Hi Phil, Ah yes, but what about those of us who use laptops? Best Regards, Hayden
-----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Phil Vlasak Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 4:50 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Short Mysteries of the Sith Preview Hi Thomas, I thought you had the alt key problem resolved with the alt key used for jumping but that was in the last version of MOTA. I prefer the mouse for light saber swings as that sounds like the most realistic. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 5:21 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Short Mysteries of the Sith Preview > Hi Phil, > > Well, i definitely don't want to pan the sounds themselves as that > simply is not in the game plan. My plan is to add in some advanced > saber moves like being able to spin the saber, swing left/right, > block, etc. Most of this would be well suited for th mouse or > joystick, but i suppose I could use the keyboard to do this as well. > > I could use alt+left to swing the saber left, alt+right, to swing the > saber right, or alt+forward to slash straight ahead. The only problem > I see with that is the stupid alt keys brings up the window menu and > you have to close it which gets pretty darn annoying. The only way I > know to fix that one is to stop using the standard Windows Win32 API > and use Microsoft's Direct3D API as the window manager. That works,but > is kind of over kill since we don't actually need it to do more than > draw an empty window to wrap the keyboard, mouse, and joystick parts > of DirectX around. > > Anyway, my thought is basically this. I'd like to be able to use the > mouse as your light saber allowing you to pull the mouse left/right to > swing left/right, push it forward to stab, and pull back to block, > etc. The original Lucas Arts games used similar functionality with the > mouse which is something I'd like to emulate if I can. > > Cheers! > > > > On 12/10/10, Phil Vlasak <p...@pcsgames.net> wrote: >> Hi Thomas, >> I was thinking you would include the pan already in the stereo sound >> file, >> rather than generating it by the keyboard. >> The keyboard generated pan would be more realistic but what keys to use? >> If you can distinguish between the left alt and right alt keys you could >> get >> three types of attack strokes. >> I think left alt then space would give you a swing from left to right as >> that is the way your fingers would be going. >> And space by itself could represent a straight ahead attack. >> The best use of the keyboard would be to have the mouse control the swing >> as >> you could move it like you would actually move the weapon. >> Phil >> > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1170 / Virus Database: 426/3307 - Release Date: 12/10/10 > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
