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#1 skatcat31

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Posted October 25 2012 - 07:46 AM

So it has custom input, and will controller mappers you can use a controller or joystick, so I was just curious how people play, and what environment variables they change to make the game more comfortable in their own style.

For myself I decrease cockpit lag to half it'd default, and set double touch to glide instead of shift. I also have pretty high mouse sensitivity in windows, a non correction mouse, and a higher value in game as well(twitch gaming FTW).

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Posted October 25 2012 - 07:59 AM

I'm going to be trying to play with a gamepad.  I actually prefer mouse/keyboard, but I work with computers 8 hours a day and my hands can't really take more mouse/kb action at home.  

I'm curious how they have the gamepad controls set up, because there doesn't appear to be any way to reconfigure the joystick function in-game.  You can change the button mappings but not the joystick.  Does the left stick move/strafe, and the right stick control the camera?

Guess I'll find out soon enough, I'm just hoping to avoid rude suprises...

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Posted October 25 2012 - 08:08 AM

I'm sticking with the defaults mostly. I kinda like the way the default cockpit moves and sways. Very immersive.
However, I am not sure what is going to happen when I get into the Beta to play. I recently purchased a GTX 660ti and am hoping that Nvidia surround is supported. My eyefinity setup was not, due to the HOR+ scaling issue.

I like having my mouse on a midrange sensitivity. It's a very accurate and smooth mouse. That's the Cyborg Rat7 Contagion edition. It's got a crazy high 6800 DPI.

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Posted October 25 2012 - 08:10 AM

Gamepad/joystick options are in the ini files, so you probably won't have to use a keymapper. I don't know if it's implemented in the beta though.

As for my info, I use default control keys and such, increase mouse sensitivity almost double, turn off mouse smoothing, and set FOV to 90. (I would set it higher, but the default max is 90 unless you edit the ini or use a console command every game.)

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Posted October 25 2012 - 08:16 AM

No cockpit lag, no mouse smoothing, sensitivity at 5, graphics at medium or low (depending on the map) to get rid of unwanted blur and too much film grain, textures at ultra, 1920 x 1080, fullscreen, no motion blur or post processing whatsoever, FOV at 90 (thanks God they now allow us to change it via options; although it's not hard to change it via ini, it's much easier this way), sound maxed out, bass crancked up in my SC interface and a good pair of Siberia V2.
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Posted October 25 2012 - 08:57 AM

Dang, come to think of it, a joystick would be epic. I play with a mouse and keyboard though. I map boost to side mouse button, and I think everything else is pretty much default.
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Posted October 25 2012 - 09:02 AM

In an FPS, joystick vs mouse/keyboard makes it very easy for the mouse/keyboard player to win. Joysticks have the issue of slowness. Even if you set the sensitivity to high, accuracy for speed can not be matched vs the mouse. I'm sure people can get great with it, but speed and accuracy is mouse hands down. (There's also the travel time of the joystick as opposed to the quick flip of the mouse.)

O-o At least that's my opinion. Just isn't an even playing field.

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Posted October 25 2012 - 10:18 AM

Keyboard/Mouse. I set the FOV to 180 degrees. I leave the cockpit lag at default and just about every other option when it comes to controls as well. I never knew about modifying the FOV in FPS games until Hawken and apparently I can process a lot of information on the screen, because holy fuzzy bunny is this nice.

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Posted October 25 2012 - 10:25 AM

View PostCaliberMengsk, on October 25 2012 - 09:02 AM, said:

In an FPS, joystick vs mouse/keyboard makes it very easy for the mouse/keyboard player to win. Joysticks have the issue of slowness. Even if you set the sensitivity to high, accuracy for speed can not be matched vs the mouse. I'm sure people can get great with it, but speed and accuracy is mouse hands down. (There's also the travel time of the joystick as opposed to the quick flip of the mouse.)

O-o At least that's my opinion. Just isn't an even playing field.

Yup.  Its night and day; a lot of my friends think it would be a good idea to cross-platform some types of competitive games out there so that they could play against PC players (or vice versa) and they just dont understand the difference in timing and reaction a mouse has over a traditional controller.

With that said, if I can muster it, I just might buy that HAWKEN controller just because I think it would be crazy fun to play with Eyefinity, a good headset, a group of friends and a command center. :P
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Posted October 25 2012 - 10:30 AM

View PostF15H3R, on October 25 2012 - 10:25 AM, said:

View PostCaliberMengsk, on October 25 2012 - 09:02 AM, said:

In an FPS, joystick vs mouse/keyboard makes it very easy for the mouse/keyboard player to win. Joysticks have the issue of slowness. Even if you set the sensitivity to high, accuracy for speed can not be matched vs the mouse. I'm sure people can get great with it, but speed and accuracy is mouse hands down. (There's also the travel time of the joystick as opposed to the quick flip of the mouse.)

O-o At least that's my opinion. Just isn't an even playing field.

Yup.  Its night and day; a lot of my friends think it would be a good idea to cross-platform some types of competitive games out there so that they could play against PC players (or vice versa) and they just dont understand the difference in timing and reaction a mouse has over a traditional controller.

With that said, if I can muster it, I just might buy that HAWKEN controller just because I think it would be crazy fun to play with Eyefinity, a good headset, a group of friends and a command center. :P
Not to mention adding in the Oculus Rift. :P

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Posted October 25 2012 - 10:57 AM

View PostSaint_The_Judge, on October 25 2012 - 08:16 AM, said:

No cockpit lag, no mouse smoothing, sensitivity at 5, graphics at medium or low (depending on the map) to get rid of unwanted blur and too much film grain, textures at ultra, 1920 x 1080, fullscreen, no motion blur or post processing whatsoever, FOV at 90 (thanks God they now allow us to change it via options; although it's not hard to change it via ini, it's much easier this way), sound maxed out, bass crancked up in my SC interface and a good pair of Siberia V2.
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Have you tested this? Does setting graphics to medium disable film grain? Because that wasn't true in older builds and you had to set graphics to low to disable film grain.
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Posted October 25 2012 - 11:01 AM

Whats the "cockpit lag"? Missed out on the alpha2 testing by a few days, havent had the chance to play.As far as my play style, im a southpaw so I use the numpad and surrounding keys for FPS gaming, and a trackball instead of a mouse.

got a few minutes left on the download, get my keys setup and ready for tomorrow. :)

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Posted October 25 2012 - 11:07 AM

It's a visual thing. When you turn, the visible part of the cockpit lags behind as if the weight of the mech is catching up. You can reduce or remove the effect entirely.

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Posted October 25 2012 - 11:09 AM

Ah, sweet. Im gonna keep it on to some extent then.

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Posted October 25 2012 - 11:37 AM

I am currently in the market for a left hand pilot stick to try the game out. I may pick one up tomorrow. I also currently play triple screen 5760x1080 with everything maxed as much as it can go. I also use a FXAA injection mod. I have had to reset the FOV, but as I am downloading the beta I am hoping they fixed the multi-monitor UI scaling. I also use a pair of AKG Q701 as my headset.

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