Trickjump Tutorial =)

[Qualo]

Some basics of Trickjumping


Settings

• As W:ET is based on the quake engine, you can use the "magical" fps numbers to slightly improve your jump distance:
  Set com_maxfps 43, 76 or 125 (or 333 <-- only noobs use that :p, jumps aren't designed for it, etpro limit is generally 125)
  Only use those values that you can get stable.
• Set pmove_fixed 1 - simulates 125 fps, should be set to 1 by default on the FG-TJ servers
• Play around with mv_sensitivity: You need to be able to do fast and large mouse movements, but don't set sens too high, you have to control your movement prefectly at any time!
• To enable adrenaline permanent for current map you can use /nofatigue
  to enable it permanent for all maps use cg_ettj_nofatigue 1 (or Esc-ettjmod-settings-...)
• You can save 2 positions using /save and /save2; you can load these saved positions with /load and /load2,
  I recommend making binds for save and load
  To reset your speed after loading use cg_ettj_novelbyload 1, recommend this one aswell
  save, load & novel can also be found in menu: Esc-ettjmod-controls-...
• To skip jumps, you can use /jetpack, a great ettjmod feature
  to display some helpful commands: type /tjhelp in console
• With cg_ettj_drawhud 1 you can enable a TJ-HUD that shows you if your mouse movement is correct or not
• With cg_ettj_drawkeys 1 you enable some arrows around the crosshair: Spec someone who actually can trickjump to learn how and when to press which keys
• Other less important though still helpful stuff like drawspeed, speedunit, ghosts,... can be found in Esc-ettjmod-settings/controls-...
  or in console cg_ettj_ + tab

Bunnyhopping
If you jump downhill just always press your jump-key right when you hit the ground: You'll keep jumping and your speed will increase - you're bunnyhopping now :p
Quake-style "flat ground jumping" isn't possible in ET, but was introduced with the AP-TJmod servers and c3peg4 also added it optionally to the ettjmod

Note: In the following I'll explain everything with the WASD-keys:
W = forward, S = backwards, A = leftwards, D = rightwards, oh and space = jump key
Also if I say walk I mean run, just aaaalways press the sprint button, you only have to release sprint when your skill increases and you begin to overjump (abbr: OJ) the easier jumps


Circle Jump
The Circle Jump is the basic jump to get over large gaps and the basic start-jump for any gamma-jumping.
You perform it like that (lefty/left-side):

• You start walking along the edge with very little distance to the edge (only one or two steps) pressing W
• Then you also press A
• Exactly when you start pressing A also make a quite fast but also steady mouse movement of about 90°to the left
• Now you should really stand at the edge and face the abyss in front of you ... don't stop here - this is the time to press space :p
• In the air you keep turning more to the left so that you do all in all a turning of about 135° (but depends a lot on the jump how much you have to turn)
• Of course keep W+A pressed all the time. You can also do everything with W+D for a right-side start

That's it ^^ Get your ass on the TJ-server to watch how it actually looks like - I also tried to display it in a little drawing:



Strafe jumping/Fullbeat
Strafe jumping is an improvement to bunnyhopping and required for "gamma" jumps.
It's a combination of mouse movement and pressing the right keys at the right time.
You start with a Circle Jump like explained above, then go on with strafing:

• Always press W+sprint (+space only when you hit the ground)
• You're not jumping just straight forward, instead you jump in "snake-lines", only this gives you speed!
• Go left by pressing also A and moving your mouse to the left
• Go right by pressing W and moving your mouse to the right
• Switch between going left and going right at every single jump to gain a maximum of speed
  The best time to switch is right before you hit the ground
• For the switching:
  
  • Change from pressing A to pressing D instantly!
  • Exactly when you switch the keys you also have to change the mouse-movement-direction simultaneously --> fast and precise nouse movement and timing
• After the actual switching keep turning the mouse slowly, smooth and steady

Some additional info to strafe jumping:

• Pressing the wrong keys, (e.g. A when turning mouse to the right) makes your speed decrease a lot!
• If you have the correct keys pressed, but stop the mouse movement: Speed will stay constant
• Only correct keys plus correct mouse movement increases speed
• To decrease speed go off W or release sprint for a second
  To stop in the air/decrease speed a lot press S ^^
• Up-Down movement has NO EFFECT, only left-right does!
• IMPORTANT: For fullbeat/strafe: Start with small angles, the further and faster you go the more you have to increase the angle!
• You don't have to switch left/right at every jump, if you're fast enough it's way more relaxing to just go the left for 2 or 3 (or even more) jumps, then a rough and fast switch to going right,...

Ice
On ice - to gain speed - it's the same thing like strafing just without jumping
Stay on the ice as long as possible to increase speed to a maximum.


Ramps
Nearly every second jump has at least 1 ramp.
Ramps give you a boost upwards so you can get over large distance gaps.
Generally, for best ramp usage, jump right before you hit the ramp; it also helps to strafe (fast) exactly at that moment.
But every ramp is different and needs different treatment :p (Depending on the angle of the ramp, the ramp size, the ramp shape, the distance and height of the following jump).
Sometimes you have to jump a little earlier, for halfpipe-style ramps you need to make one large, steady strafe while being on the ramp,...
Though jumping right when/before hitting the ramp works in most cases the best.


Airstrafe
If jumps have a big height difference between the single pads, you need to airstrafe.
Doing that properly really isn't easy:
While in standard gamma-jumps/strafe-jumps the switching with its fast mouse movement is the most important part,
now the slowly turning after having switched does the "trick":
Always keep turning the mouse, and move it steady, slowly and smooth
As your speed rises heavily while "falling" down you also have to increase the angle of mouse turning a lot while being in the air.
Often you also have to switch again in mid-air.
Hardly can be explained, you just need to get the feeling for it :p


Overbounce
In some maps - often after big height difference between two pads - the next pad is soooooo far away that you're askin yourself how to ever get there?!?
Than it's probably an overbounce jump. For overbounce you need pmove_fixed 1.
Overbounce (OB) works like that:
Jump any style you want just when you hit the ground you need to press space a little bit later than you do normally.
That gives you a lot extra speed (depending on height difference of the jump before).
Maps with a lot of OB: Feen_ob, Kraglejump 2, 999-tj_b1


Vertical Overbounce
Really cool thing - rarely to find in maps, you can do it in e.g. feen_ob and hankendless
For Vertical Overbounce (VOB) you need to bind +strafe to a key of your choice - you can also set it in Esc-ettjmod-controls-...
Perform it like that:

• Jump/run over the edge
• You need to have NO horizontal speed at all, easiest way to get this is jumping against a wall or in a corner
  In Esc-ettjmod-settings you can set drawspeed to horizontal speed
• Release every movement key (WASD)
• Press your strafe key and keep it pressed
• Do NOT press jump when you hit the ground
• Mouse movement: 2 ways
  
  • Either look more or less down when you fall and then move mouse upwards once you've hit the ground
  • or start looking to the side and move mouse to the left or to the right once you've hit the ground

Walljumping
Wallstrafe = Strafing against a wall :p

• Stand next to the wall beside you.
• Having the wall to your left start with a circle jump using W+A so that you "hit" the wall at first pad
• Keep W+A pressed and keep brushing the wall
• Angle you look towards the wall should be about 30° (from jump direction)
• You'll gain much speed without even moving the mouse
• Little mouse movements to the left give you even more speed
• Little mouse movement to the right makes you slow down
• If wall is to your right: It's the same with D instead A and mouse movement to the right :p

[Qualo]

Jumpstyles

Everything in the first part of the tutorial was explained for fullbeat (FB)/strafe jumping.
So you should know now that fullbeat uses key combinations are W+A and W+D.
But there are a lot of other styles/techniques:


Halfbeat (HB)
Start with either left or right side circle jump, then:

• For leftsided halfbeat use alternately W+A and only D
• For rightsided halfbeat use alternately W+D and only A
• Mouse movement: For HB you need smaller and only "one-sided" angles than in FB:
  The switching movement with mouse stays more or less left of the jump direction (for leftsided halfbeat)
• Decrease the switching angle with increasing speed:
  Start with quite a big angle and the further and faster you go the smaller the mouse movement should be.
  That makes it easier to control at high velocity than fb - but still: never stop moving the mouse;
  although movement sometimes barely can be seen, you need it to get a decent speed.

For left-sided halfbeat: mouse movement should look probably something like that:



Invert
For invert you need - guess what - inverted mouse movement.
Keys to be pressed: Only A and only D, never W!
You can start with the standard circle jump, but there's a special inverted start that needs only A or D:

• Stand next to the edge but look (nearly) backwards.
• Press A and at the same time start with a ~180° turn by moving the mouse to the left
  (Or D and mouse movement ro the right)
• Don't forget to jump at the edge
• Keep the turning until you reach the first pad

Now, when you nearly reached the first pad and at this time finished about 180° (you look forwards now), start with the inverting:

• Right before/when hitting the first pad keep turning really fast to the left BUT change to pressing D at the same time.
• Go on like in strafe-jumping:
• Switch fast when hitting the pads and always keep turning, only that you press A while turning to the right and D while turning to the left.
• Switching angle is to be decreased with increasing speed! (like in hb)
  Start with a big angle and end with a tiny one

Inverted Halfbeat
Either W+A and S+D (left-sided)
or W+D and S+A (right-sided)


Nostrafe/Dualbeat
Only W, never A or D
Needs a lot of mouse turning
that's why you preferably switch after 2 pads here.


Nobeat
Either W+A and only D
or W+D and only A
without any mouse movement
--> hb without mouse movement :p
works only on easy jumps, but good to learn hb-key-usage


Others
Of course you can jump fullbeat/halfbeat/invert... not only forward but also backwards or sideways.
Thus it's possible to jump using pretty much every key combination you can think of ^^
Though for the harder jumps, most of these do not make that much sense :P

[Jeraldo]

Nice Tutorial man Most important is to practice this on our Trickjump server ofc Mrmen map would be a good map to start with. And you can also learn allot from watching other jumpers doing their 'thing'
Well again nice tut Qualo seeya on the server

P.S. Perhaps you can add a little video?