Controlling the Movement of Lara

I've played all the preceeding Tomb Raider series, and for
Anniversary, I'm having a devil of a time controlling where Lara goes.
Is there an easy way to make her walk to where I want? Using the arrow
(cursor) keys makes her move relative to the camera position, but as
she moves left or right, the camera pans to keep her in view, and she
therefore moves in a circle. Would the gamepad that'a mentioned do any
better? In all other Tomb Raiders, controlling her walking was easy
and accurate.

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"Karl" <karlp RemoveThis @embarqmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've played all the preceeding Tomb Raider series, and for
> Anniversary, I'm having a devil of a time controlling where Lara goes.
> Is there an easy way to make her walk to where I want? Using the arrow
> (cursor) keys makes her move relative to the camera position, but as
> she moves left or right, the camera pans to keep her in view, and she
> therefore moves in a circle. Would the gamepad that'a mentioned do any
> better? In all other Tomb Raiders, controlling her walking was easy
> and accurate.
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
>

Took me a while to get used to newer controls too. Trick might be to keep
the camera behind Lara.

Using a mouse or trackball to gently steer Lara right or left (while
pressing "W" on keyboard) seemed to work the best. (The "A" or "D" keys for
left and right seemed to make her pivot took quickly imo.)

Camera angle can be a pain. You've probably noticed that when Lara openes a
door and enters a new room the camera is facing her. So pressing "W"
(forward) will make her pivot around and run back into the door! Ooooff!

If camera is facing Lara you'll have to use the "S" key (which is reverse)
to get her to talk forward, or use mouse only to get camera back behind her
for the "W" key.

Cmera's POV is controlled by using mouse without pressing movement keys. No
more look button...

Gamepad is probably personal preference.

I'm playing TRA on a PC & once I got used to the controlls, I'm having no
trouble at all. Whatever is the most comfortable for you. Others here
will be able to tell you more about gamepads.

Meantime, here's a link for comparison-- keyboard controls -vs- gamepad.

http://www.tombraiders.net/stella/walks/controls/TRAcontrols.html


Hope that helps & happy holidays!
(And happy raiding of course)

--Bruce