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Hey, im hopeing this is in the right place but anyways.

My question is can someone tell me how to make my middle mouse button the button for shooting. I know I have to go to input settings etc,. I did that but when I scroll it, it only fires 1 bullet at a time. It also scrolls my text box up.

Im sure there is a way to scroll it and make it shoot 3 or more all together. Make the bullets fire in sync.

If my question hasn't been written properly tell me and i'll re-write it.
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there is no way in game to make it fire more then one.
the game is designed to fire one per click, unless you have MG.
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Post by Jefenry »

I just tried it, and I got my mouse wheel to fire when I scroll up. Go to Options->Input Settings->Change Key Mapping->Fire Shot and change it to Wheel Up. It won't fire continuously, you've got to keep scrolling, which is harder to control, for me anyways.
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i use the mouse wheel to fire shots. if i scroll it fires all the bullets.
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If you want a continuous spray of bullets, may I recommend setting you fire shot to `

Yes, `

Its the perfect location too. You've got your radar size buttons, (1, 2, 3) to the right and your jump button right underneath. Once as you hold the button, it fires one instantly and spray the rest of your ammo a half second later.

Finally, a good use for that waste of keyboard real estate.
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it fires one instantly and spray the rest of your ammo a half second later
You can cut down the time for key repeat somewhere on your computer. I doubt BZflag overrides this, but I don't feel like checking.
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H0ley wrote:If you want a continuous spray of bullets, may I recommend setting you fire shot to `

Yes, `

Its the perfect location too. You've got your radar size buttons, (1, 2, 3) to the right and your jump button right underneath. Once as you hold the button, it fires one instantly and spray the rest of your ammo a half second later.

Finally, a good use for that waste of keyboard real estate.
oh no no no :)

Map them to q, w, e. Thats prime real estate. ` is my 4th radar zoom, to allow close up and personal viewing. q w e lets one get perfect spacing on bullets with ease. and should you be on a pray and spray server, just hold down q, Tab is close by to jump.

q w e is your world and dreams, come to reality!!
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Post by Grace F »

Then where would you go to set the 3rd bullet button? .config?
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Grace F wrote:Then where would you go to set the 3rd bullet button? .config?
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bind q down fire
bind q up fire
bind w down fire
bind w up fire
bind e down fire
bind e up fire
cut and paste that into your config.
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Post by Grace F »

Awesome Thx :)

I'll have the change what 'q' 'w' and 'e' already are then.
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JeffM2501 wrote:there is no way in game to make it fire more then one.
the game is designed to fire one per click, unless you have MG.
When I have SpaceBar as Fire If I hold it down it fires all the shots.
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The Red Baron wrote:
Grace F wrote:Then where would you go to set the 3rd bullet button? .config?
correct!

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bind q down fire
bind q up fire
bind w down fire
bind w up fire
bind e down fire
bind e up fire
cut and paste that into your config.
I did that :) I just need to get the coordination working with all 3 fingers :P I've been using 2 keys (Enter and left click) and im getting a better result than I do with all 3!

1 question I have is that what does 'up' and 'down' mean and do?

example of what you wrote:
bind q down fire
bind q up fire
And how come you wrote 'up' and 'down' instead of just 1 of the other.
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