HTF do I Crouch jump

[Noctropolitan]

Help. I'm dumb as a rock, but crouch+jump does nothing, letting crouch button go, or letting them both go, only makes character to stand up.

[Lord Flashheart]

Think it's jump then hold crouch

[Noctropolitan]

That is the most counter intuitive and akward control design decision I've seen in modern gaming.

[Damien Azreal]

It's been pretty common since Half-Life.
Jump and crouch while in the air.

[DreadLurker]

have you played a fps since half lifes release ?

[Yzal]

Darksydephil moment

[Noctropolitan]

Originally posted by dredhedlurker:

have you played a fps since half lifes release ?

Yeah, quite a few. From the Boshocks, FEARS, Fallouts, other Valve titles like Portal, to other boomer shooters like Cultic, Turbo Overkill, Ion Fury, The Citadel. Forgive me Father, Boltgun,or more weird mix-genre stuff like Lunacid, Metro, Farcry, Robocop or Alien, and multiplayer ones like Overwatch or the L4D series, suppose it all depends in which are you referents. But when I read Crouch+Jump I interpret Crouching to "charge" the jump then release. Otherwise To jump higher you could just make the player press longer the jump button. But this still feels super counterintuitive to me. Maybethe text should be change to "Jump then crouch when in the air to reach higher places". Because I highly enjoyed all of those titles (and many more, but I don't want to be writing game names for half an hour) without crouching mid-air to progress.

Originally posted by Lazy Dog:

Darksydephil moment

I don't know what that means.

[DreadLurker]

Originally posted by Noctropolitan:

Originally posted by dredhedlurker:

have you played a fps since half lifes release ?

Yeah, quite a few. From the Boshocks, FEARS, Fallouts, other Valve titles like Portal, to other boomer shooters like Cultic, Turbo Overkill, Ion Fury, The Citadel. Forgive me Father, Boltgun,or more weird mix-genre stuff like Lunacid, Metro, Farcry, Robocop or Alien, and multiplayer ones like Overwatch or the L4D series, suppose it all depends in which are you referents. But when I read Crouch+Jump I interpret Crouching to "charge" the jump then release. Otherwise To jump higher you could just make the player press longer the jump button. But this still feels super counterintuitive to me. Maybethe text should be change to "Jump then crouch when in the air to reach higher places". Because I highly enjoyed all of those titles (and many more, but I don't want to be writing game names for half an hour) without crouching mid-air to progress.

Originally posted by Lazy Dog:

Darksydephil moment

I don't know what that means.

darksydephill is a infamous youtuber for alot of reasons i doubt you really care or want to know but if you do there's like 100 videos on him.

[秋]

Originally posted by dredhedlurker:

Originally posted by Noctropolitan:

Yeah, quite a few. From the Boshocks, FEARS, Fallouts, other Valve titles like Portal, to other boomer shooters like Cultic, Turbo Overkill, Ion Fury, The Citadel. Forgive me Father, Boltgun,or more weird mix-genre stuff like Lunacid, Metro, Farcry, Robocop or Alien, and multiplayer ones like Overwatch or the L4D series, suppose it all depends in which are you referents. But when I read Crouch+Jump I interpret Crouching to "charge" the jump then release. Otherwise To jump higher you could just make the player press longer the jump button. But this still feels super counterintuitive to me. Maybethe text should be change to "Jump then crouch when in the air to reach higher places". Because I highly enjoyed all of those titles (and many more, but I don't want to be writing game names for half an hour) without crouching mid-air to progress.



I don't know what that means.

darksydephill is a infamous youtuber for alot of reasons i doubt you really care or want to know but if you do there's like 100 videos on him.

Not sure why you want to watch youtubers.

[DreadLurker]

Originally posted by NRG:

Originally posted by dredhedlurker:

darksydephill is a infamous youtuber for alot of reasons i doubt you really care or want to know but if you do there's like 100 videos on him.

Not sure why you want to watch youtubers.

what?

[Noctropolitan]

Originally posted by dredhedlurker:

Originally posted by Noctropolitan:

Yeah, quite a few. From the Boshocks, FEARS, Fallouts, other Valve titles like Portal, to other boomer shooters like Cultic, Turbo Overkill, Ion Fury, The Citadel. Forgive me Father, Boltgun,or more weird mix-genre stuff like Lunacid, Metro, Farcry, Robocop or Alien, and multiplayer ones like Overwatch or the L4D series, suppose it all depends in which are you referents. But when I read Crouch+Jump I interpret Crouching to "charge" the jump then release. Otherwise To jump higher you could just make the player press longer the jump button. But this still feels super counterintuitive to me. Maybethe text should be change to "Jump then crouch when in the air to reach higher places". Because I highly enjoyed all of those titles (and many more, but I don't want to be writing game names for half an hour) without crouching mid-air to progress.



I don't know what that means.

darksydephill is a infamous youtuber for alot of reasons i doubt you really care or want to know but if you do there's like 100 videos on him.

Not really, thanks for the answer.

[El Fuerte]

Originally posted by Noctropolitan:

That is the most counter intuitive and akward control design decision I've seen in modern gaming.

ure trolling right?

[DeckchairVonBananaCamel]

it's supposed to simulate bringing your knees up to your chest like you would in real life when trying to jump onto something quite tall.
Granted "mantling" would be the more popular implementation in modern games, however being locked into an animation to climb up a ledge doesnt really suit a game of this style

[Boyar]

Originally posted by Noctropolitan:

modern gaming

You must be really ancient, because crouch jumping is anything but modern.
I mean, unless your first games were on Magnavox or something.