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Played this for a bit but ran into some trouble with the key mappings. CTRL to crouch means that I can't really press anything else without causing firefox to r

by bogwog 4y ago

Played this for a bit but ran into some trouble with the key mappings. CTRL to crouch means that I can't really press anything else without causing firefox to ruin the game. * CTRL+R (reload) causes the page to refresh * CTRL+W (walk forward) attempts to close the current tab * CTRL+S (walk backward) opens a dialog to save the current page * CTRL+D (walk right) bookmarks the current page Luckily firefox shows a confirmation dialog before refresh or closing the tab, but that causes the game to freeze until you dismiss it. Also sound didn't work at all

yamazakiwi 4y ago
That's good to know, I haven't been able to try it yet, maybe map crouch to C and use your thumb? Edit: It looks like it has a notification to use C while in windowed mode
- ddtaylor 4y ago
  Unfortunately for most of us Counter-Strike players the idea of remapping any keys is a non-reality at this point. We've been playing the game for 20 something years and our brain has accepted keys as they are.
  - yamazakiwi 4y ago
    I guess that's what happens when you play using the same configuration for 3000 hours of playtime. Fortunately, you don't have to remap keys since it's already mapped to ctrl and c, but you would have to remap your brain.
cl3misch 4y ago
CTRL should work correctly in fullscreen mode
nerdponx 4y ago
If there's ever a case for an Electron app, maybe this is it!
- cypress66 4y ago
  An electron app for cs 1.6? I assume this is sarcasm.
  - cal85 4y ago
    Why?
    - outworlder 4y ago
      Probably because, if you want to have an app anyway, why don't you just install the native game?
      - yakshaving_jgt 4y ago
        Probably because differences in CPU architectures make that impossible. CS 1.6 won’t actually run on MacOS afaik.
        anthk 4y ago
        The Xash3D source would run everywhere.
bee_rider 4y ago
It is too bad esdf lost to wasd as the convention for FPS controls. Then we could have the unimportant qwazx keys on the left, instead of all these special keys like control and alt.
wbobeirne 4y ago
If you install the page as a PWA then it will be able to prevent those shortcuts https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Installing https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web...
rollcat 4y ago
Say what you like about Apple, but having all these functions on the Cmd key instead is not just more logical, it's actually sane (doubly so for the terminal). I think MS has missed an enormous opportunity when they introduced the Win key; and X11 desktops, toolkits, and apps imitated the more familiar (rather than the better) solutions.
- arcanemachiner 4y ago
  I will concede that for once, Apple's insane keyboard mappings actually work in their favor. But I still won't get them any credit, since it is purely a coincidence that their mappings happened not to mess with this one browser game.
  - outworlder 4y ago
    > it is purely a coincidence that their mappings happened not to mess with this one browser game. Not really a coincidence and that's not the only scenario where it's preferable to have a dedicated command key
    - account42 4y ago
      It is a coincidence. The issue is commands in the game clashing with the browser, an environment it was never meant to run in. Whatever command-key you want to use for shortcuts, both applications have equal claim to wanting to use them - is is about application shortcust vs. application shortcust not OS shortcuts vs. application shortcuts. It only works out because the game was developed for a different platform than the browser, which by coincidence uses a different key for commands.
    - jml7c5 4y ago
      It is a sort of coincidence that Apple decided the pinky finger button should be control rather than command. The other way around and crouch-jumping would be more difficult and you'd want to rebind it... but you would then run into the same keybind overlap issue as experienced on Windows/Linux.
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by bogwog 4y ago

yamazakiwi 4y ago

That's good to know, I haven't been able to try it yet, maybe map crouch to C and use your thumb? Edit: It looks like it has a notification to use C while in windowed mode

ddtaylor 4y ago
Unfortunately for most of us Counter-Strike players the idea of remapping any keys is a non-reality at this point. We've been playing the game for 20 something years and our brain has accepted keys as they are.
- yamazakiwi 4y ago
  I guess that's what happens when you play using the same configuration for 3000 hours of playtime. Fortunately, you don't have to remap keys since it's already mapped to ctrl and c, but you would have to remap your brain.

cl3misch 4y ago

CTRL should work correctly in fullscreen mode

nerdponx 4y ago

If there's ever a case for an Electron app, maybe this is it!

cypress66 4y ago
An electron app for cs 1.6? I assume this is sarcasm.
- cal85 4y ago
  Why?
  - outworlder 4y ago
    Probably because, if you want to have an app anyway, why don't you just install the native game?
    - yakshaving_jgt 4y ago
      Probably because differences in CPU architectures make that impossible. CS 1.6 won’t actually run on MacOS afaik.
      - anthk 4y ago
        The Xash3D source would run everywhere.

bee_rider 4y ago

It is too bad esdf lost to wasd as the convention for FPS controls. Then we could have the unimportant qwazx keys on the left, instead of all these special keys like control and alt.

wbobeirne 4y ago

If you install the page as a PWA then it will be able to prevent those shortcuts https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Installing https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web...

rollcat 4y ago

Say what you like about Apple, but having all these functions on the Cmd key instead is not just more logical, it's actually sane (doubly so for the terminal). I think MS has missed an enormous opportunity when they introduced the Win key; and X11 desktops, toolkits, and apps imitated the more familiar (rather than the better) solutions.

arcanemachiner 4y ago
I will concede that for once, Apple's insane keyboard mappings actually work in their favor. But I still won't get them any credit, since it is purely a coincidence that their mappings happened not to mess with this one browser game.
- outworlder 4y ago
  > it is purely a coincidence that their mappings happened not to mess with this one browser game. Not really a coincidence and that's not the only scenario where it's preferable to have a dedicated command key
  - account42 4y ago
    It is a coincidence. The issue is commands in the game clashing with the browser, an environment it was never meant to run in. Whatever command-key you want to use for shortcuts, both applications have equal claim to wanting to use them - is is about application shortcust vs. application shortcust not OS shortcuts vs. application shortcuts. It only works out because the game was developed for a different platform than the browser, which by coincidence uses a different key for commands.
  - jml7c5 4y ago
    It is a sort of coincidence that Apple decided the pinky finger button should be control rather than command. The other way around and crouch-jumping would be more difficult and you'd want to rebind it... but you would then run into the same keybind overlap issue as experienced on Windows/Linux.
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