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You can download our control configurations from here... I suggest at least giving them a once over as many techniques from both Quake and Descent have been carried over to allow the most used commands to be VERY accessible. The download is also VERY small. Simply unzip the file into your "Controls" directory off of your Jedi Knight directory, and then open it up under Setup, Options, Load Configuration.

To give you a peek at how it works, this image shows where hand position will be (with the other hand on the 3 button mouse, of course), and shows what the different button groups will do.

ITEM MANAGEMENT     HUD TOGGLES     FORCE POWERS

MOVEMENT     SECONDARY FIRE     ACTIVATE     NOT USED

Note that we use the standard "Home Row" keys on the left. There are a few really good reasons for this.

First of all, this is where you are anyway if you wish to type something. That makes in game chat very easy (backspace is chat toggle... tap it, and type away... hit enter and you are back to your controls).

Secondly, most keyboards have notches on either the F and J keys, or the D and K keys. When you get used to feeling these notches, you won't get lost on the keyboard if you DO happen to take your hand away for a second (like when you are bashing yourself in the head from jumping out of the hole in the wall on the RIGHT side and not the left... you know what I mean...).

Thirdly, and I get a lot of this... arrow keys don't have NEAR as many surrounding buttons. ESDF does. Many Quakers use ASDW as their movement keys, but that just leaves a whole column of perfectly good keys to waste since you are too close to the left side (besides... if you are going to take the left side of the keyboard, why not homerow? Don't you type?).

And finally, using the left side of the keyboard gives you the opportunity to do what in the Descent Community is called "chording" (pronounced kording), or, the act of using multiple keypresses for special activities or combination of activities. For instance, with this setup, it is possible to move forward, strafe right, duck, fire secondary, turn right, look up, jump, and force pull ALL at the same time. (controls used: E, F, A, SPACE, Mouse Right, Mouse Back, Mouse Middle Button, and Mouse Right Button, respectively).

Give them a try. There aren't any copyright laws on keyboard configurations, so I welcome you to take these and change them to your liking.

Essobie's Config - Toxy's Config

Fine Print: These configurations can change without notice, and what is on this page may or may not reflect what any DOG might actually be using at any time. It doesn't mean that what you get here is crap... I constantly improve my config to suit my playing style... which constantly changes. I will upload mine [Essobie] when I make drastic changes.

ESSOBIE'S SYSTEM SPECIFICS

Here's my computer specifics just for giggles.

MOUSE: Logitech Mouseman 3 Button.

SYSTEM: Intel Pentium 200MMX with 32MB (10ns). PA-2007 Motherboard with 1MB cache, 4.3 WD IDE, Pioneer 24X CD-ROM, 17" Princeton Eo70 Monitor.

CONNECTION: 56K Aztech Voice/Fax Modem, but only pays for 33.6 connection.

GRAPHICS:Diamond 2000 Series 4MB card, and a Diamond Monster 3D, with the 3dfx Voodoo chipset.

3dfx is the choice of support for just about every 3d based game coming out on the market in the next year, and Jedi Knight is just one more that supports it. And supports is VERY well. I attribute at least 30% of my game (if not more) to the fact that my movement and framerate is always smooth, and I can see things very far away.

Do yourself a favor and hit someone up for a 3dfx card for Christmas. The big hitters on the market right now are the Canopus Pure3d (add on card like the Monster) and the Intergraph Intense Voodoo (stand alone 2D/3D)... both of which boast more texture ram than the Righteous or the Monster, and they have a spiffy TV output. Mmmmm... TV output.

This is what 3dfx can do for you.