Just popped in to share some sites that are apt for this thread and may be of interest to all gamers regardless of physical ability or disability;

http://www.specialeffect.org.uk/

http://www.ablegamers.com/

http://www.game-accessibility.com/index.php?pagefile=motoric

http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/2/ARTICLES/physical-barriers.htm

There are many more such sites! Your search engine is your friend.

Kindest regards.

Buy a modern gaming mouse!

It's a console game, so the keystrokes will be too hard for many people.

That Razer Naga is sweet.

Spoiler'd my thoughts so not to derail the thread.

I digress from the main topic of this thread and would now like to share how I play this game.

I don't have hand-to-eye coordination issues, at least I don't think I do, but my condition still calls for adjustments when gaming. When playing, I use a Razer Naga Hex to use keys 1-6 whilst keeping my character moving with W, S, A, D. While this hasn't prevented deaths altogether, it has prevented a decent number of them, as I am not pausing to the hit the number keys above the W,S,A,D. I primarily type with two fingers, any more than that and my typing/button pressing becomes a jumbled mess. My keyboard is nothing special, a Microsoft Comfort Curve thingymamajig. Nicer keyboards cost a little bit too much to be able to replace them as often as I need to. With other games (namely cooperative shooters) I use a Razer Synapse macro to turn semi-automatic weapons into full automatic, although I manually calibrate it, so that there are natural pauses between firing.

I still haven't gotten used to the dodge mechanism (I always seem to get hit regardless of whether or not my character somersaults out of the way!), but I use the block/interrupt mechanism like no tomorrow. This game's lockpicking is actually far easier than Skyrim's system for me, even with the timer, and that is something I appreciate as picking chests for loot with traits is something I do often. Timed gameplay events usually induce a lot of stress, and less often, a lot of frustration.

I avoid most opportunities to group with people I don't know, so to not annoy and frustrate them when I drop dead from seemingly silly encounters. In hindsight, a dual wield Nightblade was perhaps, not the wisest of character class choices. I am missing out on all private group dungeon content and will likely miss out on Craglorn type content too (in WoW, DCUO and GW2 I just couldn't keep up with the pace required), but my character's level is still sub-35 so I have a long way to go yet. I might give the private group dungeons a go once I outlevel the content just to get those skillpoints, but my one experience of them so far wasn't a good one at all.

I have addons out the wazoo that makes crafting easier, such as the multi-craft addon which make crafting more enjoyable and less taxing on the wrist (pressing R 120 times isn't something I call fun). All in all, I haven't found a game that I am unable to play, but most of those games require me to change keybinds or to download mods/addons that make it easier on me. Competitive PvP gameplay is something I only participate in on consoles, as just about everyone has the same hardware - controllers, even then I'm not the best at the multiplayer aspects of said games.

Squishy wrote: »

Hi hi,

since a few others seems to have issues similar to my own, I thought it'd be nice if we all pitched in, and described our own issues, and what workaround we have... after all, not all others might have thought about it .

I personally, have a little issue, where if things get too fast, or I get stressed, my fingers get well... confused.

This is particularly bad if playing a summoner type of character, as often, I'd end up unsummoning something, rather than summon what I want.

The obvious solution, usually, is to spread the keys (1,2 for main attacks, 5 7 9 for summons).

In ESO however, this does not work if we swap weapons, as we end up having hard to reach keys. The counter I found to this, as a mage, is to equip a fire destro staff, with the CC /AOE on the keys where the summons are. When in a "panic" moment, If I manage to switch weapon, I then switch to full dps mode, and when the fingers are just mashing the keyboard on their own, being a DPS AOE/damage, that can become quite useful and efficient.

The alternative being to have crystal ball slotted, and cast it. The cast time is usually enough to calm things down a bit.

For lockpicks, I'm usually ok. I screwed up master levels a few times, but always manage them somehow. I guess the timer is not aggressive enough to trigger panic mode .

I suggest you give Everquest a try(not saying not to play this though). I grew up on that same slow speed combat that relied more on minute to minute timing rather than split second button mashing and there really is a world of difference. Back in my EQ days I ran into a multitude of disabled people, lots of army vets with missing hands(yes you could play EQ with one hand if you knew it well) simply because it was almost like it was made with that in mind. Again, I don't want you to think you can't play this game, just that if you haven't tried it, you really should at least take a peek at it(its pretty well free to play these days).

@Squishy, I cannot mail you directly as that facility is currently offline. I just wanted to point out I have edited my previous posts to be more in line with this thread. In one of the posts it may have seemed that I was being rude to you via sarcasm. I have removed the remark that was made in frustration and not really meant to offend. Sorry!

Back on topic;

I hope some of the adaptations I listed and some of the websites I linked have been of some good use.

I forgot to mention that I have a set of wrist weights that I often use to steady my hands when typing, gaming or otherwise using my computer or when I need to write (pen and paper).

A suggestion a friend made a short while ago regarding control devices;

Though it may not be cheap to do so, disabled gamers may find a visit to a local business that deals in custom made devices fruitful. In my hometown we have a small business where the shop floor has various bits of electronic kit and software to buy but in the back of the shop there is a large work space where custom electronic devices are made for various uses. I have not used the shop for custom devices but I'm sure the owner would gladly make such a device if I asked. (I used to make custom devices myself as a hobbyist but cannot do 'fiddly' work anymore!)

My vision is pretty shot and I have ulnar nerve issues in my right arm making using a mouse a bit difficult.

I turned the interrupt/dodge alert things to always on because I cant see the lines and I think Ill take advice to bind dodge.

My vision being crap I sometimes have issues reacting fast enough to combat.