I Need Help

WoLLyBoY

<div class="IPBDescription">Not a strat, but can help everyone</div> OK i wuvs fades, and i WUVS blink, but blinking then slashing is like an art form or something, and this n00b knows no art. so help a brother out. does ANYONE know how i could bind ONE key blink then reset back to slash. I've looked up the stuff for binds, but every time i try it in-game, it does NOTHING. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE help me!!!! Also there are other aliens who could wuv all over this as well, say lerk umbra back to bite combo, or some such. I play aliens almost all the time, what with teh real n00bs (no or little play time at all) all lovin da marine cheese. so my alien play isnt THAT bad, but to be able to Skulk leap/bite or Fade blink/slash in one key? Ahhh Me Das Uber God. anyway thanks for help, anyone who posts. BTW if you really CANT do something liek this lemme know that to, then i can work on finding someone who CAN <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Wolly Out

Berger

Aye. I can help, I think. Go into console(~ key) and type this:
bind <key> "previnv"
Replace <key> with whatever key you want this binded to. What it will do is when it is pressed, you will automatically switch to the previous weapon you were holding. So, do this and then your Blink/Slash combo would be something like this:
1. Select blink, find victim.
2. Blink to victim.
3. Hit your previnv key.
4. Butcher.
5. Hit previnv key again.
6. Retreat!
7. Repeat.

Note: if previnv does not seem to work for you, try lastinv instead.

Xpander

Learn how to play it right. It's called practice.

PeregineDive

Practice makes perfect. And make sure you have the hud fastswitch set to 1

-PD

Typhon

The devs have added code to NS that specifically prevents you from doing things like binding "weapon3, attack, weapon1" to a single key. If you make such a bind, you will notice that sometimes you spontaneously die for no reason when using it: thats the anti-lame code in there.

So my suggestion is turn on hud_fastswitch 1 and learn yourself some skills.

porp

Simply bind slot 3 to and slot 1 to some keys close to your movement keys.

Then once you've blinked in, just hit slot1 before attacking, and slot3 to blink out.

Insidious

I've heard a different story on the random auto-kills than "it's to prevent alias'." The old bug where you'd sometimes randomly die while leaping/flying alot and switching weapons had something to do with an exploite that'd let you use attacks you don't have enough hives for, so when you switched weapons too quickly, you'd get killed for trying to weasel around the system.

Even if my memory serves me wrong - this NO LONGER HAPPENS! That's implicite approval of alias' from the developers. They DID NOT try and hamper alias', or if they did, they are thoroughly incompetent, because it's now easier than in previous releases, all of my (all one of them) home-brewed commands work flawlessly.



In answer to the origional question, here's the alias' I use for exactly what you want (though it's not very reliable for blink, or charge, you'll just have to get used to switching attacks manually, but it's WONDERFUL for leap).

I don't remember if NS has an autoexec.cfg file, if not, you'll have to make one. But once you have one, open it with notepad and put it

exec config.cfg
alias "+leapbite" "slot3;wait;+attack;wait;wait;wait;wait;wait;slot1"
alias "-leapbite" "-attack"
hud_fastswitch 1

You'll need hud_fastswitch 1 for this alias to work, it also means you can switch attacks just by pressing the associated key, without having to click after

You can rename "+leapbite" to anything you want, so long as the first starts with + and the second starts with -.

In your config.cfg file put
bind "key" "+leapbite", and that key will now make you attack with your slot3 attack, then quickly switch to slot1 and keep attacking with that so long as you hold that key. You'll stop attacking and be back on slot1 when you let go of the key.

Nupi

This is not an bind answer but rather a tactic to use..all you need is quick fingers.

Trick of harrasing the enemy base or group of marines:

1. Get knowledge where are they (of course), what kind of area is there (blinkable, doorways etc). With expirience you start to remember the areas and you only need to know the location.

2. Blink in & aim fire acid missiles

3. Blink out & see if anyone is coming after you, if nobody comes repeat but if they did fire acid missiles <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> they usually retreat.

or

2a. Fire acid missiles until someone starts to fire at you

2b. Blink out (usually a good distance away).

3. Fire acids at the position you were.

Remember to crouch before blinking!. Works every time.

As a lerk, darkness & distance is your best friends.

WoLLyBoY

Thanks guys, that helps. the post witht he alias binds is good, i havent tried (to much vice city!) but it looks like good stuff. and i dont c why anyone would think its a bug or exploit or anything, and i never saw anyone using something b4 we had the hives to do it, even in 1.0. anyway you should be able to at least hit one key to blink, or leap, its not just a skill thing (BTW skillz i have, its doing it everytime with a buggy copy of HL that does it to me) it should be something you can just do IMO. for those who have the skillz, great, for those who dont, or cant (i dont play as much as i would like to, no time in real life <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> ) there should be more stuff liek this, letting us play witht hose who maybe play this game a whole lot more, without having to worry about getting ubered, and feel like a total n00b. (no i wasnt there for the betas, but i have been ehre since 1.0, so there <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->)

anyway thanks guys, lot more responses than i had hoped for, and whoever said ffs, suck it everyone should get a chance to be l337 not just the little kiddys who go to school come home and plop ona comp for 8 hours <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> get a job, have bills and rent then c how much time your **obscenity** gets to sit ina chair. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

wolly out