State of Decay

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Sonnac wrote:

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nzrock wrote:

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Sonnac wrote:

Did any of you use a PS3 controller on the PC to play this game? Or do you all have a Xbox controller?

I use this: http://forums.undeadlabs.com/showthread.php?34504-SODBK-key-bindings-in-a-simple-gui

Cool! I got to try that out. Finally I can play State of Decay! Thanks :)

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Funkhauzer wrote:

Yea I highly recommend playing with an Xbox or PS3 controller. There is a huge demand for keyboard and mouse support but personally these types of games with combo attacks and 3rd person camera are always better played with a controller. Also driving without analog control of your acceleration seems like it would be hard to keep your car from reaching high speeds which is asking for trouble.

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nzrock wrote:

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Funkhauzer wrote:

Yea I highly recommend playing with an Xbox or PS3 controller. There is a huge demand for keyboard and mouse support but personally these types of games with combo attacks and 3rd person camera are always better played with a controller. Also driving without analog control of your acceleration seems like it would be hard to keep your car from reaching high speeds which is asking for trouble.

I disagree, 3rd person game controls on kb+m is perfectly fine and in most cases far more superior then a controller. I think there's a lot more freedom, precision and can be smoother or quicker to response when using mouse to control the camera.
Now I guess you just aren't used to or tried enough playing 3rd person games on kb+m, but I had no problems with many of 100+ 3rd person games, that I have played over the years... Not to mention aiming with guns is far better with a mouse :)
Driving with kb+m is fine too, problem in SoD is that the car physics are too floaty, which the Devs also mention it was a problem that they're fixing soon.

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Funkhauzer wrote:

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nzrock wrote:

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Funkhauzer wrote:

Yea I highly recommend playing with an Xbox or PS3 controller. There is a huge demand for keyboard and mouse support but personally these types of games with combo attacks and 3rd person camera are always better played with a controller. Also driving without analog control of your acceleration seems like it would be hard to keep your car from reaching high speeds which is asking for trouble.

I disagree, 3rd person game controls on kb+m is perfectly fine and in most cases far more superior then a controller. I think there's a lot more freedom, precision and can be smoother or quicker to response when using mouse to control the camera.
Now I guess you just aren't used to or tried enough playing 3rd person games on kb+m, but I had no problems with many of 100+ 3rd person games, that I have played over the years... Not to mention aiming with guns is far better with a mouse :)
Driving with kb+m is fine too, problem in SoD is that the car physics are too floaty, which the Devs also mention it was a problem that they're fixing soon.

I agree with your points but my hangups about keyboards is when you need to press buttons for combos while also holding down keys to move. It just feels more natural using a controller for me.

Aiming on a controller is a whole different than a mouse. I usually strafe aim. Like move my character to line up my crossair with an enemies head. Not even close to mouse accuracy but it works for single player games.

I will never ever ever play a FPS with a controller though. Worst experience possible.

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nzrock wrote:

Combo moves right now is hard to pull of on keyboard, is because there's no proper support for it yet and the controls are still using controller buttons.
Like many other 3rd person action games, those keys will be fixed, eg. Stealth kill will just be the E key. I guess you didn't think about it like that huh? /semi-facepalm

Yeah I'm forced to strafe aim too, because there's no proper support yet :/