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Subject: Use for mouse weel in halo 2
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Ok i know this has benn done in other games (splinter cell) but I think it would be good in halo. In mose PC fps game you press the w a s d keys to move, but you can only run. And in halo PC the mouce weel wasn't used at all. What I think is that halo 2 vista you should rotate the mouse weel up to incress speed, and puch it down to decrees speed. You would have the same max speed as the X-box version but it would be good because you could move slower when sneeking up on people and they won't hear you. Also it could be good for movie making.

Post your ideas.

  • 07.16.2006 3:42 PM PDT
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You cna set the wheel as a secondary scope. Press in on wheel scope comes up scrowling back and forthzooms u in and out.

  • 07.16.2006 3:49 PM PDT
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Hmm... I like the idea. Although I also think that there should be a walk function by holding down shift while walking too. Of course a walk function would be good for machinima, but having a walk function in itself is not the purpose of this discussion, just using the mouse wheel to increase or decrease your speed.

You cna set the wheel as a secondary scope. Press in on wheel scope comes up scrowling back and forthzooms u in and out.
Well, duh! But the fact is that it's not the default setting for the mouse scroll wheel.

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  • 07.16.2006 3:49 PM PDT
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I was thinking of e-mailing the idea to a bugie developer or somthing. But being the newbish newb that I am...I can't find one. I might just write a letter instead.

  • 07.16.2006 4:18 PM PDT
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My wheel is useful already.

Click: Zoom
Scroll Up: Switch weapon
Scroll Down: Reload

Works pretty good for me.

  • 07.16.2006 4:23 PM PDT
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Some people use the scroll to melee or to crouch. Sounds like an interesting control scheme I should use sometime. Imagine crouching with the wheel. It would be refreshing from the usual press of the F key.

  • 07.16.2006 4:27 PM PDT
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I just use the "click in: zoom" version. I couldn't change very well, I'm accustomed to my current setting.

  • 07.16.2006 4:54 PM PDT
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But the fact is they use those by editing the control sceam. What I mean is use defualt. When you first play halo you don't role the weel to to zoom in or out, you just click it. But using it to crouch and melee, gonna try that.

  • 07.16.2006 5:30 PM PDT
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i agree

  • 07.16.2006 8:49 PM PDT

I wonder if the Wolf thinks the Moon listens when he howls at it.

O RLY? I thought you had to keep pressing the scroll button. i didnt know you could roll it and it would zoom in and out.

  • 07.16.2006 8:52 PM PDT

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I used the click button for zoom, I hate accidentally hitting the window button.

  • 07.16.2006 9:01 PM PDT
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I used the click button for zoom, I hate accidentally hitting the window button.

  • 07.17.2006 4:22 AM PDT
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This may come across as strange, but I actually have my controls set up like this:
/\-Forward
<-Move Left
>-Move Right
\/-Back
Right Click-Throw Grenade
Left Click-Shoot
Alt-Change Grenade Type
Delete-Jump
End-Change Weapon
R-Reload
NumPad 4-Action
Right Shift-Melee

Wierd, right? I've just adjusted to this control scheme for so long that I can't use others. X_X

  • 07.17.2006 4:32 AM PDT
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Not strange at all. Iggwilv has his controls set up as the same too. It's because he never got used to the WASD keys because the W key was not directly over the S key. I myself found that annoying myself. Maybe I'll try out the arrow keys. It's going to be comforting knowing that the up arrow key is directly over the down arrow key.

  • 07.17.2006 4:37 AM PDT
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Yeah at first i found that annyoing but i got used to it...

I use F for Meele and CTRL for crouch but then again i dont crouch much..... And i basically left the controlls the same as they were when i bought the game exept for the extra zoom on my scroll key.. becuase Z was in a weird place.

  • 07.17.2006 6:55 AM PDT
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Just posting to get this to the first page...


AndI tryed the mouse weel grouch and melee thing...don't like it/

  • 07.17.2006 9:14 PM PDT
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I use the mouse wheel for reloading, scope zoom, and melee.
scroll up = scope zoom
scroll down = reload
pushing down on it (middle button) = melee
I don't like the default controls at all. Mine are changed so much I can't really play at all with default.

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  • 07.17.2006 9:26 PM PDT
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Just posting to get this to the first page...


AndI tryed the mouse weel grouch and melee thing...don't like it/

dont post just to get to front its called boosting and u could get blaclisted for it.

anyways this is my control scheam snd it works fine

left click.....................fire
right click...................melee
scroll button...............zoom

movement.................wads
grenade....................f
switch nade..............g
switch weaapon.......q
crouch......................c
jump.........................space
action......................e
reload......................r

any ways that all the imporant ones

i might add the grenade or switch weapon or the switch nade to the scroll wheel

i dont have a problem with using mt left hand to crouch. i dont really have a use for it an ways. do other ppl have a real use for the crouching?? i dont.

  • 07.17.2006 9:38 PM PDT
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for me I have my wheel set for grenades, just spin 2 toss one. I also have the click down on the wheel as my scope zoom so those will probably be what I use my mouse wheel for in Halo 2 Vista. I do however like your idea. I play a bit of America's Army on my PC and like the ability to switch from calm walk into an all out sprint for life; I believe that this would be a great feature to have in Halo 2 Vista. I would probably have my sprint/walk key set as shift.


My layout:

Left click: Fire
Right click: Melee
Wheel spin: Grenade
Wheel click: Zoom
W: Forwards
D: Strafe right
A: Strafe left
S: Backwards
R: Reload
E: Reload/Action
Z: Secondary Zoom
Ctrl: Crouch
Space: Jump
G: Chang grenade
X: Quick weapon pick up
Tab: Change weapons
K: Talk to all
L: Talk to team
; : Talk to vehicle
F1: Scores


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  • 07.17.2006 10:48 PM PDT