My Little Finger Is Killing Me, How About Sprint Toggle..anyone?

[Skilful_Scalpel]

So, any of you guys can confirm (or deny) the game's security system detecting Macros?

cause i know some games cnsider theam as cheat tools, and i woul hate to lose my accounts to a "W" pressing Macro, you know...

[Mir.]

I had a door slammed on my little finger, can't use it at all.

I used my ring finger to sprint now lul.

[reggs12]

If you think it's bad on the keyboard try holding down the thumbstick with the controller for a few weeks. Gives you a nice little dead spot in the middle of the thumb that stays with you. FOREVER ;p

[Zed0]

I toggle sprint sometimes, i don't know how but its random. Probably lag though.

[Hammerspace]

Never used it, but doesn't Windows have something called Sticky Keys?

[Loswaith]

Why not seperate roll (double tap worked for unreal's dodge, so that could work, though iffy on a controller) and use something like the way Borderlands, dead Island and a few other games do the run so that if your holding forward and tap the "sprint" key you will sprint until you either run out of endurance or stop moving holding forward (and lets face it your typically sprinting forward anyway).

It works well for those games, makes the controller happy that it's a single click, rather than a hold (which can be hard to do) and saves the fingers of those that use shift.

Edited April 5, 2013 by Loswaith

[Inma]

I think its good as it is.

If you going to put a sprint toggle please put it as default somewhere far away from the other buttons.

[Skilful_Scalpel]

If you think it's bad on the keyboard try holding down the thumbstick with the controller for a few weeks. Gives you a nice little dead spot in the middle of the thumb that stays with you. FOREVER ;p

Ouch!!

I had a door slammed on my little finger, can't use it at all.

I used my ring finger to sprint now lul.

OUCH OVER 9000!!!

Never used it, but doesn't Windows have something called Sticky Keys?

well, sticky keys are designed to hold a key when it's pressed more than certain times per second..after that pressing the key only once will trigger a hold..

the problem with this is it's going to be held for god knows how long and not released..i don't want to be always sprinting, you know..good i dea though, let me research that a little more and get bakc to you with the results

[Kronk]

it seems that people dont get that a double tap solution is a clear solution, which is firstly optional and secondly the perfect alternative for a "toggle" button, since a sprint toggle still needs you to use your pinky often for toggling on/off keeping your stamina in mind. easier to stop springt toggle with a release.

and noone would feel hurt, because its no change in movement controls at all.

[Akaninja]

Meanwhile remap your buttons.

Sprint - spacebar

Jump - shift

Crouch - Q

I use shift for jump and spacebar for sprint too. Doing it for years now. Very good tip from nekro.

[ReiganCross]

Am i the only one that got a Razer Nostromo and don't feel this issue at all?...I mean, really, i pretty much let the pinky fall into the shift key and just leave it there. Got me some bugs too, like being unable to melee because i locked the Shift key in the programing or something.

[Lunar13]

LOL I had this same problem with my little finger as well cuz of the shift and Ctrl button. I think this just means you have been playing TOO long and need a break!

[Awesomest]

Here's an idea:

Get an extra finger.

I'll try to grow one too while we wait for the update.

I just jam the shift key down during missions. Everyone thinks I'm always angry.

[PsychPT]

I support this idea with GREAT enthusiasim!!

[Skilful_Scalpel]

Ok, for the time being, swapping shift and space seems like a winner..will take a solid day or two for getting used to, but who cares..

Pinky-Health all the way :D

[Skilful_Scalpel]

Alright Guys, No more suffering..i have came up with a script for a program called "AutoHotKey" that does exactly what you want

NOW YOU CAN DOUBLE TAP "W" FOR SPRINT/CRUISE CONTROL STYLE RUNNING

at least till they come up with an update that introduces this officially anyway..

Here's How

1) Download Autohotkey for Free ( Google it, i don't know if i am allowed to post External links here)

2) Install it

3) create a new Text file and paste the following into it

___________________________________________

EDIT: v1.1 with less trigger time, less chance for faulty firing..

lasttime = 0

~W::

If (a_tickCount-lasttime < 300)

{

Send, {LShift down}

KeyWait, W, U

Send, {LShift up}

Return

}

lasttime:=a_tickCount

Return

___________________________________________

4) Save it

5) now rename it to "Warframe.ahk" or anything you want as long as it ends in ".Ahk"

Note: for those with hidden extensions, you can enable that by going into Control Panel>Folder Options >View> and untick "Hide Extensions for Known File Types"

6) double click your Ahk file and you should see an icon with the annotation "Warframe" in the system tray..

7) now Run the game, and Sprint as it was meant to Be :D

this is by far not a final solution and i know the devs will fix this, maybe in the next hotfix, but until then, give your pinky a break and use this script :)

Edited April 6, 2013 by Skilful_Scalpel

[Renathy]

Skilful, nice idea. I use AutoHotkey for Devil May Cry 3, which has the worst support for Keyboard and Mouse.

Take all that information and make a new topic, so others can see it. It could get stickied, though.

[Skilful_Scalpel]

hmmm...Ok, but which section should i post this into?

[Renathy]

hmmm...Ok, but which section should i post this into?

General discussion.

[Skilful_Scalpel]

K, sure..thanks :)

[Skilful_Scalpel]

Edited the original post for V 2.0 :D

[rotax7]

toggle_sprint please, yes.

i use sprint a lot more than i use toggle_crouch, not that toggle_crouch shouldn't be an option for all as well.

just saying, logically, and ergonomiclly it makes sense for toggle_sprint. :)

Sore pinky syndrome is.

[Imbaland]

Crouch -> shift

Sprint -> alt