N1NJ4's Pro config 3.4

N1NJ4 | 2007-08-19 12:46

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Blurb Recommended config and bindings (multiple setups, sniper zoom, fisheye, suicide, chatkeys, new menus, Sauermod/Blood Frontier)

Detailed description

My autoexec.cfg file. It has recommended settings and bindings for competitive matches.

Multiple keys setups (edit OPTIONS at start of config):
* RDFG (on by default) - to make weapon switching faster and less disruptive to moving around (there is a tutorial at the end which explains this). I've been using bindings like these since 2001 for Quake and UT.
* WASD (off by default) - due to popular demand, but I recommend you try RDFG for a while.
* Extra mouse buttons (off by default) - lets you use more keys for weapon switching (and therefore more pwnage).
* Simple mode (off by default) - removes some keys so you're not overwhelmed with new keys and features.
* Dvorak (off by default) - for people using the dvorak keyboard layout

Features:
* Keys help (press F1)
* Easily adjustable options and bindings
* 1337-pwn3r3r keys - switch to the right weapon instantly while moving in any direction. This WILL improve your game.
* Blood Frontier support
* Support for additional mouse buttons (you need a fixed keymap.cfg)
* Sniper zoom (with optional zoom distance switch) with SAME SENSITIVITY as when unzoomed
* Button for fisheye/thirdperson
* Double-click suicide button
* Quickchat keys
* Mastermode key (with password support)
* Quickvote key (F2)
* Favourite servers menu for superfast connecting (F3)
* Tweaks menu for easy in-game fov & sensitivity experimentation (F4)
* You can always use the latest version of this config without losing your own settings (read the first paragraph in the config for instructions)

Yes the config is complicated but you only need to read the first two sections, the rest you can safely ignore, although I recommend reading the "FPS keybind tutorial".

Even if you already have a good setup you may get a new idea from this. Check it out, feel free to critique.

Credits:
* eihrul and aard, for making the most responsive FPS ever
* quin, for suggestions, for sauermod, and for considering suggestions for sauermod
* MeatROme for feedback and help

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Changelog:
3.4 "Dvorak"
Added option for dvorak keyboard layout
Added safety aliases so config still works without defaults.cfg (excepting edit mode)
Swapped keys for fist and shotgun - SPACE is harder to press than SHIFT
Fixed editmode toggle (now works with any bindings). Made WASD-based editmode optional. Removed binding to Y (reserved for teamsay).
3.34 - 3.31 Bugfixes, tweaks and tidying
3.3 "Clarity"
Bugfixes, changed some keys, key aliases for clarity, added blood frontier support, added "customized" option, added new maps list
3.2
Zoom sensitivity now automatically calculated to be the same as when unzoomed
Added sounds for suiciding and screenshots
3.12, 3.11, 3.1 Bugfixes
Added key for edit mode
3.0 "Hydra"
Added multiple key setups (RDFG/WASD, extra mouse buttons/3 mouse buttons, advanced/simple)
Added mastermode key
Added zoom distance switch (with sound)
Improved suicide key (proper double-click)
Suggested separate file for custom settings
Weapon aliases for clarity
2.1 Bugfixes
2.0
Changed mousewheel zoom to a simpler, faster hold-key zoom (spacebar)
Added thirdperson to fisheye
Added sauermod support
Added keys help
Added superfast vote aliases

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Known bugs / 2do:
* custom bindings can get screwed up if you toggle edit mode
* change options in-game
* option to change from hold-zoom to toggle-zoom
* I can't bind a sound to zoomFarOff, anyone know why?
* compatibility with other keyboard layouts

Things I want to do but can't:
* loadcrosshair for teh BOOM HEADSHOT!!!!111!1! - requires latest (unreleased) Sauerbraten patch
* Quickdraw bindings (switch, shoot, switch back) - requires Sauermod 0.31+ / Blood Frontier 0.32+
* Write to a file from config. This would let me save preferences, and do many fancy things like generating all the binding stuff (including help menus) from a list of keys

Rating

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Comments

Drakas | 2007-08-21 17:05

Your theory is good :)

MeatROme | 2007-08-21 18:00

This may be ... but the scripting is a little akward IMO;
you usually don't go around rebinding aliases all the time - too error prone,
look at the way I told Muki how to script his zoom (this thread goes way off-topic after a half-dozen posts or so);
you should work with a global flag for your action and just toggle that ... but in the end I'm on the just-glad-it-works side with you, just pointing out a stylistic (and debugging friendly) path to improvement.

Your menus should toggle if you just use the same approach as the main menu (see data/menus.cfg).
bind ESCAPE [if (cleargui 1) [] [showgui main]] // it all starts here

Personally I'd also prefer more comments - since you're targetting scripting newbies : tell them what you're doing :)
In the end there's just a whole load of personal settings/preferences and rebindings happening;
e.g. repammo is bound to R by default - what's the precise benefit/reason you rebind it to T ?? Because that's the key you usually use for (T)alking to other people ... you should really do some explaining if you want players to have the maximum benefit.

N1NJ4 | 2007-09-04 05:19

Thanks for the help. Yes rebinding aliases is unnecessarily longwinded in Sauer - but they may be easier for newbies to understand, and certainly make it easier to port the config to other games. I've added a note about this to the description.

I've added more comments. Repammo obviously has to be rebound since I'm using R for forward - T is close to the movement keys and therefore easy to reach. Talk doesn't have to take up valuable real-estate like "T" so I moved it one step out to Y. I've added a note about this idea to the binding tutorial at the end. All of the key binding decisions are made according to the tutorial. I've also added a help menu (F1) that displays the new keys.

MeatROme | 2007-10-01 16:05

Hey, just checked it out again ...
... you're definitely making tremendous progress on this!
It looks a lot better now, although it's still itching me in places to do it totally different ;-)
To each coder his own style, eh? Just glad my critique didn't meet deaf ears - your reasoning has it's merits - so just keep on fine-tuning! :)

Just one thing I noticed while scrolling through: line 603-604 ... that's probably not right:
ffateam = [ mode 3; map $arg1 ] ffat = [ffat] // last line probably should read ffat = [ffateam] // right?

While creating meATpAk (real old) and QCSP I always tried to keep the different aspects in seperate files ... which probably goes a long way in explaining why they've both turned out to be ... erhm ... slightly chockfull of features and terribly hard to wrap your head around (for newbie scripters) - which is kinda sad since I always had in mind trying to get more people familiarized with how easy & powerful CubeScript is ... mission failed, eh?
Maybe I'll take a page from your book and build my third script-pack more introductory ... let's see if I manage to come around to it till christmas (no promises though!)

Anyway: keep the good script coming, dude!

N1NJ4 | 2007-10-04 07:05

Thanks MeatROme.

Well I'm leaning more your way now, as my script gets more complex I realize there's no point making it easy to convert to other games, and neither do I want to sacrifice usability to make it easy to understand. At the same time I don't want it to get overly big or complicated - I want it do be easy for players to pickup and use. So any tips re doing things better are appreciated.

Wow, good spotting you must've looked it over really well! *Fixed*

Thanks for reminding me of your scripts, it's past time to look at them again, this time in detail. I've looked at meATpAk and posted a question there.

Quin | 2007-09-06 09:11

Great to see the SauerMod support, the community has really welcomed it with open arms :)

Suggestions and critiques:

You set 'sensitivity' to 210 by default, unless 'sensitivityscale' is also changed, this will result in an unusable mouse for most people (sensitivity 10 at sensitivityscale 1 is about as fast as I can keep up with).
Turning off things like 'waterreflect', etc isn't really desirable for a public release, everyone has different systems and has most likely tweaked their settings already. Wait for the patch release of SauerMod - which will feature an automatic performance adjustment option.
Sauerbraten has a 'loadcrosshair' command in the latest patch release, you might consider using it (you may even want to see some of SauerMod's latest zooming stuff in defaults.cfg

Your SauerMod-specific 'absolute' weapon swtiching doesn't check 'weaponswitchstyle', it should look more like (emphasis on changes):

if (&& (= $sauermod 1) (= $weaponswitchstyle 1)) [
	bind "LSHIFT" [weapon 0 0] //fist
	bind "E" [weapon 0 1] //pistol
	bind "T" [weapon 0 2] //shotgun
	bind "S" [weapon 0 3] //machinegun
	bind "H" [weapon 0 4] //grenade
	bind "Z" [weapon 0 5] //rocket launcher
	bind "A" [weapon 0 6] //rifle
][
	bind "LSHIFT" [weapon 0] //fist
	bind "T" [weapon 1] //shotgun
	bind "S" [weapon 2] //machinegun
	bind "Z" [weapon 3] //rocket launcher
	bind "A" [weapon 4] //rifle
	bind "H" [weapon 5] //grenade
	bind "E" [weapon 6] //pistol
]

I really wouldn't use CAPSLOCK, as easy as it is to reach - Sauerbraten doesn't intercept it to the point where it actually disables the keyboard interrupt (eg. you still turn CAPSLOCK on and off) and Sauerbraten's commands are case sensitive.
You can probably store the favourite servers in a variable (and pick it from the list using the 'at' script command), have a look at how Sauerbraten stores and retrieves the map lists for dm/capture in "data/menus.cfg" - This would make it more dynamic and reduce the need to edit the cfg.

That's my two cents anyway. If you have any questions, or if there's a feature or something that would make your life easier that SauerMod could provide, feel free to shoot them my way.

Think I might need to create a list of SauerMod approved/recommended addons now :) Update: Which I have now done, this content is now mentioned in the "Content Supporting SauerMod" section of the SauerMod node.

N1NJ4 | 2007-09-06 12:01

Great suggestions quin thanks.

1. sensitivityscale *is* changed - it is set to 10. And 210/10 might still be too sensitive for some people but that's what I thought when I first read about the high sensitivities Quake players used - over time you find yourself being able to go higher. The worst it can do is push people's assumptions about how sensitive some players go.
2. Done as per your sugggestion.
4. Added compulsory weaponswitchstyle 1 - this is essential to learning to use weapons properly.
5. Changed from CAPSLOCK to B double-click.
3&6. Will do.

DarkStar | 2007-09-12 15:27

A pretty useful script!
Some modifications are pretty good, and save a lot of fiddling about.
My only complaint is that you've fixed the handgun to the E key, which means I can't get into edit mode.
I tried to reassign the edit function to another key, but I'm pretty new at scripting and didn't know what the edit mode is called.
Also when zoomed, I can't move the cursor, which makes it pretty difficult to 'snipe' anybody unless they're stationary.

The map vote, fave server and tweaks GUI are very useful though.
I've also added a couple more options to the tweaks menu.

Overall it's very good if you know what does what, that way you can pick out the features you want.

N1NJ4 | 2007-09-22 23:01

Great point about edit mode, 3.1 fixes that: I've now bound ' to edittoggle, edit mode always uses WASD keys, and you can use E to turn *off* edit mode.

Yeah I noticed your Quick Options GUI, as of version 3 there's a link directing people to it if they want more tweaks :)

I've never seen that zoom problem, and can't imagine how it's happening. Try the latest version and tell me if it's still happening.

Also with the new version you should be able to use the entire config while still customizing it to your heart's content, so you can then easily upgrade to the latest Pro Config (see the MODULARITY section at end - put your changes in a separate file).

DarkStar | 2007-09-24 16:05

I'll check out the latest version. =]
Thanks for linking to my adaptation by the way, sorry if it seems like I've just taken your hard work and lazily added some extras. I think I referred to this script, just to be fair. ^_^

N1NJ4 | 2007-09-25 06:03

Not at all, I encourage everyone to take what I've done and improve it :) Open-source ftw. Hmm, I'll make that official - next version has a creative commons license.

Suicizer | 2010-09-28 17:00

can someone please re-upload this configuration file?
it would be really nice to have fish-eye inside sauerbraten (just to make sphere-mapped textures)...

N1NJ4 | 2010-10-25 20:39

If you want fisheye, just give yourself a high FOV (eg type "/fov 150"). 150 is the maximum. Bind that to a key if you like.

Suicizer | 2010-10-25 21:46

That isnt fisheye, that's just a high fov...

Windecker | 2010-10-25 23:30

http://strlen.com/files/pix/ssf/quake06.jpg

The idea of the fisheye view is to keep the stuff around the crosshair at a reasonable size, but allow a maximal view at the same time.

A high FOV allows you to see a lot, but it also makes your target appear much smaller.

N1NJ4 | 2010-10-28 00:59

Ah, you mean improved fisheye like FisheyeQuake?

That is great, it should be added to the default game. But it would be a client change, it's not something that can be done with a config.

Suicizer | 2010-10-28 23:32

Can you please do me a favor and upload it again?