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On 27 Apr 2005 15:51:27 +0200, stePH <acetheta@earthlink.net> wrote:
>"rms" <rsquires@flashREMOVE.net> wrote in news:4nybe.1294$Ne7.633
>@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com:
>
>> Descent2
>
>Caveat: joystick required. Don't even think about trying to play this one
>with the keyboard.
Actually, I find the keyboard suprisingly effective.
My left hand moves the craft along the three axis- forward, back, left,
right, up and down (using 'e', 'd', 's', 'f', 'a', and 'z' respectivly).
I've also bound 'w' and 'r' for banking.
My right hand controls standard rotation by the arrot keys. I can also
fire primary with the CTRL key, and secondary with Keypad 0.
When I first played this game, I used a Mouse+Keyboard combination, which
was very effective in a detahmatch LAN (compared to the other players which
were just using default configs.) Ever since I switched to a much better
setup where I can slide and tri-cord all over the place, I've stuck with
keyboard config.