted mouse as well, probably because I fly sims with a joystick. Speaking of which, joysticks don't have a variable turn rate like a mouse does, which makes it virtually impossible to spin on your heels and fire running backwards then spin forward again in FPS games.

[Brian48]

Inverted mouse + Keyboard also. Feels very natural and fast.

Usual config for FPS and some "semi-SIM" games like Forsaken, BattleZone, etc.

w = forward
s = backward
a = straft left
d = straft right
c = duck
e = swim/hover/pitch up
x = swim/hover/pitch down
space bar = use/activate item
fire = left mouse button
alt fire = mid mouse button, "block" for Thief
jump = right mouse button

misc.
r = reload
h = holster
f = flashlight or equivalent
[ = prev. item
] = next item

Seems to work well for me in 90% of all my action games.
Game option is set to "always run", of course.