28 replies to this topic

[Alestance]

I use them, sometimes, however the fact that when your surrounded by enemies... well, you take time cycling. When you are on the subscreen, it pauses. Anyway, I'd definitly use the L & R for other actions, like Jump for L and Talking, doing, reading, rolling for R.

[Wolfman2000]

Sometimes I use L and R, sometimes I don't. I usually use the subscreen more in the dungeons, where I can have a map to view that shows one way exits and whatnot (you know what I mean if you remember the original NES dungeons).

[ziplobob2]

What do the l and r buttons do?

[Phoenix Fable]

L and R are used to switch items in ZC.

I dont usually use them.

[Beefster]

I don't usually use them. I'd rather they be used for rolling and lifting and the likes.

[Bayta]

I don't think I've ever used those buttons to switch items. Only with scripts like the rolling script.

[Koopa]

It'd ALSO Be nice if we could get even MORE buttons for ZC though. icon_razz.gif No sense in having to take over two fully functional buttons when you could just make more. Buttons used SPECIFICALLY For scripted functions, and nothing else.

Like A/B/X/Y, L/R, start/select ?

You read my mind ... people requested a new feature halt until 2.5, but then :evilgrin: let's just say it's "more than possible".

As to the poll in question: I use them very frequently. I went as far as to memorize things like how many taps of "L" it is to go from boomerang to arrow in Lost Isle.

[Nathaniel]

I use them all the time, but it requires a little more effort once you accumulate enough items. Also, in quests that use custom subscreens that have the items out of order, such as with Lost Isle, it is in a sequence that I am not used to and requires me to rethink the cycle.

[Radien]

I use them all the time for cycling through items, but the problem is that the game doesn't pause, so often I forget the order of the items and end up shooting myself in the foot trying to use them. I should use the paused menu more often, but it's so slooooow to come up...

Using L and R for other features would be fun.

Question: do people hate quests that put the items out of their usual order? I have been strongly considering doing this for DoR, just because the default order doesn't make sense in a few aspects. In particular, the hookshot and the boomerang SHOULD be next to eachother.

[MarioBrosCom]

I just go to the menu. I have L and R mapped to Q and W and I still don't use them despite having them so close to A and S (which I use for A and B respectively).

[Beefster]

That doesn't really work for me because my 12-button controller doesn't get support for its Control Pad in ZC. So it's a pain to move around because of the joystick.

_L_ will probably add X and Y buttons in the post-2.50 era

[Titanium Justice]

I use them all the time for cycling threw the items, but that dosen't mean that i don't use the enter key, I use the enter key to see what (Unequipable) items i have if i forget what i have.

[Russ]

_L_ will probably add X and Y buttons in the post-2.50 era

What do you mean by "probably"? By the time _L_ is done, Zelda Classic will be called Link to the Past Classic.

But anyways, to answer the poll, I cannot live without them. I'll ocassionally open up the subscreen, but for the most part I just scroll with L and R, since I have memorized how many times to press them to get from one item to the next. That's why Lost Isle confused me so much. The items were in different positions.