: Aha! I had that idea for a control system before, I thought it would be much
: better than standard mouselook (except I had it so hitting the edge of the
: screen turned you). How did it work? All the mouser I know told me it
: would be crap, but I held faith in it...
Well, it sort of worked. It suited the pace of System Shock very well, but I don't think it would have worked with anything half a pace faster, let alone Marathon. But it was challenging, bloody difficult and a lot more realistic. When aiming with a gun, you don't stand on a spot and rotate you entire body, you move the gun and your head. This approach made this clear (not at the time, but looking back now).
System Shock had a small viewport (correct term?) with a lot of gadgety menus all around, so hitting-the-edge-and-turning would have been very annoying.
Anyway, it's not crap, but you should be aware of the limitations in speed.
- KB
(and thinks to some guys for reminding me about the names of the game and the AI)
