Best keyboard layout for a fighter?

[Slash]

Any suggestions? Should I use strafe?

Oh and should I use a cd or use something like a mini razor

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[Charo]

Tab: Thrust
WSAD: Strafe
E: Engine Kill
R: Reverse
Q: Missiles
1,2,3,4,5,6: Wep Groups
Space: Mouse Flight on/off
Mouse 3: CD
C: Cruise
J/K: Bot/Bats
. : Tractor
/: Scan


That's what my important ones are set to, and it works pretty well

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[Korny]

Mine is:

tab: thruster
x: engine kill
wasd: strafing
c: reverse


everything else shouldnt matter that much

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[aerelm]

"Best" keyboard layout is always the one you feel most comfortable with and helps you do better.

I use this:

Code:

W - Strafe Up
S - Strafe Down
D - Strafe Right
A - Strafe Left

Q - Drop Mine
X - Reverse
Z - Free Flight
C - Countermeasure
V - Rear View

1 to 6 - Activate Weap Group
Shift + 1 to 0 - Fire Weap 1 to 10
Space - Mouse Flight
F - Shield Batteries
G - Nanobots
O - Scan

[ - Trade Request
] - Invite to Group
(I've changed it so I don't accidentally invite someone instead of scanning them)

Mouse 1 - Mouse Flight
Mouse 2 - Fire
Mouse 3 - Tractor Beam
Mouse 4 - Thruster
Mouse 5 - Fire CD
Mouse 6 - Engine-kill

I think these were the important ones, dunno if I missed any.

[J.Miller]

Heh, I use Q and E for up and down strafing... Guess its a personal preference.

[Tommeh]

Guess its a personal preference.

Yep, I got thruster on W :$
and strafe up on tab, pretty retarted yep:Dbut that's how I got used to it from start, and played to long to change it.

I also have fire weapon group 2 and 3 on E and Q.

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[Jongleur]

I moved my mouse flight to the Tab button and use Space for thruster. I find it makes strafing and thrusting at the same time much easier.

[Names]

wsad: strafe
q: weapon 8
e: mine
E: CD
r: weapon 7
f, g: bats, bots
h: turret view
b: tractor
Tab: thruster
z: engine kill
x: reverse
c: teamspeak press to talk
Space: mouse flight
Num 123456: weapon groups

That's what I use. Its good for HF, VHF, SHF, bombers with 6 guns/turrets works for bigger ships too if you put the heavy weapons in the right place.

[Junes]

WASD = Strafing
Tab = Thruster
Z = Engine Kill
E = Mines
G/F = Bots/Bats
Space = Free/Mouse Flight
H = Turret View
B = Tractor
Q/E = Roll left/right
C = CD
V = Looking backwards
Mouse 3 = Slow down
Mouse 4 = SNAC/MR
§ = Normal weps

Works fine for me.

[SeaFalcon]

Even though everyone has its own favorite setting this is how I got them.

Code:

Mouse Buttons:
1. Left mouse   = Fire
2. Right mouse  = Mouse flight
3. Middle mouse = Weapon group 4
4. Extra 1      = Weapon group 1
5. Extra 2      = Weapon group 2
6. Extra 3      = Weapon group 3
7. Extra 4      = Weapon group 5
8. Extra 5      = Weapon group 6
Scroll          = Impulse + / -

Keyboard:
A, S, D, W      = Strafe Left, Down, Right, Up
G, F            = Nanobots, Shield Batteries
B               = Tractor beam
C               = Countermeasure
Q               = Missiles
E               = Cruise disruptor
V               = Rear View
H               = Turret View
O               = Scan Cargo
R               = Closest Enemy
T               = Next Target
X               = Reverse
Z               = Engine Kill
Tab             = Thruster
Del             = Barrel roll left
Page Down       = Barrel roll right
` (Grave)       = Free Flight
0 to 9          = Fire weapon 0 to 9

Shift + V       = Cockpit view
Shift + Q       = Torpedo
Shift + E       = Mines
Shift + W       = Cruise Engines
Shift + R       = Previous Enemy
Cntrl + R       = Next Enemy
Cntrl + T       = Clear Target

Extra:
Scroll lock     = Fraps Recording

I added a lot, not all but most.
Then again almost everyone has it's unique setting.