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[Skyfaller]

Shift+mouse = mouse controls arms not torso.


Useful for firing at a distance at on-the move targets without having to deal with the torso swiveling.

[White Bear 84]

Seems logical enough..

..apparently though alot of people already have issues with being able to walk forward and turn their torso, not sure how they would handle this..

I think it would be good though

[Elder Thorn]

is this a suggestion?
because if yes, try Left CTRL and mouse movement.
It's called free look in key bindings and will do exactly this.

Edited by Elder Thorn, 24 November 2012 - 08:20 PM.

[Skyfaller]

Elder Thorn, on 24 November 2012 - 07:52 PM, said:

is this a suggestion?
because if yes, try out Left CTRL and mouse movement.
It's called free look in key bindings and will do exactly this.

What part of 'arm control' is hard to understand?

[Elder Thorn]

Skyfaller, on 24 November 2012 - 08:14 PM, said:

What part of 'arm control' is hard to understand?

dude... just try it, then come back to me

edit:
what part of 'and will do exactly this. ' is hard to understand?

Edited by Elder Thorn, 24 November 2012 - 08:23 PM.

[sycocys]

I didn't think it moved arms either, but cool! Wish I still had sticks - could rig up some pretty awesome control that way. I couldn't hotkey multiple buttons, but I didn't tinker with that much.

[Skyfaller]

Elder Thorn, on 24 November 2012 - 08:19 PM, said:

dude... just try it, then come back to me

edit:
what part of 'and will do exactly this. ' is hard to understand?

That only moves the head. Like you said its 'freelook'. This thread is about ARM CONTROL.

The arms do NOT move when you move your head. The 'o' reticle stays with the torso reticle.

[PYR0MANCER]

Skyfaller, on 24 November 2012 - 09:57 PM, said:

That only moves the head. Like you said its 'freelook'. This thread is about ARM CONTROL.

The arms do NOT move when you move your head. The 'o' reticle stays with the torso reticle.

You should go try that again then, cause the arm reticule does move...

[Deadoon]

Skyfaller, on 24 November 2012 - 09:57 PM, said:

That only moves the head. Like you said its 'freelook'. This thread is about ARM CONTROL.

The arms do NOT move when you move your head. The 'o' reticle stays with the torso reticle.

It will only do that in mechs without free moving arms.

[sycocys]

Can verify that this indeed works.

[Deadoon]

Happy now, seriously, my mech is facing perfectly forward, look at the radar, my arm aimpoint is far off to the side because i am holding control and moving my mouse...

[sycocys]

You probably should have shot your laser too, he's still not going to believe it works.

[Elder Thorn]

Skyfaller, on 24 November 2012 - 09:57 PM, said:

That only moves the head. Like you said its 'freelook'. This thread is about ARM CONTROL.

The arms do NOT move when you move your head. The 'o' reticle stays with the torso reticle.

troll?
See that screenshots and the other people confirming it?
Free look controls the arms, period.
I'm out of this thread

[DeadlyNerd]

I gotta love these ignorant trolls. Independent arm movement as in it's not affected by MOVING THE TORSO.
In free look if you move the torso it MOVES THE ARMS TOO.
You're still restricted to having the torso STATIONARY so the free look can work effectively.

Did the caps help?

Yes this is a valid suggestion and I've already posted something like this but in the manner of modifying free look so that it works while moving the torso around.

It's not even that hard to code in.
Since even the free look has arm movement boundaries, when the independent arm movement is on, if the torso moves in 1 direction at some speed, the arms crosshair should move in the opposite direction within those boundaries at the same speed.
Essentially your torso crosshair will move across the screen while the arms crosshair will stay in the midle.

Again, in free look moving your torso MOVES THE WHOLE SCREEN, not just the torso crosshair.

[Elder Thorn]

DeadlyNerd, on 25 November 2012 - 05:39 AM, said:

I gotta love these ignorant trolls. Independent arm movement as in it's not affected by MOVING THE TORSO.
In free look if you move the torso it MOVES THE ARMS TOO.
You're still restricted to having the torso STATIONARY so the free look can work effectively.

Did the caps help?

Yes this is a valid suggestion and I've already posted something like this but in the manner of modifying free look so that it works while moving the torso around.

It's not even that hard to code in.
Since even the free look has arm movement boundaries, when the independent arm movement is on, if the torso moves in 1 direction at some speed, the arms crosshair should move in the opposite direction within those boundaries at the same speed.
Essentially your torso crosshair will move across the screen while the arms crosshair will stay in the midle.

Again, in free look moving your torso MOVES THE WHOLE SCREEN, not just the torso crosshair.

10/10 for making me post again...

what the OP wanted was a key to press so the mouse movement controlls the ARMS.
Free look in fact DOES CONTROL THE ARMS while the torso stays stationary, never did the OP say anything about controll the torso with one input device and at the same time controlling the arms with another one.

I agree, it also moves the whole screen, but again, OP never mentioned anything about this.

[sC4r]

well you can now (to some degree) use arms independently to your torso with free look (left ctrl) try it

Edited by sC4r, 25 November 2012 - 06:12 AM.

[Deadoon]

I think the IQ of this forum has dropped more than a few points because of this thread...

[DeadlyNerd]

Elder Thorn, on 25 November 2012 - 06:05 AM, said:

10/10 for making me post again...

what the OP wanted was a key to press so the mouse movement controlls the ARMS.
Free look in fact DOES CONTROL THE ARMS while the torso stays stationary, never did the OP say anything about controll the torso with one input device and at the same time controlling the arms with another one.

I agree, it also moves the whole screen, but again, OP never mentioned anything about this.

OP never mentioned anything specifically thus you can't be accusing him of asking for something that you understood in your own way without first asking him to explain further.

On a side note, I also understood, in my own way, that you were just trolling or being too dense to comprehend the what I was, again, looking at from a different direction. See? It's really hard to communicate when you just accuse without letting people explain themselves.

[Elder Thorn]

DeadlyNerd, on 25 November 2012 - 06:26 AM, said:

OP never mentioned anything specifically thus you can't be accusing him of asking for something that you understood in your own way without first asking him to explain further.

On a side note, I also understood, in my own way, that you were just trolling or being too dense to comprehend the what I was, again, looking at from a different direction. See? It's really hard to communicate when you just accuse without letting people explain themselves.

you know, i tried to give OP a hint in my first post in this thread and the answer was:

Skyfaller, on 24 November 2012 - 08:14 PM, said:

What part of 'arm control' is hard to understand?

maybe i got it wrong, but for me this implies something like "are you dumb you ********?" - i hate it when i try to give people a friendly hint and they have nothing better in mind than to flame me for it, maybe that is the reason why i go all offensive when i visit this tread

[DeadlyNerd]

Elder Thorn, on 25 November 2012 - 06:43 AM, said:

you know, i tried to give OP a hint in my first post in this thread and the answer was:



maybe i got it wrong, but for me this implies something like "are you dumb you ********?" - i hate it when i try to give people a friendly hint and they have nothing better in mind than to flame me for it, maybe that is the reason why i go all offensive when i visit this tread

That's exactly what I'm saying. He interpreted that as a troll attempt and replied with an accusation and after that it's more or less like a chain reaction in a nuclear explosion.