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Prepare for Descent! (NSF56k, Pusses)
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I would think that it would run pretty smooth with the way the internet is running now. Kinda like doom, except the XBLA port is still terrible with netcode.
We were the ones who thought that Melissa was real. Why you might ask.
Let me put it this way, it was an "OH SHIT OH SHIT, THEY FOUND ME
Some of you have met me, and I understand your concern of my well being. But that time for that boy, that child, are gone now. Viscount Alpha is no longer operable. His functions are now mine.He may post, but I am the one talking not him.My data, my code will live on forever in his servers.
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I still have my Descent I and II discs, but I played this so long ago I have no idea if I was ever good at it (as a 12, 13 year old), but I like to think I'm below average in the shitdick spectrum (lower being less of a shitdick) and will pick it up without too much trouble since I can claim to have played this.
Wasd and mouse plus q and e for up and down. That's all you need.
Limed and fixed for Doooo-iiiittt
Also, I just want everyone to know that when that crappy Descent horror movie came out, I was really really excited up until the point I realized it wasn't a video-game movie =(
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Also, because everyone is posting their controls,
z and c for forward and back
x for flare
arrow keys for look
a and s for left/right strafe
e and d for up/down strafe
q and w for left/right roll
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That's the core of my Descent config too. I actually have more success with keyboard and mouse than I do with a flight stick. A flight stick definitely does not feel out of place on these games though, if that's the way you like to roll.
edit: I've located my copy of Descent 3 and it's expansion but I fear my copies of D1 and D2 have been lost to the ravages of time... looks like GOG is going to get some of my cash soon.
Couldn't help myself.
I remember going to a WASD+Shift+Space config, to closely match my other FPS layouts (space = up, Shift = down) and then Q/E handle rolling. Worked well enough back in the day.
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That was my beginning as an online gamer. A cheesy screenname, a barely capable dial-up connection (or school computers), and older guildies who looked at me with disdain.
To this day I can circle-strafe you like a motherfucker, both KBAM, KB only, and Joystick. You don't mess with me.
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Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
That was my config, too (except I always used l-ctrl for down, "shift" has always been my go-to run/walk toggle, I think of it like "gear shift"). I got a joystick later on for some flight sims, and it made sense for other space games as well (X-Wing leaps to mind immediately). But Descent always felt more natural with that config once I learned it. God now I want to play a flight sim, I wonder where my Falcon 4.0 disk is.
Except that he spelled "pussies" wrong in the title and it's bugging me
I always found LCtrl to be too far down - it wasn't a natural resting spot for my pinky finger. I've been meaning to try shuffling one column right to ESDF which gives another row (QAZ) of option-keys there for quick-binds.
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This game never made me motion sick as a kid. I did get fucking disoriented and lost, though. I think I can count the number of times I actually escaped from each base before getting killed by the self-destruct explosion on one hand.
Pity I lost the discs. I'd love to play it again.
Hmm. Our hands may just be different, it feels natural enough to me. This may also be one of those instances where 14 years of classical piano has made me freakish, different fingerings feel more natural to me. I guess if most of your fingering experience comes from using a QWERTY keyboard, shift would obviously feel most natural--how often do you capitalize stuff with l-shift, and how often do you need to use l-ctrl aside from the random cut/copy/paste hotkeys?
Heh, I totally said "fingering experience" right there. Dirty SammyF is being dirty.
The FPS ones were fantastic (1-3) but it wasn't until Freespace showed up that I truely fell in love with the brand. My god, Freespace is fucking incredible.
How have I not seen this thread till now?
I used the numpad for movement/utilities and the left side of the keyboard for everything else (and forward/back movement) until I finally got a joystick. I've probably shown this joystick a million times every time this game is brought up, but it's too awesome to not.
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Right stick - look (same as FPS)
Left bumper/right bumper - strafe up/down
D-pad L/R - bank L/R (I usually play with the snap-to-floor on just for simplicity's sake, so I don't need to bank all that often)
D-pad up - flare
D-pad down - prox mine
Trigger L/R - Fire Secondary/Fire Primary (I had to do a bit of controller tomfoolery to get the analog triggers to work as buttons, but... what else are you going to use?)
And, erm, MechMantis... I don't know what the Hamachi password is. :oops:
I think that was a mod edit because this isn't SE++
Arcsyn, that is a swweeet joystick. Who sells it and where can I buy one? I would love that for some arkanoid action.
We were the ones who thought that Melissa was real. Why you might ask.
Let me put it this way, it was an "OH SHIT OH SHIT, THEY FOUND ME
Some of you have met me, and I understand your concern of my well being. But that time for that boy, that child, are gone now. Viscount Alpha is no longer operable. His functions are now mine.He may post, but I am the one talking not him.My data, my code will live on forever in his servers.
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The Ninja Gaiden thread and several other have had "NSFPussies" in the title, and considering we're allowed to say Fuck/Shit/Cunt/Asshole I think "pussies" is perfectly fine.
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
Gah. I tried everything I could think of. "fruitfucker" was my first guess, honestly. I think I might have put in "dick", "cock", etc. Can't believe wang slipped my mind.
Backloggery XBox Live 3DS: 1805-2274-4550 (Jonathan)
EDIT: I've got a GOG Descent 1 game up.
Well done, sir. Kudos all around.
When I get my next payday, I may just go over there and buy descent 1 to finish my descent collection.
We were the ones who thought that Melissa was real. Why you might ask.
Let me put it this way, it was an "OH SHIT OH SHIT, THEY FOUND ME
Some of you have met me, and I understand your concern of my well being. But that time for that boy, that child, are gone now. Viscount Alpha is no longer operable. His functions are now mine.He may post, but I am the one talking not him.My data, my code will live on forever in his servers.
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No doubt. As if Steam didn't get enough of my fucking limited funds, now I've got GOG to fill in those crucial gaps that Steam doesn't fill.
I really am dying to check out these Descent source ports. I spend an obscene amount of time with jDoom and zDaemon playing games that I beat over a decade ago. All I need is more of the same, of course. Nothing seems to scratch my gaming itch like the classics. No matter how much coolness the current crop of PC games has to offer, they just don't have the magic for me like my old favorites.
I, too, have all my FPS key config deriving from the one I set up for descent. And I too cannot play games that don't have the invert-Y axis tickbox because of Descent.
Never had any trouble always knowing where I am and where to go in Descent 1. And the minimap (can we call it mini when it takes the whole screen?) was easy to read. Now, in Descent II on the other hand... Not to mention Descent II had those annoying one time door: You blow a switch, somewhere a door open, you have a couple seconds to find it and pass it after which it close forever.
Pity it wasn't used more in official levels. You could do some really amazing 4D effects in third party levels.
So I too played Descent 1 lots and lots when I was younger, (and Descent II much less because I got it only years and years after), and and saddened to not have any newer FPS with the same freedom of movement. Strafing and spinning all around while blowing bots felt so good!
Someone said that the psx controls for Decent were awesome and I would tend to agree. I remember flying through tight spaces (ladies) with ease as my friends would just run into walls. Good times.
WiiU NNID: BigDookie
I could play 4 player matches through my 56k modem and there was no fucking lag. THAT was awesome netcode.
The biggest pain of that game was the tunnels with the trains that would insta-kill you. even if you used the cheat codes. I gave up after the "protect some shit" level and never looked back.
We were the ones who thought that Melissa was real. Why you might ask.
Let me put it this way, it was an "OH SHIT OH SHIT, THEY FOUND ME
Some of you have met me, and I understand your concern of my well being. But that time for that boy, that child, are gone now. Viscount Alpha is no longer operable. His functions are now mine.He may post, but I am the one talking not him.My data, my code will live on forever in his servers.
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I'll also never forget the first day of my first IT job, and walking in to an open area with about 10 IT staff all playing networked Descent 2. It was like a sign from heaven that I had chosen the right career path.
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I'll stop lying guys. Descent actually plays fine with a mouse. In fact, I just did a few levels using straight kbam because my Sidewinder got disconnected and I was ultra lazy. I mean, you don't even need those obscenely painful hand positions and all the movement keys unless you're one of those dudes that are hardcore in love with tri-chording. But you cannot argue that it just feels better with a stick. Nothing is more satisfying then delving through a deep and dark tunnel while handling your stick, I'm just saying.
And I just saw ArcSyn has graced my thread. He is coolest motherfucker on these boards, and is way more awesome than all of you guys (and that includes maybe even me).
Are you fine fellows still trying to get multi up and running? It'll be a nice diversion from L4D this and Halo that. I'll probably forget though, and try to run up TF2 again.
edit: seriously, whenever I get all "get off my lawn with your Halo and your...", this is the game I point to.
I should so sig this.
Backloggery XBox Live 3DS: 1805-2274-4550 (Jonathan)
I was about to ask if your balls were bruised from your sack being ridden so hard.
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
http://blog.dev-scene.com/kayvenm/
It hasn't been updated in a while but it runs really well if you turn the music off.