Question to left-handed players - Page 2

Gawyn_Trakkand · 02-05-2010, 08:16 AM

hmm I'm ambidexterous (or whatever the correct spelling is) so i can use either way but i prefer playing a laptop and find it much easier to use my left hand on the touchpad and the arrow keys to move. I use right ctrl to toggle comat mode, Q for auto run and E for run walk. Everything else is default.

1ray1 · 02-05-2010, 08:34 AM

i'm left but i use the mouse right-handed

Froste · 02-05-2010, 11:39 AM

Let me reiterate that I'm only interested in the keybindings of people who use the mouse in their left hand.

ArcticWolf · 02-09-2010, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by theotherhiveking

Same here too.

I've been forced to use the mouse with my right hand by ergonomics and software settings so long that I can now switch hands and play perfectly fine. That said, I have a Wolfking Warrior gaming keyboard (I bought it because I have a laptop, and you know how fragile those keyboards are), which forces me to use my right hand for FPS and the like.

If I had a normal (disposable) keyboard, I would bind:

basic movement keys: wasd --> ijkl
strafe left and right: qe --> uo
rest: y
show health bars: ñ (next to "l", YMMV in non-latam keyboards. Otherwise you can map it to [space])
toggle walk/run: h

I never tried that, though. I don't know if you can safely bind "o" without opening the options window.

Froste · 02-09-2010, 08:25 AM

The wolfking warrior is really nice, and I wish they had a mirrored one. The most left hand friendly one I can find, and one I've been considering buying is the X7 G100

Incidentally it's one of the cheapest too.

Froste · 02-09-2010, 09:02 AM

Before I posted this thread my setup was as follows:

Arrow keys, forward, back, turn left/right
Del strafe left, PGDN strafe right
End autorun, Home walk/run
Ins rest, PGUP shownames
Right ctrl warmode

Then I used my little finger on numpad 0 and 1, the only two keys I could properly reach in a panic situation. Before mouselook I used the mouse exclusively to cast spells, but after mouselook I found myself controlling my movement with the mouse instead, leaving only two spells able to be used.

But since making this thread and cursing NGD a lot for hardcoding numpad, I started thinking why the hell shouldn't I be able to use numpad? And the answer was, of course I should! So I decided to remap my keyboard. The numpad contains 17 keys, that gave me 6 movement keys and 10 spell slots and one unused key that I can't reach (KP_2). It's still a little rough learning the new controls but I feel like so much more potential has opened up for me.

bois · 02-09-2010, 02:19 PM

I am left handed too

left arrow - left
right arrow -right
up- forward
down -back

delete -strafe left
pgdn - strafe right

left ctrl- attack mode

I use no key for rest I just click through on hot bar

don't use run walk so it is left on C which is bound to something else. Don't really care as I almost never walk anyway.

Everything else is handled with the mouse. I am so badly left handed that it is actually faster to click through. My right hand is a spare.

Artec

Wikid · 02-12-2010, 04:27 AM

ARROWS: move
HOME: strafe left
END: strafe right
SHIFT: combat mode
CTRL: rest
ALT: auto run

I like it because I can hit any of the numpad keys with my pinky. The only time I have to move my hand is for auto run (thumb is just barely not long enough).

02-05-2010, 08:34 AM	#12
1ray1 Master Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Venlo Posts: 371	i'm left but i use the mouse right-handed __________________ Horus: Dwarfie lvl 50 barbarian King of warlocks lvl 37 warlock I miss the tyr server

02-05-2010, 11:39 AM	#13
Froste Baron Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Svea Rike Posts: 814	Let me reiterate that I'm only interested in the keybindings of people who use the mouse in their left hand. __________________ *Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines...*

02-09-2010, 08:25 AM	#15
Froste Baron Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Svea Rike Posts: 814	The wolfking warrior is really nice, and I wish they had a mirrored one. The most left hand friendly one I can find, and one I've been considering buying is the X7 G100 Incidentally it's one of the cheapest too. __________________ *Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines...*

02-09-2010, 09:02 AM	#16
Froste Baron Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Svea Rike Posts: 814	Before I posted this thread my setup was as follows: Arrow keys, forward, back, turn left/right Del strafe left, PGDN strafe right End autorun, Home walk/run Ins rest, PGUP shownames Right ctrl warmode Then I used my little finger on numpad 0 and 1, the only two keys I could properly reach in a panic situation. Before mouselook I used the mouse exclusively to cast spells, but after mouselook I found myself controlling my movement with the mouse instead, leaving only two spells able to be used. But since making this thread and cursing NGD a lot for hardcoding numpad, I started thinking why the hell shouldn't I be able to use numpad? And the answer was, of course I should! So I decided to remap my keyboard. The numpad contains 17 keys, that gave me 6 movement keys and 10 spell slots and one unused key that I can't reach (KP_2). It's still a little rough learning the new controls but I feel like so much more potential has opened up for me. __________________ *Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines...*

02-05-2010, 08:16 AM	#11
Gawyn_Trakkand Banned Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cheshire, England Posts: 219	hmm I'm ambidexterous (or whatever the correct spelling is) so i can use either way but i prefer playing a laptop and find it much easier to use my left hand on the touchpad and the arrow keys to move. I use right ctrl to toggle comat mode, Q for auto run and E for run walk. Everything else is default.

02-09-2010, 02:19 PM	#17
bois Count Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Trinidad and Tobago Posts: 1,194	I am left handed too left arrow - left right arrow -right up- forward down -back delete -strafe left pgdn - strafe right left ctrl- attack mode I use no key for rest I just click through on hot bar don't use run walk so it is left on C which is bound to something else. Don't really care as I almost never walk anyway. Everything else is handled with the mouse. I am so badly left handed that it is actually faster to click through. My right hand is a spare. Artec

02-12-2010, 04:27 AM	#18
Wikid Pledge Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 47	ARROWS: move HOME: strafe left END: strafe right SHIFT: combat mode CTRL: rest ALT: auto run I like it because I can hit any of the numpad keys with my pinky. The only time I have to move my hand is for auto run (thumb is just barely not long enough).