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Orange Box: HL2 Driving Controls

Modeps

Modeps

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When I played HL2 on my PC a couple years ago, I didn't care for the driving missions. They felt a bit like filler material to me and I thought that Valve just put them in, to have vehicles in their game.

Now, those sequences are actually worse because of the wonky controls. Its like they tried to use the Halo controls, but they dont work for first person view. You control both speed and direction with the left stick... ugh.

In general, I'm happy with OB, but HL2 is showing its age for sure... and this little annoyance just worsens the experience
 
i didn't seem to have much of a problem, it could have definitely been improved upon, but i didn't really see it as a flaw.. then again, i am totally in love with halo vehicular controls
 
I hated the driving bits of HL2 especially the boat. Not because of the controls, it made me feel sick. I can barely walking around in a console FPS never mind steer a vehicle.
 
I thought it was a poor control choice as well. It worked alright on the PC because your accel and turn buttons were different, it wasn't as hard. But since you're turning with the same stick you use to accelerate you find yourself slowing down when you're just trying to turn.
 
I wouldn't know, since I only play valve games on PC. I thought the controls using the keyboard and mouse worked fine, though.
 
Originally posted by: Modeps
When I played HL2 on my PC a couple years ago, I didn't care for the driving missions. They felt a bit like filler material to me and I thought that Valve just put them in, to have vehicles in their game.

Now, those sequences are actually worse because of the wonky controls. Its like they tried to use the Halo controls, but they dont work for first person view. You control both speed and direction with the left stick... ugh.

In general, I'm happy with OB, but HL2 is showing its age for sure... and this little annoyance just worsens the experience
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yeah on the xbox i hated the driving control, i mean come on give us acceleration on the trigger. the current scheme make turning while starting (needed A LOT during the last stage of episode 2) almost impossible.
 
Originally posted by: Dumac
I wouldn't know, since I only play valve games on PC. I thought the controls using the keyboard and mouse worked fine, though.
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