Dodging 101: How to forward dodge while moving. step 1: Press foward key. the following needs to be done quickly and smoothly. step 2: press right or left strafe key then step 3: double tap forward key. I have been doing this for at least ten years. No HACKS no MACROS no PROGRAMMING.
When done correctly you look like you are always moving forward. Pretty basic stuff.   

A variation of that (this is sort of what I do):

• First you are moving forward (I'll call this North), both with your forward key, and your mouse is pointing you directly North.
• Then press the left strafe key, but KEEP the forward key down. At the same time, point your mouse NE. This effectively keeps you going North.
• Momentarily lift finger off forward key, and quickly point mouse East (keeps you going North).
• Lift left strafe, double tap forward, point mouse back North, all at same time.

That's the neat clean example that keeps you going in one direction. But I don't do this exactly when approaching someone. I try to approach them at 45° angle. So the key presses and timing are the same, it's just the direction I point the mouse varies so that I can vary my approach angle.

If your forward double tap is not natural, just practice 
Before I knew how forward tap, I could side tap pretty good, but I would more often than not lose a hammer battle to someone who could forward dodge. They would be able to point the hammer directly at me and dodge forward, whereas I had to dodge sideways into them and turn my mouse hopefully in the right direction to be forward on to them.

So, I practiced. Made myself just dodge forward for awhile. Now I'm a more natural forward tapper 

I have an old Logitech Wingman gaming 3-button mouse that I use and have mapped the middle mouse to forward. Not sure if its easier or not, but I don't think I could switch to a wheelmouse.  Its old school but it works for me

Mouse 1 = Fire
Mouse 2 = Forward
Mouse 3 = Alt fire

Yep...i use the arrow keys for movement (up for jump) and then weapons around the arrow keys. ie, here's my weapons and movement from my User.ini file:

LeftMouse=Fire
RightMouse=AltFire
MiddleMouse=MoveForward
Enter=SwitchWeapon 1
Shift=Walking
Ctrl=Duck
Space=Talk
PageDown=getweapon ripper
End=getweapon UT_FlakCannon
Left=StrafeLeft
Up=DoubleJump|Jump
Right=StrafeRight
Down=MoveBackward
Insert=getweapon minigun2
Delete=getweapon ShockRifle | mutate getweapon zp_sh
Slash=ThrowWeapon
Backslash=getweapon ut_biorifle
Backspace=getweapon PulseGun
PageUp=getweapon UT_Eightball
home=SwitchWeapon 10

http://www.amazon.com/Pat-Says-Now-Kitty-3-Button-Optical-Mouse/dp/B000K78PZU/re...

Just kidding I haven't been able to find any at all...its a dying breed (much like myself) I suppose. When this mouse finally dies, I'll probably give up UT as I don't think I can learn on a wheel mouse. 

Thanks. It's amazing how many different keyboard configs there are.

Tempest wrote....

"When this mouse finally dies, I'll probably give up UT as I don't think I can learn on a wheel mouse."

How's are the retirement plans going?  Lol.  I think you're better with a new mouse.

21 wrote on Feb 24^th, 2013 at 10:02pm:


Oh, actually Stiv sent me a link to a 3button mouse a while ago on ebay that I bought...been using it but its weird. It doesn't seem as responsive for some reason. Like, it accelerates at unexpected times, or its unresponsive when doing some things like looking up , or I'm getting mouse lag   (I'm using direct input now so...acceleration shouldn't be an issue)

hmm...

So for the last couple of weeks I have been playing without much or any dodging.  While my movement is slower, my death(s) column is the same as when I dodge. I have won many times here and even laggy old FMJ without dodging.
I will say dodging looks cool, but once you get the timing down, you can kill a dodger when they land. Generally I do my best when my connection is quick, regardless if I double tap or not.  (One shot kills vs running out ammo).
My ultimate goal/test would be to see if I  can dominate 1v1 without dodging...if it's possible.

If you guys 1v1 make demos and post them please