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Heihachi_73

The only proper way to walk in Vice City is to use a controller with an analog stick. I would only suggest using classic mode if you are more used to the PS2 or Xbox versions, although classic mode also has its advantages such as auto-aim and the ability to turn around instead of Tommy always facing 'into' the screen, with the mouse/camera usually going in all directions when he bails from a car or falls over.

 

In fact, using the standard PC mode (strangely called 'keyboard+mouse' mode in San Andreas, despite the ability to use a controller in both modes) is quite useful with a controller once you get the hang of using a PS style controller one-handed whilst holding the mouse in the other hand when Tommy's on foot. Once you've used an analog stick to steer vehicles, bikes and aircraft, you will never want to go back to repeatedly tapping the keyboard to stay at a decent speed on your PCJ, or getting that perfect cornering angle that a full lock turn simply can't do, or when your keyboard ends up ghosting and causes the PC speaker to beep instead of doing something useful like pressing up, left and space at the same time (handbrake turn using default controls). The mouse is undoubtedly better than aiming with the second stick of course, which is why I use a hybrid of both formats - controller+mouse. I use 100% controller when driving, switching to controller and mouse when firing and/or evading on foot (although it's sometimes useful to dump the controller and use the keyboard arrows and right ctrl when running from twelve FBI agents all firing MP5 shots at you!). The only thing I normally use the keyboard for though is to pause the game (which is hard coded to the Escape key), since Rockstar didn't think anyone would need to map this feature to a PC controller's equivalent of a Start button.

 

OT: My last login here was apparently on Feb 25 2010; slightly longer than this bumped topic!

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