quake 3

[bailey]

I just got q3 today and installed it, run it, now the questions.
is there no support for a joystick, seams that all I can do with it is move around, I have to fire with the mouse, I don't like to use both hands to play a game, how do I get all the controls on the ms3dpro joystick ?

[madthumbs]

I don't think you can play the game with a joystick without reprogrammming or remapping buttons. I also think you're gonna short yourself on the game. I can't imagine a better control layout than the keyboard and mouse for this game.

[Xayd]

Can't fully play a first person shooter without the mouse, I tried it with several gamepads and joysticks, and none compare.

Practice is the key, grasshopper .

Xayd

[hackercarlos]

Yes. You can't beat the good old mouse and keyboard for first person shooter games

[Floppyman]

I don't know if there is support for a joystick or not but in my experience quake 3 has played for me the best by using both keyboard and mouse. Left hand on the arrow keys right hand on the mouse. Anybody else do it this way?

[bailey]

thought that might be the answere I would get, not what I wanted to hear, I am over 58 yr old, and have a hard time keeping tract of what my left hand is doing when I am watching the monitor and doing things with my right hand
(playing the game) I know what you were thinking, anyway if there was some way to use the joystick like a flight sim , it would be better for me. I realy enjoy falcon 4-0, shooting dowm the migs, and blasting the ? in quake, but useing both hands is a handicap.

[Floppyman]

Believe it or not there is advanced joystick support for Quake 3. Check out this faq:

http://josefine.ben.tuwien.ac.at/~mf...oping/q3atfaq/

Great site actually...talks about joysticks in section 11. HTH

[Prader Willi]

Floppyman-- I use a mouse/keypad configuration-- 7 = jump; 8 = forward; 9 = crouch; 4 = strafe left; 5 is backwards; 6 is strafe right. Then for UT I use 1 = drop relic; 2 = talk. This way I never need to move my left hand for movement.