Doom 1 and 2 - change keyboard layout?

[Pikaroth]

I admit I may very well have missed it entirely, and I have looked, but is there anyway to change the key binding in Doom and Doom 2? Those two games, having grown up with them, I still prefer to control room with the arrow keys with the right Ctrl key to fire and left Shift to run. While I do own the regular versions on here (and even their original disks), I want to play through the ones included with the BFG edition for the achievements and truth be told, they seem to run better on my system.

Thanks for any input you can provide!

[Retro]

I think the bindings in Doom 3 apply to D1 and 2, I have never played them much through BFG, I must check this out. Have you tried using the wad files with GZDoom? I highly recommend it.

[DE_PRODIGY SKYWALK]

It is possible to unlock the Steam achievements while using a source port (such as GZDoom)?

[Retro]

I don't believe so.

[DE_PRODIGY SKYWALK]

@Retro
That's too bad. Thanks for the reply.

@Pikaroth (OP)
Set the keyboard commands via the in game menu (Doom 3). Then exit the game and find your Doom 3 folder. The default directory is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\DOOM 3 BFG Edition\base, but it may be different on your system if Steam is installed elsewhere. Within the BASE folder locate the DEFAULT.CFG file. Edit it with Notepad or a similar text editor. You should be able to reconfigure the keys here. Save the file and relaunch Doom 3 BFG. The keys in Doom 1 and Doom 2 should now be configured to your liking.

[johannes_franke]

Hi everyone,

DOOM key configuration uses standard keyboard scancodes as numeric (non-hex) values. You can find a good overview here:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa299374%28v=vs.60%29.aspx

Might be useful for those who don't have Doom 3. The approach is similar:

• go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common
  (if you installed Steam somewhere else or picked a different download folder in the Steam config, use that location instead)
  
• locate the folder(s) for the Doom game you wish to change. I have recently purchased the DOOM Classic Complete Bundle where the paths beneath common (see above) are:
  
  Doom 2\base
  Final Doom\base
  Master Levels of Doom\doom2
  Ultimate Doom\base
  
  
• In each you should see a default.cfg file
  
• right-click the first file, choose Open with... and select Notepad. If you leave the checkbox at the bottom of the dialog ticked, then Notepad will automatically be used if you double-click a .cfg file in the future
  
• change the decimal values in the key_* lines as desired. Example:
  
  

  key_strafeleft		44

  
  This means that the in-game key for Strafe Left is mapped to scancode 44 which is the Z key on my German keyboard. With EN or US, it is the Y key instead. Anyway, from the left shift key it is the second one to the right. Say you want to change this to the S key instead. According to the scancode table, it is decimal value 31, so you would adjust the line to read:
  
  

  key_strafeleft		31

  
  And so on...
  By the way, key_speed is the run modifier in the game, it has nothing to do with how fast the keyboard is evaluated or repeating key presses are understood.
  
  
• apply the same changes (preferably with copy/paste) to the other default.cfg files, too

For all Doom games of the package except "Master Levels of Doom II" Steam asks whether you want to start the game(s) with "Classic Controls" first. That Classic mode makes the custom key mappings effective, otherwise the defaults are applied, which makes the option a bit confusing, but anyway, just wanted to mention.

Good luck!