PC players that use keyboard?

Are there any gamers that use the keyboard to play NBA Live 2004?

If there are... which keys do you find for the best play?..ie turbo key, etc.

I use keyboard
this is my setting:

E: Turbo
S: Jump shot
A: Dunk/Lay-up
X: Pass
C: Direct pass
Left shift: Playcalling
Z: Off the Ball
R: Alley Up

I've been a keyboard-using NBA Live series player since '98. It's crappy for EA Sports to only limit one keyboard user for the game since '03.

Here's my keyboard settings:

(using the number keys on the right side of the keyboard)

1: Turbo
8: Jump shot
9: Dunk/Lay-up
7: Pass
4: Direct pass
0: Playcalling
2: Alley Up

I couldnt think of anything and since I play a lot of NHL i just used the NHL keys.

c to pass, switch player
space to shoot, charge
x to pro-hop/power move, rebound/block
v to dunk, steal
shift to turbo (comes from the FPS games...)
d to playcall
ctrl to direct pass, direct switch (also influenced by FPS games...)

arrow keys to move.

Q - Alley Oop
W - Direct pass
E - Playcalling
R - Turbo
A - Pro-Hop
S - Pass
D - Shoot
F - Dunk/Layup
Z - Back Down
X - Crossover
C - Off-Ball Switch

That's how I play it

c-shoot
x-pass
a-turbo
s-dunk/lay-up
d-playcalling
v-crossover
shift-backdown
w-pro-hop/rebound
e-off-ball

Q - alley-oop
W - direct pass
E - dunk/steal
R - back down
T - jump
G - pass
F - turbo
D - shoot
S - crossover
A - playcalling

oh yeah, and Left Shift is off-ball control

Last edited by wangster on Tue Dec 09, 2003 10:24 am, edited 1 time in total.

A - pass
S - jump stop
D - Shoot
F - Crossover
Q - Playcalling
E - Dunk/Layup
W - Alley-Oop
Left Shift - Back Down
Space - Turbo
C - Off Ball Switch

shoot - g
pass - h
prohop - j
dunk/layup - k
alley-oop - v
backdown - b
directpass - q
offball - e
crossover - y

it's a bit harsh for EA to limit only one crossover animation for the crossover button... holding it down a bit longer results to doing a spinmove.they should still have separated these two....from my opinion.....the only way you can effectively isolate a defender is in the triple threat position.....

[ - alley-oop
]- dunk/steal
\ - back down
enter - jump
ctrl - pass
space - turbo
shift - shoot
/ - crossover
'' - playcalling
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E---jump and pro-hop
A---crossover and spint move
S---switch player and pass
D---shoot and take charge
Q---alley-oop and take charge
W---turbo
R---direct switch
C---dunk or layup and steal
F---back down
2---time out or foul
ZXCV-call plays

I've had this set out since live01. It is seriously a great way to have it.

Z- shoot/take charge
X- Pass/switch player
C- Dunk/steal
V- turbo
B- backdown
Space- Pro hop/rebound/block
Left shift- Crossover
D- Alley-oop
G- Offball switch

The other buttons i havent set, but you can make up the others, the key is to make them ones that your fingers can reach easily and that you can distinctly remember.

I've got this settings my whole life

Right Hand:
**********
forefinger - LEFT ARROW
middlefinger - UP/DOWN Arrow
ringfinger - RIGHT Arrow
short finger - "0" on the keypad - DIRECT PASS/DIRECT SWITCH

Left Hand: My five fingers are laying on:
*********************************
ring finger - S - Turbo
middle finger - D - Pass -> DP*SF
forefinger - F - Shoot -> DP*SG
thumb - SPACE - Steal -> DP*PF
short finger - Y/Z* - Pro Hoop/Rebound -> DP*C

*(depends on your keyboard German/US)
*DP Direct Pass to

moving fingers:
*************
forefinger - G - Backdown
forefinger - V - Crossover/Spin Move

ringfinger - W - Tactic 1
middlefinger - E - Tactic 2
middlefinger - R - Tactic 3
forefinger - T - Tactic 4

short finger - A - Off Ball

Don't use Alley Oop.

here is my key im happy to use keyboard rather than gamepad

spacebar/ shoot
ctrl/ turbo
Z/ rebound
C/ dunk
Shift/ crossover
Alt/ Switch
X/ Backdown
A/ Alley-Oop

i only using keyaboard since live98

a- turbo
s- pass
d- jumpshot
f- dunk
q- pro hop
w- backdown
right alt - crossover
p - up
L- left
' - right
; - down
E- direct pass
spacebar - off the ball
R- playcalling
right ctrl- alley oop
left shift- quickplay 1
right shift- quick 2
left ctrl- quick 3
C- quick 4

just be patient.. if u're losing.. i dont think ur controls has anything to do w/ it.. it just so happen that ure still getting the use of it.. stick on ur controls... and learn to play defense to win ball games. =)

I also use keyboard and with this every six months i change one

well, for NBA live since '97...it's been a bit of annoying changing the configs from one version to another....for now the shoot and layup/dunk is separated...too messy....

It's all just a matter of what you get used to. Here's mine:

G - Alley Oop
H - Direct pass
N - Playcalling
X - Turbo
Z - Pro-Hop
C - Pass
SPACE - Shoot
V - Dunk/Layup
L-SHIFT - Back Down
B - Crossover
F - Off-Ball Switch

and my quick plays are just keys 1,2,3,4.

So basically my left hand is aligned on z,x,c,v with my thumb on the space bar; and all the other buttons are pretty easily accessable.

does anybody here know how to raise the defenders hands while a player takes a shot......cause i always do this in live 2003(it's the take charge button) what button is it in 2004.....or is it only availabe in freestlye....just asking

I think it only works with a dual analogue controller. But if you're in/near the post, players will automatically put their hands up.

A - pass / switch
NUMPAD 0 - direct pass / direct switch
SPACE - turbo
E - shoot
D - dunk / steal
F - pro-hop / rebound
R - back down
W - crossover / spin
Z - timeout
V - alleyoop

i really hate how ea sports limits the keyboard controls for the game. like i cannot just choose which keys i want to assign to defense and offense. it is you have choose a key and it coresponds automatically to 2 different things. i hate that crap.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FAKE BUTTON IN THE GAME?

My Settings

Arrow Keys = Movement
Space Bard = Shoot
L. Control = Turbo
L. Alt = Pass
Z = Pro-Hop
X = Cross-Over
C = Dunk/Layup
V = Alley-Oop
B = Off-Ball

1/2/3/4 = Play Calls
T = Timeout

anyone know how to do the fake step? when you choose your favorite team in my nba live, it shows a player, lets say paul pierce and he does fake step and whatnot and also a dribble backwards step like in nba live 2003, anyone figure this out yet?

Movement -- 8, 2 6, 4 keys on the numpad
Shoot -- W
Pass -- E
Dunk -- D
Hop -- Q
Turbo -- A
Direct Pass -- Space
Back-down -- Ctrl
Off-Ball -- Shift
Cross-Over -- S
Alley-Oop -- 5 on the numpad
Quickplays -- 1, 2, 3, 4

of course i use the keyboard coz i don't have a joystick ...... although at first it is really hard to master the keys coz there are so many of them ......

w - up
s - down
a - left
d - right
q - alley-oop
e - backdown
r - crossover
t - pass
y - shoot
u - jump/block
i - steal/dunk
z - d. pass
c - turbo
= - timeout
1234 - quickplays