Any Left Handed Freelancers?

Wed Feb 26, 2003 4:30 pm by PCHolt

I'm just curious as to how some of you map out your keys when you use the mouse with your left hand. I added secondary keys on the right side of the keyboard. Of course I use the arrow keys in place of the WASD keys, but I'm having a harder time with some of the others. I put my thrusters as 'Delete', fire missiles as 'End', but I'm having a problem finding a good key map for mines, torpedos, counter measures, targeting keys and nanobots, & shield batteries.

I hate bouncing all over the keyboard. I'd like to keep in all on the numpad, and coursor movement keys ('Insert', 'Home', 'End', etc).
Anyone have a fool proof kep map for us lefties?

Wed Feb 26, 2003 4:42 pm by Cypher Pack

I'm a lefty. I can play with both hands but I like to use the arrow key setup.

I use the arrows for increase/decrease speed and strafe left and right. DEL-missles, END-mines, INSERT-countermesures, PAGEDOWN-thrusters, NUMPAD1-enginekill, NUMPAD0-reverse.

Those are the main ones I have used that I can remember now and I like it so much better than the wasd setup. I dont have to look at the keyboard at all to make sre where my fingers are. I use the other NUMPAD keys and the right side SHIFT, CTRL, ?, ",\ for some of the other keys like targeting and so forth. I just keep the defaults for everyhting else though like hail and others. Mainly I just have the combat keys at an optimal place and the non combat thingsd default since a few seconds delay wont get you killed.

Hope this helps.

By the way. I find that the insert, home, Pup, DEL, END, Pdown keys are good for things like missles and thrusters since I can reach then and not affect my movement controls and strafing.

Edited by - cypher pack on 26-02-2003 16:41:53

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