Strafe jumping

[Retrosaurier]

I just don't get this. I tried the training map for strafe jumping for an hour and I only manage to make it to the third platform - every 10 tries maybe to the 4th. (I'm talking about hallway No.3). What's the secret? Somehow it seems as if I don't gather enough speed from the start, but how to do it?
This really frustrates me. Besides, I'm not even sure how much this technique helps outside of duels in modes like Deathmatch or Team Deathmatch.

[MOSLEY]

This might help...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Iab9w9sHmY&list=PL37zHS9Suk9SQL1B0Ak29zvxuzZbEEDvW

[Gelenkbusfahrer]

this vid is showing circle jump. Try another youtube tutorial for strafe jumping.

Anyway, you won't master strafe jumping in only one hour. Some even never learn. Any yes, fast movement is an essential for this game, in almost any game type.
So, give the game a few hundred hours to learn all the basics, and another few hundred hours to fine tune them.

[VaderSSGSS]

Originally posted by Retrosaurier:

I just don't get this. I tried the training map for strafe jumping for an hour and I only manage to make it to the third platform - every 10 tries maybe to the 4th. (I'm talking about hallway No.3). What's the secret? Somehow it seems as if I don't gather enough speed from the start, but how to do it?
This really frustrates me. Besides, I'm not even sure how much this technique helps outside of duels in modes like Deathmatch or Team Deathmatch.

hey man, if you make a server with the tutorial map i can help you. i can try to explain.

[MOSLEY]

Originally posted by Gelenkbusfahrer:

this vid is showing circle jump. Try another youtube tutorial for strafe jumping.

Anyway, you won't master strafe jumping in only one hour. Some even never learn. Any yes, fast movement is an essential for this game, in almost any game type.
So, give the game a few hundred hours to learn all the basics, and another few hundred hours to fine tune them.

It's a playlist that covers various different things...

[Ta'Gor]

best way i can explain it, try to concentrate on you mouse moving (long and fluently till you get it. this is just to get you to feel it) before you strafe and at the same time of strafing. I also found it easier with a greater FOV. (i like 130) and a SLOOOOWWW mouse sensitivity. (i use 1.0) and turn off mouse acceleration and also using right mouse button to jump. (its just easier) the key is to make it a fluent motion, dont jerk. like waving a wand or "drawing a long line slowly" (again this is just to help you grasp it. youll catch onto it and think, "WTF was my prob?" lol i cought onto by ALWAAAAYYYYYS trying it, no matter the match or players.

So, load a map then walk forward while holding down "a" or "d", then glide (first!!) your hand in the chosen direction and jump, WHILE MAINTINING your hand in motion. if you flick and dont get the jump its because you are jumping before or not DURING your hand moving.

just try LONG slow strokes at first so you can actually FEEL what and how its accomplished. biggest thing i see people do is FLICK then jump, or jump then flick or stop moving mouse while jumping.

lol one last time, "WASD" while turning/ drawing a line, while those first to steps are consecutivly, JUMP.
hope that helps... its hard to explain over text but i think i got it covered. GLHFHFGL

[秋]

My advice is to practice strafe jumping on some random map and not in the tutorial.
Just load some map with long corridors and start jumping around them, at some point you notice you get the hang of it. That is how I have learned it.

[Retrosaurier]

Hey guys. I found my mistake. Maybe I've watched the wrong tutorials or maybe some people take it for granted, but this is it:

1. When bunny hopping I sometimes forgot to keep the A or D button pressed. Instead I just pressed it upon jumping.
2. Once I corrected point 1, it still didn't work. I then realized that you must not keep the jump button pressed during the jump, but instead quickly press it just before landing. Since I have Jump on the mouse 2 button, I most of the time didn't even realize that I have it pressed.
After correcting this mistake, I now finished the entire part of the tutorial.

I think it's weird that - as a newbie to Quake movement - I haven't found a single tutorial on the internet that has _all_ the important aspects for strafe jumping in it.

[丂ｱ乇丂丂ひ_丂乃]

Originally posted by Retrosaurier:

Hey guys. I found my mistake. Maybe I've watched the wrong tutorials or maybe some people take it for granted, but this is it:

1. When bunny hopping I sometimes forgot to keep the A or D button pressed. Instead I just pressed it upon jumping.
2. Once I corrected point 1, it still didn't work. I then realized that you must not keep the jump button pressed during the jump, but instead quickly press it just before landing. Since I have Jump on the mouse 2 button, I most of the time didn't even realize that I have it pressed.
After correcting this mistake, I now finished the entire part of the tutorial.

I think it's weird that - as a newbie to Quake movement - I haven't found a single tutorial on the internet that has _all_ the important aspects for strafe jumping in it.

I think this covers fairly well everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1MJPMl8B5Y

Also, ql has an autojump toggle. So in beginning it might help you out as you won't need to focus on timing the jumps, since you can just hold it instead and focus on pressing strafekeys and turning the mouse to see what increases velocity and what not to get the technique down. Though I believe autojump's disadvantage is that in strafejumping it won't give you max speed, since you won't time the jumps.

[Ta'Gor]

Originally posted by Retrosaurier:

Hey guys. I found my mistake. Maybe I've watched the wrong tutorials or maybe some people take it for granted, but this is it:

1. When bunny hopping I sometimes forgot to keep the A or D button pressed. Instead I just pressed it upon jumping.
2. Once I corrected point 1, it still didn't work. I then realized that you must not keep the jump button pressed during the jump, but instead quickly press it just before landing. Since I have Jump on the mouse 2 button, I most of the time didn't even realize that I have it pressed.
After correcting this mistake, I now finished the entire part of the tutorial.

I think it's weird that - as a newbie to Quake movement - I haven't found a single tutorial on the internet that has _all_ the important aspects for strafe jumping in it.

LOL i kinda just assumed you were having difficulty with the mouse part but ya, you have to actually STRAFE to "STRAFE JUMP" lol

[Jo291]

Originally posted by Retrosaurier:

Hey guys. I found my mistake. Maybe I've watched the wrong tutorials or maybe some people take it for granted, but this is it:

1. When bunny hopping I sometimes forgot to keep the A or D button pressed. Instead I just pressed it upon jumping.
2. Once I corrected point 1, it still didn't work. I then realized that you must not keep the jump button pressed during the jump, but instead quickly press it just before landing. Since I have Jump on the mouse 2 button, I most of the time didn't even realize that I have it pressed.
After correcting this mistake, I now finished the entire part of the tutorial.

I think it's weird that - as a newbie to Quake movement - I haven't found a single tutorial on the internet that has _all_ the important aspects for strafe jumping in it.

This was super helpful to me as well. Thank you. Holding down space while in mid air is obviously a bad habit that I am going to need to rid myself of.