/vr/ - Retro Games

Powerslave is the 2nd most underrated Build game. It runs on an older version of the engine, combat is simple and limited, the controls are limited too (strafing only works on a straight line) and they can be glitched to a ridiculous level, but it has some excellent level design and atmosphere.

>>3130925
So could you in Blood, unless you run around in playsight like a retard, or rather, like you're playing Doom.
It amazes me how Doom fan thinks that being able to strafe-run in circle around enemies in plain sight is the apogee of FPS gameplay.

Had the devs of these games realized the game would be so easy with KB+Mouse and circle strafing, they would have probably done something about it.

This is the strength of Blood, even with modern standar controls there is still amazing gameplay that requires twitch controls, reflexes, use of your environment, and some actual thought of how you approach each situation and with each weapon.

Also, learn to crouch. The very fact that crouching does something against hitscan enemies is a hint of how much depth Blood has for a pre Half-Life FPS.

>>2156994
>because of the controls i would recommend going keyboard only

There are a few tricks to make controls better:

>if you set the "run" key as "capslock", you can actually have autorunning. No need to hold that shift key all the time anymore!
>if you use that capslock autorunning; you can strafe super fast! The superfast strafing doesn't work with the 'strafe left' and 'strafe right' keys, however it works if you use 'strafekey + left' or 'strafekey + right' (again only if you use the autorunning capslock). So, by settings the Q and D keys to 'left' and 'right' (rather than strafe left/right in a normal WASD setting) and use a key like Lshift or Lctrl as "strafe" key; and hold that key anytime you want to strafe, you can use that superfast strafing.
> to make playing more comfortable too, though not a glitch this time : in this game you have to hold a key to be able to look up/down with the mouse. Well, if you set that key to a mousebutton like RMB or MMB, it makes mouselook much more convenient....

For this last point, apparently it's also possible to have toggle mouselook by setting the mouselook key to numlock or scroll-lock; haven't tried it myself though

>>2132637
You can configure keys in setup.exe. Set it and keyboard+mouse and rebind keys to your linking.
I know there are some bad rips of the game going around the internet, either glitched beta and also the final release but without music. Make sure to get the full final release with music.

A couple of tips to make things better :

Someone just told me 2 super cool things about the game. Sounds like they are glitches, but it makes playing much better :

- if you set the "run" key as "capslock", you can actually have autorunning. No need to hold that shift key all the time anymore!
- and if you use that capslock autorunning; you can strafe super fast! The superfast strafing doesn't work with the 'strafe left' and 'strafe right' keys, however it works if you use 'strafekey + left' or 'strafekey + right' (again only if you use the autorunning capslock). So, by settings the Q and D keys to 'left' and 'right' (rather than strafe left/right in a normal WASD setting) and use a key like Lshift or Lctrl as "strafe" key; and hold that key anytime you want to strafe, you can use that superfast strafing.

-another protip from me to make playing more comfortable too, though not a glitch this time : in this game you have to hold a key to be able to look up/down with the mouse. Well, if you set that key to a mousebutton like RMB or MMB, it makes mouselook much more convenient....

I fucking love Exhumed/Powerslave (the PC one, running on Build). The level design is excellent, very underrated.

>>1856834
Wow holy shit. You're right. I just set "Run" as capslock, and it works as autorunning.

And for the fast strafing trick.... it sounds like a glitch involving that autorunning, because it doesn't work if you "strafe left" and "strafe right" keys, but it works if you use "strafekey+left" or "strafekey+right" ; so with the right button combinaison you can have autorunning and superfaster strafing... Could use Q and D as 'left' and 'right' (rather than 'strafe left' and 'strafe right') and use a key like lshit/lctrl as "strafe key" that you press with Q or D everytime you want to strafe... Really fucking nice. Thanks for the tip!