how do i macro

[gmottl]

so i'm sure your all familier with my other thread about the look up and down problem in half life source and episode 1. well in that thread someone game me a command that works to solve the problem with the keys enabling keyboard look. however this disables the mouse look. now dispite mainly using the keyboard to play i do use the mouse to do tricky shots like snipeing. this is posible with the looking and turning keys but it's not as efficiant as the mouse. if i enter the code again it re-enables the mouse but disables the keyboard. i can do this like a cheat code but someone said something about using macro to use codes with the push of a single button. now i'm not a total gaming freak so even though i'm awake of such a method i have no idea how to do this. can someone please help me with this and teach me how to do this. please only serious responses to help me, i don't want this turning into another mockery like my other thread.

 

[Laivasse]

Try pasting something like this in your autoexec.cfg file (located in Valve\Steam\SteamApps\[YOURNAME]\half-life 2\hl2\cfg):

alias mousetoggle "mouseon"
alias mouseon "+mlook; alias mousetoggle mouseoff"
alias mouseoff "-mlook; alias mousetoggle mouseon"
bind "m" "mousetoggle"


...where 'm' is whatever key you want to use.

If you don't have an autoexec.cfg, just make one and put it in that folder.

 

[gmottl]

the command is activated during gameplay by the console in other words the ~ key. the command is cl_mouselook 0 to enable keyboard look and cl_mouselook 1 to enable mouselook. can this be done the same way.

 

[Laivasse]

Then this should work:

alias mousetoggle "mouseon"
alias mouseon "cl_mouselook 1; alias mousetoggle mouseoff"
alias mouseoff "cl_mouselook 0; alias mousetoggle mouseon"
bind "m" "mousetoggle"

Pasted in your autoexec.cfg.

Edit: Just tried it and the console says 'can't set cl_mouselook while connected.' What you're asking may be impossible with Episode 1. I don't know how you're even using the 'cl_mouselook' command, since the only way to do it is without any map loaded.

If you ARE somehow getting 'cl_mouselook' to work in the middle of gameplay, then the above macro will work too.

 

[gmottl]

well i got it working on source but after trying to get it working on episode one my entire game data for all 3 games was delete, i have to download them all again, what happened.

 

[Laivasse]

Unlikely, you're probably just receiving a patch. And what are you referring to when you say 'source'? Source SDK? The original HL2?

 

[gmottl]

well it did say updating while i was trying to get it to work on episode one but why do i have to redownload when as far as i can tell the file data is still there.

 

[Laivasse]

You are only updating insofar as it is necessary to install the latest patch. This will not take long on a typical broadband connection.