HALO

Praetorian · Post by **Praetorian** » Fri May 28, 2004 3:52 pm

While we wait for PXO to make an appearance,it is already Friday and the week has come and gone; I downloaded the trial version of HALO.

Whew, too many buttons to remember.

2D Motion sickness (flasback to Doom)

Wait, I think I'm going to .....Buuuuuuuuick

What game controller/s is best for this game. preferrably something I don't have to take my hands off of. Also, a game profile that keeps the digits in the hand moving smoothly.

What are you peeps that play HALO got for suggestions?

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Fri May 28, 2004 4:24 pm

This They can be had for $25 online

Flatlander · Post by **Flatlander** » Fri May 28, 2004 4:26 pm

A keyboard and mouse?

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Fri May 28, 2004 4:43 pm

I just use kb mouse. I know others that use that thing stress posted as well.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Fri May 28, 2004 4:57 pm

n52 & mouse.

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Fri May 28, 2004 7:38 pm

i have an n52 but i prefer the good old keyboard and mouse.

Battlebot · Post by **Battlebot** » Fri May 28, 2004 7:44 pm

yep, nothin better than old skool

Defender · Post by **Defender** » Fri May 28, 2004 10:29 pm

Bah, I hate controllers for FPS's... Not gamepad is as accurate or fast as a mouse...

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sat May 29, 2004 12:37 am

had you looked defender you would find that it's not a gamepad..

but you didn't.

Nightshade · Post by **Nightshade** » Sat May 29, 2004 1:13 am

Halo sucks. End of story.

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Sat May 29, 2004 2:53 am

I use my trusty n52 and mouse for Halo, but for faster games I use keyboard simply because I can push the keys on the kb faster than my n52.

@ TB

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Sat May 29, 2004 10:02 am

What makes he KB faster than that n52 thingy? Ponder descent with n52+joy. What does the n52 do? emulate a keyboard? Or does it show up as its own thing in the game controllers?

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Sat May 29, 2004 10:38 am

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Sat May 29, 2004 11:46 am

Both? What keys does it emulate then? And what appears in the gamecontrollers dialog?

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Sat May 29, 2004 11:58 am

The software that comes with it is fully programable. You can make any key/button on it emulate any on the keyboard.

It is however a device on it's own so the system recognizes it as such.

Ingame setup, depending on the game, will have a setup section that may or maynot show the n52 as a controller. Personally, I bypass that portion all together and just setup the "Keyboard" section using the n52 (using whatever keys I have mapped in the software) as if it is the keyboard.

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Sat May 29, 2004 9:22 pm

default is qwer, asdf, zxcv and everything near it like tab and caps lock, with a hatswitch and a space bar near the thumb (i believe). its a handy little device, i like it but i can't game for real with it becuase the stiffness of the keys (durable, yes) and the placement of the space bar.

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Sat May 29, 2004 9:30 pm

Yeah, outside of Windows, or driver-less, it just acts like a USB keyboard, but with software, it can act as joystick or as a programmed keyboard.

Fusion · Post by **Fusion** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:31 am

Grendel wrote:n52 & mouse.

I'm with Gren, I use the same hardware on my Mac (Mac ver of course). Also use 52 w/Joy when flying D3.
Fusion

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 6:12 am

KB and mouse here for PC version.

Nothing beats an S-Type on X-Box though.

I didn't really like any controller until I felt the S-Type.

Wish I could get one for the PC.

HALO is awsome. I've allready got dibs on the limited edition of Halo 2.