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[TBJack]

So, recently I convinced my mother to try out the Dragon Age series, starting with Origins (she is the coolest).  Now, she's a very intelligent woman with no physical problems except for somewhat poor eyesight.

 

The reason I mention this is that she simply cannot seem to master the WASD + mouse movement.  Anytime she tries her character invariably winds up stuck in a corner somewhere (the first time it happened she was worried he had hurt himself).

 

I realize that this is kind of an odd read so far, but I was just wondering if anyone had any idea why this would present such difficulty, or if anyone had experienced this trouble themselves.

[tjorubu]

I've seen similar problems with parents trying to play a first person game with a gamepad.

You could try letting her move with only WASD and see how that works and then get her used to mouse camera movement while standing still.
I'm quite interested to hear if she learns how to play so please do a follow up

 

[DarkAmaranth1966]

Yeah, poor eyesight and old age will cause that. Me too, 49 and wear trifocals. I play fine but then I've been gaming on computers since the early 80's so the controls are familiar to me.

 

Here's how to get her playing happily. She can up the difficulty after she gets used to doing it this way.

 

Forget all of the keyboard movement controls except W. Hold down the right mouse button and W at the same time, use the mouse to steer and W to walk. That's it. The Numbers are for using abilities. Play on Casual/ easy mode for a full play through. As you get comfortable doing it that way, experiment with the other keys, get a feel for how they work one at a time. You may prefer always steering with the mouse and only using the others in combat.

 

Also, if you wear tri or bifoclas, please get a pair of computer glasses - tell your optometrist you need them. They are single vision that make the screen clear at the distance you normally sit from it - you will save yourself a ton of neck and eye strain with a pair of glasses just for the computer. (Lesson learned the hard way, gave myself a permanent headache for six months over not having them, until I figured out the cause.)

[Thandal N'Lyman]

At my mid-50s, I concur with everything DarkAmaranth1966 said about getting "computer glasses" if one wears bi-/tri-focals or progressive lenses.

I requested them from my Optometrist and now have two pairs.  One stays at my desk at work, the other in front of the gaming rig at home.

 

BTW:  WalMart sells a product called "PC-Peekers", (also available on-line) for about $20 that does a great job of cancelling the distance-vision portion (top-half) of most glasses.  It's an inexpensive way to see if this might help.  And they were so successful for me that they convinced me to get the dedicated pairs made.

 

As for movement, I loved DA:O's controls, but for DA:I I stick to the "W" key almost exclusively and rmb-swing  the camera to change the direction of movement.

[Frraksurred]

I remember when I first started using keyboard and mouse. I had come from a space / flight sim background and felt I'd never get used to a keyboard. I actually used my joystick + mouse for almost a year before forcing myself to get used to the KB. What is more funny is that this took place in the Half-Life multi-player days, so I'd be at LAN's with my joystick, gauss jumping around the map with the rest of them. They'd ask me "why do you use a joystick?" and I'd say "why do you use a keyboard?" I'd never admit it back then but it was slowing me down. My game improved quite a bit when I finally got used to the keyboard. I'm a lefty and use the Numpad, this didn't help matters, lol.

Tell your mom to give it time, it will come with practice.

[JackPoint]

Strangely i played Unreal Mp with stick n mouse for years, also use to numpad side of the keyboard, but i'm a righty and never could get the hang of wasd side of the keyboard, guess thats 27+ yrs of old age gaming to blame.

[JackPoint]

So, recently I convinced my mother to try out the Dragon Age series, starting with Origins (she is the coolest).  Now, she's a very intelligent woman with no physical problems except for somewhat poor eyesight.

 

The reason I mention this is that she simply cannot seem to master the WASD + mouse movement.  Anytime she tries her character invariably winds up stuck in a corner somewhere (the first time it happened she was worried he had hurt himself).

 

I realize that this is kind of an odd read so far, but I was just wondering if anyone had any idea why this would present such difficulty, or if anyone had experienced this trouble themselves.

You could try what i did many years ago and map wasd to numpad arrow keys.

[learie]

Your mother is having trouble because the PC controls are terrible.
I couldn't believe how difficult it was to control my sprite's movement when I first started playing.
I think it's a combination of being always in 'run' mode and the camera's tendency to swing wildly after being caught on the ceiling. Having to hold down the mouse button while at the same time use your mouse cursor to 'look' and activate items doesn't help make gameplay feel smooth and intuitive.
You get used to it, but it reduces your fun hugely.