=========================================================== KILLING 101: Circle Strafing =========================================================== A Deathmatch Tutorial from ALLIANCE FILENAME : kill101.zip AUTHOR : Wumpus E-MAIL : emd@donet.com WWW : www.dukeworld.com/alliance DESCRIPTION : This map and corresponding hacks will help you learn how to circle strafe, one of the most important concepts in 3d deathmatching with Duke or any other first-person game. SEE TUTORIAL EXERCISES DESCRIBED BELOW. =========================================================== SINGLE PLAYER? : No DUKEMATCH? : No CO-OP PLAY? : No DIFFICULTY SETTINGS? : Not Implemented BASE: : New level from scratch EDITOR USED : Build, vi, editart KNOWN BUGS : None Known =========================================================== CIRCLE STRAFING DESCRIBED DEFINED Circle strafing: moving in a circle arround a target while facing the target directly at all times. SETUP Circle strafing is usually used with a mouse and keyboard setup. Regardless of your type of controller, you must have at least one button setup to 'strafe LEFT' and a second button setup to 'strafe RIGHT' (notice these are not just STRAFE, all three options are available in controller setup). HOW TO To circle strafe, simply use the 'strafe LEFT' and the 'turn RIGHT' keys simultaneously. This will cause you to strafe in a clockwise direction. To circle in the other direction, of course, use 'strafe RIGHT' and 'turn LEFT'. Mousers will want to slide the mouse right and left instead of using the keyboard to turn. OBJECTIVE To practice these exercises untill you can circle strafe within each of three ranges (defined by floor textures in the map) and hit your opponent with a degree of accuracy. USING KILL101.MAP Turn on your cross-hair...you need a visual indication of your aim. The map is a circlar with several smaller circles inside each other. Your target (Duke) is in the center. Weapons lay in a spiral inside each ring. Each hit will sound a noise, cause duke to jib, and cry out in pain so you know you scored a hit. Duke will also return an rpg when hit just to make sure you aren't standing around like a bad boy! Also, if you get far enough away from Duke a lighted target will appear on his chest so you can clearly discern the target. TUTORIAL EXERCISES 1) WITHOUT FIRING, circle strafe just inside the outter most ring while trying to keep your cross-hairs directly on your target. Do this until you feel you are keeping your target in your sights well (about 75% of the time). 2) Circle in the outter most ring while firing the shotgun or rpg (slow firing weapons) until you hit your opponent with at least every other shot (50% accuracy or so). 3) Circle in the outter most ring while firing the pistol or the chaingun (rapid firing weapons) until you are hitting your opponent almost continually. 4) Move up to the next closest circle and repeat 1-3. 5) Move up another circle and repeat 1-3. 6) Move into the closest circle and repeat 1-3. 7) Practice jumping a lot while circling. (Helps to foul up enemy aim.) 8) Practice jetpacking (use the 'dnstuff' cheat) up and down while circling. Notice that if you look up and down the automatic aiming doesn't work quite as well. You may want to keep your view level and make sure your target is still on your screen (don't go toooooo high) and the automatic aiming will help you! =========================================================== For more information on this, and other hacks visit the ALLIANCE web site at http://home.earthlink.net/~rtravis1/ ===========================================================