That Quake map pack from 1998 finally made me unlearn bad habits

I spent two weekends in Denver trying to speedrun through it, and the third map forced me to redo my whole keybinding setup because my jump and shoot fingers kept fighting each other, so what key layouts do the rest of you use for old shooters?

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evanfox6d ago

Wait, are you telling me you actually made it to map three before your setup broke down? I got stuck on map two last year and realized my whole left hand was doing the work of a circus act, pinky on crouch, ring on strafe, middle on forward, index doing double duty on fire and jump, so I ended up remapping jump to the right mouse button and now my aim is garbage but at least I can bunny hop without cramping up. That classic pack really does punish whatever muscle memory you thought you had, especially when you go back to it after years of modern auto-sprint and stuff. Honestly, I think the best thing I ever did was just put a sticky note on my monitor that says "left hand breathes, right hand shoots" because old shooters are basically a workout at this point.