What controls do you use to play LF2?

[the mad maskman]

i got extremely curious about this recently. with what controls do you usually play lf2?
i play with arrows and the numpad's 1 2 3, for p1, and wasd and j k l for p2.

STM1993 edited this post 07-01-2017 07:34 PM because:

fixed the thread title

[A-Man]

After years of fighting over player 1 controls, we had figured out the ultimate configuration for maximal hand management. More comfortable than it looks.

[Gad]

I started playing lf2 like this when i was like 8 yrs old:



Adjusted this to resemble controls of most platformer games, where usually ctrl is attack and space is jump, shift is some alternative action.

[You'rHighness]

The most common use keys are arrows and z,x,c

But the most satisfying controls i use are wsad-rty for player 1 and Home,delete,end,pagedown with 4 5 6 for player 2

keeping hands close make you feel the control

and keep at alphabetic grid.following arrows make your finger slips.getting over the grid make your wrist struggle.

[STM1993]

Player 1 to play.
Player 3 main tester.
The rest are extra that I don't normally use except for testing.

@STM1993: you never felt wasd is too away from 4 5 6?

Not at all. I'm used to playing shooting games where the controls are WASD and mouse, so its actually way more comfortable for me that way.

[the mad maskman]

@A-Man: i really wonder how 2 players could play on the same keybord using these controls.
@Gad: don't you think that it's hard to move your hands each time to get to the key you want to press?
@penew: yeah, those seem normal. but why Home,delete,end,pagedown instead of the arrows?
@STM1993: you never felt wasd is too away from 4 5 6?

[A-Man]

@A-Man: i really wonder how 2 players could play on the same keybord using these controls.

That's for 4 players. A D J is Attack Defend Jump, and the arrow keys are <>^V. Each colour stands for a player.

keeping hands close make you feel the control

I disagree; it gets uncomfortable if hands are too close, as thumbs aren't used and tend to need some space.

[Silverthorn]

That's for 4 players. A D J is Attack Defend Jump, and the arrow keys are <>^V. Each colour stands for a player.

Not having issues with multikeys getting ignored? I recall DON having problems even playing alone on his laptop(?)

As for me, been using this set of keys since I started co-oping with a former school friend of mine some 15 years ago or so:

[MangaD]

Z - Attack
X - Jump
C - Defend
Arrows

[AmadisLFE]

Player 1: Main Controls
Player 2: Test Subject
Player 3: 2nd Player Controls/Test Subject
Player 4: Test Subject

New Keyboard does give a lot of ghost keys though....Aka, Multiple keys are sometimes ignored


Hah, seems like our P1 and P2 controls are reversed.