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Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-21 19:07
by imhooks
Tired of pressing W all day? I just got a new OCZ Equalizer mouse. My first actual "gaming mouse". Well i have found I was at a serious disadvantage using a single laser mouse. Its a great mouse and would recommend it.

But I found that you could program the buttons to a certain keyboard key or combo of keys. Well I decided to program the "forward button" on the mouse to trigger the W key, and it holds the key until I press it again. So with those long walks that seem so inevitable in 0.8 This has been a nice change.

Its essentially auto-pilot for walking :)

P.S. Im lazy :)

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-21 19:08
by Cyrax-Sektor
We could do this already with just BF2, no fancy gear. Hold down W, then press one of the chat keys, J, K or L. We'd be stuck in walking forward, without spending extra money. :p

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-21 19:10
by Ironcomatose
I just walk and press the (all/squad/team)chat key and it walks while you can still control it with your mouse.

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-21 19:11
by (HUN)Rud3bwoy
^Either that, or if u want to use the other keys or the mouse just jam the W key with a screwdriver. Works for me :D

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-21 19:17
by imhooks
^^ive known about this. But you can't turn while doing that. At least i don't recall being able to. I'll have to connect and see.

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-21 19:18
by Spec
Opening xfire once should work too (or is that just with crouching? Would have to try, but it would be logical). There are many ways, easiest one being to just press that button to put something on it :p

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-21 19:23
by Deadfast
(HUN)Rud3bwoy wrote:^Either that, or if u want to use the other keys or the mouse just jam the W key with a screwdriver. Works for me :D
I prefer paper clip ;) :D

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-21 19:37
by imhooks
ah well I thought I had an advantage :) You can use the speak keys and still turn.

But my mouse does have a triple fire button which is useful with the pistol, and 50 cal :)

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-21 19:46
by LithiumFox
imhooks wrote:ah well I thought I had an advantage :) You can use the speak keys and still turn.

But my mouse does have a triple fire button which is useful with the pistol, and 50 cal :)
Triple fire is just an abomination created by the (insert insult here) (insert your religion here) (insert your country here) government.

//Made to insult everyone and no one at the same time\\

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-21 19:57
by Spec
Tripple fire? With the low ROF of the Pistol you can also just press three times. Or does that fire faster than that? In that case i wouldnt use it.

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-21 20:24
by imhooks
well i've tested each method. ANd with pressing the speak key you can't do things like reload, fire, sprint, and crouch. But with my mouse programmed I can do those things with auto-walk.

The triple fire isn't that beneficial but its kinda cool. The mouse was only $25 so for its performance its great.

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-22 04:40
by TofuwRice
Haha i have the same ocz equalizer mouse, its a REALLY good mouse i got it for 20 bucks and its a great bang for the buck. It has like 5 or 6 different dpi settings up to 2500 dual laser powa and all you have to do to change it is a click of a button on the mouse.

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-22 06:32
by MadRobert
LithiumFox wrote:Triple fire is just an abomination created by the (insert insult here) (insert your religion here) (insert your country here) government.

//Made to insult everyone and no one at the same time\\
Triple fire is just an abomination created by the (F...ing) (God is a Lie, just like that damm cake!) (Norwegian) government. LOL

they are going to hate me.

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-22 12:13
by IRONMAN
IStnt Punkpuster kicking for macros since the new update?
Maybe you should be carefull with that

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-22 20:10
by Celestial1
IRONMAN wrote:IStnt Punkpuster kicking for macros since the new update?
Maybe you should be carefull with that
Only servers that enable that option.


Which also kicks Logitech G15 users who have the LCD/Keyprogramming processes running, thanks a lot for ruining my game punkbuster, on a product that EA sponsors...

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-22 21:10
by ghettostankk
Instead of buying a new mouse you can just put a rock on your W key and tape it down. Then you can go wash your car, grab a bit to eat, read a novel or whatever. When you get back you'll almost be there. :shock:

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-22 21:19
by daranz
Fun project: create a USB device that does nothing but send your walk-forward key constantly. Bonus points for an on/off switch on it.

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-22 21:27
by CareBear
i just have a very strong middle finger now :/

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-23 08:37
by bad_nade
Sometimes it's faster to suicide and respawn to the other side of the map. Not useful if you have some special kit, but otherwise it's relatively fast way jump long distances even with the 60 sec spawn time.

Re: Tired of those long walks?

Posted: 2008-09-24 12:16
by sickre
Thats why the operational name of PR.08 was 'Walking Simulator 2008 (TM)'