I take what's loaded at first start and customize. But I'm not sure I needed to do that in the last few years since the standard layout matches my tastes exactly (Always crouch on C, WASD with W as run forward, Jump on Space, etc.).

pretty sure A and D for turning doesn't match anyone's preference.

That's not the default anymore, though, right?

Standard WASD + space to jump, like a normal person. Ctrl and/or C for crouch. Fire mode and ammo type mapped to F and V so all the weapon control keys are together.

The default should at least be WASD (with AD strafing), jump on Space, Crouch on Ctrl and/or C, Walk on Shift, Reload on R, Inventory on Tab. Weapon keys are already numbered, the rest is rather special and highly subjective (I like b and o for weapon fiddling since it's the same in DX).

The default should at least be WASD (with AD strafing), jump on Space, Crouch on Ctrl and/or C, Walk on Shift, Reload on R, Inventory on Tab.

Yeah this, The standard setup as it appears in the vast majority of FP games. Not really any reason to go any other way and could save a bit of everyone's time with the initial install rebind.

Oh god, one of those people.

Before SS2 I've played HL1 a lot, and got used it its control scheme. So it predicted my preferences:

WASD, ctrl and space - wanna have ability to crouch and jump while moving in any direction;
left mouse - fire, right mouse - inventory, middle mouse - use (E for use too);
TAB and Q - list weapons back and forward;
C and V - ammo and weapon settings (list something else in other games);
hypos: Z - medi, X - psi, shift+Z - anti-rad, shift+X - anti-toxin;
leaning: shift+directions (W, A, D);

also, not the case with this game, but I use F for flashlight or anything that is being used with the same purpose (even if it's some costly augmentation or magic). Just got used to the basics that F = light.

I always set all functions to the closest keys to wasd. It's weird how some developers bind M for map, K to kick, U to use.

Also, I never use the "walk" key. What's the point? I could crouch with more efficiency - move slow AND stay hidden.

And yeah, with the fully editable SS:EE controls I finally adapted it natively to my habits. It was so cool to play the way I do it better!

I change them completely...never liked WASD

ins jump
right ctrl crouch
arrows for movement

among others

WASD for movement with A+D for strafing and S for backwards (whoever made the default keybinds in this respect must have been on some kind of hallucinogen), C for crouch, then pretty much everything else is fine by default.

I think it was less about hallucinogens and more that at the time these standards weren't as established as they are today.

I get that to some extent (the remark was tongue in cheek), but even so, most shooters that I've played from that era had already adopted your standard WASD movement setup. A and D for turning? S for crouch? No easily accessible backwards movement by default? That feels extremely unintuitive especially from a layman's perspective. It's one of the initial turn offs for people I've tried to get into this game.

esdf for basic movement.

R for reload.

Q medhypo.

h for medkits.

Z for psi hypo.

v Change ammo type.

b Change gun mode.

mouse up for cycling weapons up, mouse down for downcycling weapons (reverse of the default.)

W I rarely used.

G is for grenade throwing in secmod.

U to play unread logs.

m for map.

Backspace to tell logs to shut up.

Space for jump.

Mouse one fire mouse two pick up/interact.

Tab inventory.

Shift run toggle.

ctrl crouch toggle.

walk modifier is largely redundant, would consider using shift for crouch instead, should be much more comfortable on most full size keyboards.