The Official Street Fighter 4 Thread - Page 54

On July 08 2009 01:52 DBunny wrote:
Just released on steam 1 hour ago - Gamertag: SoMoteItB

On July 07 2009 14:42 Myrmidon wrote:
For keyboard execution, make sure your keyboard itself can handle reading multiple inputs at once properly. Sometimes it's not your execution as much as the hardware. Even if it works when you do a motion slowly, maybe that can be attributed to you letting go of keys in time so that others can be registered. Try a different keyboard or different button mapping and see if it helps.

When I use keyboard I use arrow keys for directions, but I just tried WASD for the first time in many years just for kicks. In emulated ST, I got a standing 360 motion first try (IIRC there's 4 frames pre-jump in ST). I seem to remember that I tried using WASD before on a different computer a long time ago, and it didn't work out so well then because that keyboard was locking up with those inputs.

my only tip for performing combos on keyboard is "buy a stick or use a pad"
really though, I was never able to do 360s/720s (or even half circles) on a keyboard

Instead of doing F D HP DF HP I just c.HP and SRK really quickly afterwards, because you can press the buttons really sloppily on a keyboard in SF4 compared to 3S on GGPO or w/e. And HCB is so much easier now, I couldn't even do it 100% of the time in 3s. Now, if you have the movement on WASD you can press D, S, A, release D, release S. Which doesn't translate as a half circle on a stick at all. Also don't play 720 characters on keyboard . Maybe you could on the SF4 input engine I haven't really gotten around to try it, but it was a frickin nightmare in 3s.

On July 11 2009 11:01 Chosi wrote:
Newbie question: the game seems to run on like "slowest" and is like 30% of the old SF speed, but i cannot find any setting for that anywhere?? I don't think it's a performance issue since it runs smooth, yet way too slow.

EDIT:
This is the Speed I'm looking for and its like 30% of that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4WZUKbIzAo

Benchmark gives me solid 30fps all the time, think its limited to that somewhere since it stays at exactly 30. But as I said, game runs smooth, so I dont think its a performance thing. Its just slow, really slow.

On July 12 2009 00:05 Chosi wrote:
What makes you believe this is about performance? I mean I am very sure it's not. Think about it like you play a shooter or wow or anything and you just walk instead of running. This does not effect fps in any way nor is it being caused by lack of fps.

EDIT: typo

On July 12 2009 00:05 Chosi wrote:
What makes you believe this is about performance? I mean I am very sure it's not. Think about it like you play a shooter or wow or anything and you just walk instead of running. This does not effect fps in any way nor is it being caused by lack of fps.

EDIT: typo

On July 12 2009 00:05 Chosi wrote:
What makes you believe this is about performance? I mean I am very sure it's not. Think about it like you play a shooter or wow or anything and you just walk instead of running. This does not effect fps in any way nor is it being caused by lack of fps.

EDIT: typo

On July 12 2009 04:37 Bill307 wrote:

Many 3D games can run at the same speed at any framerate.

2D fighters, however, require a FIXED framerate of 60 fps, because the game is designed to update exactly 60 times per second.

This is why people talk about "frame data" in 2D fighters. E.g. a move like Sagat's uppercut always takes exactly 3 frames to "start-up", then on the 4th frame it can hit the opponent. If your game is running at 30 fps instead of 60, then Sagat's uppercut will take twice as long to start-up: in fact, everything in the game will take twice as long.

In theory, such a game COULD run at 30 fps by updating the game at 60 fps but updating the on-screen image at only 30 fps, i.e. displaying every other frame. However, in a competitive situation, this would be unacceptable: every frame must be displayed.

On July 12 2009 07:28 Excalibur_Z wrote:
I've been playing SF4 on the 360 for months, and just picked up the PC version to run a couple tests. I have a feeling online play would be pretty savage on the PC version. I have a G15, and programmed a couple of macros just to see what was possible. I was messing around with Zangief and successfully programmed his 5-hit B&B combo and a standing 720 into the keyboard. Pretty vicious possibilities, good thing I'm not planning on playing the PC version =]