When exactly did pc games start using wasd for controls and mouselook? They both seem obvious in retrospect.
How are the arrow keys not "obvious" for movement?
>>730721753Quake
>>730721894They're a lot more akwardly positioned compared to wasd
>>730721753Seems like something you can google
>>730721753About the same time they start using the mouse to look around. The first doom was keyboard only, you couldnt even look up or down.
>>730722293Doom actually
>>730721753Mice weren't as common on DOS
>>730722679You'd still use arrow keys for movement in Doom afaik,
>>730721753>When exactly did pc games start using wasd for controls and mouselook?This is a very well documented history actually:One pro Quake player came up with it in the late 90s, and posted it on forums.Soon after, it was already the default in games like Half-Life.>>730722679>>730724298Yes, DOOM was still played using Arrows.I still do play DOOM the oldschool way, keyboard only:>Arrows move>hold ALT to strafe>CTRL shoots>Space use/open>Shift to spring / CAPS to always runIn Duke 3D and such, it was the same deal + PageUP/DOWN to look up/down, which was paired with auto-center feature that activated after a few steps.
>>730721753>>730722293>>730722679As I recall, it was a particular player who started using WASD and got success with it (as opposed to arrow keys and so on) and so games afterwards started including WASD as a default or optional default, and it picked up momentum from there. It might've been a Quake player, but I don't exactly remember who started it with which game.
I'm more of a esdf guy anyways!
>>730721753ESDF makes more sense than wasd
>>730726469No. ESDF makes your pinky awkwardly positioned.
>>730725263I remember hearing this story as well. Never fact checked it though.
>>730722293The default controls for Quake were still arrow keys. Looking Up and down were done with page up and page down.
>>730727162No it doesn't. Grow some normal hands.
>>730727337Post a picture of your hand on ESDF
QWEX master race, pinky on the tab
>>730725263Thresh in quake 2 iirc
