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Thread: Some info for a disabled player
please we are only asking for a little information about a "twitch" expansion, for MMORPG turn base game.
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JDspeeder1 wrote:
I really appreciate the quick response, Herbs. Unfortunately, I can't use a joystick, I just mentioned it because I didn't want anyone to think I was recommending a control setup that would only work with a mouse. As for Teamspeak, that might work for some situations, but my voice is difficult to understand in person and even worse on the phone (imagine if someone hooked up a helium tank to Vader's respirator and put a clothes-pin on his nose). If I was flying with my guild, they'd be cool about it, but what about strangers?
Hmm, I'd really suggest you get yer hands on a 5 button mouse and bind pitch and yaw, etc to the buttons on the mouse! It might take an awful lot of work to get the hang of and it might be slightly less responsive than a keyboard or a joystick but it'd get you off the ground and into the air!
Yeevle wrote:
... Being a twitch based expansion it is going to be hard. Traditionally twitch is always the person with the fastest reflexes gets the cookie so to speak....
Interesting to consider that most of the "twitch" will be processed on the client side of things rather than the server side of things.
That being the case, how much "twitch/fast reflex" reaction is actually going to be relevant? Lag and ping speed is going to be king in deciding who wins out in the space fights. Therefore, the amount of reflexes and reaction capability you bring to the game, (although being a factor), will actually be a smaller proportion of the playing style than you might think.
I may have the fastest reflexes in the world. But if Im on a poor server connection, then I will get pwned by anyone else. It must work like that. I cant see how it couldnt.
I was going to ask of JDSpeeder had ever used a trackball? I suffer from sero-negative arthiritis (despite being in my late twenties), and I find, when im having bad jointdays, that a trackball is far easier to manage than a mouse. My other suggestion was to get some practice in on Freelancer. A mouse operatable game and one that looks close to the style of game play that we will get in JTL. I found it survivable.
Glad this thread is here! Laters!
MMORPG.COM :
MMORPG Site For The Disabled
Date : Sep 15, 2004
Author : Craig McGregor
We were just informed today of a niceonline communitythat is devoted to the disabled gamer. They cover the basics - forums, news, polls, links, etc. However, their main goal is providing a resource for those that may use special gear to enjoy online games. To visit their site just . To visit their site just follow this link
I don't know if there is anything there that will help you, but it might be worth a look
Message Edited by Frolykk on 09-15-2004 01:33 PM
I will support this, as for I am a one handed gamer.
Thank god for my friend for letting me have his old sidewinder. I would problably get pwned in 3 seconds flat.
anyways Devs you need to see this is very Important to disabled gamers. I have played flight games before and the only one I played without a joystick or gamepad was BF1942. Devs you Must see this as a small minority of us are disabled.
Message Edited by Boreback on 09-15-2004 08:48 AM
Message Edited by Boreback on 09-15-2004 08:49 AM