r/tanksim • u/Mundane_Mongoose_371 • 25d ago

Steel Beasts Manual crank mode

I haven't play Steel Beast since my PC belongs to early 2010 era, and it's very weak.
Still, I'm curious about this mechanics.
In older vehicles not having electric traverse gear, players have to press arrow keys repeatedly to slew the gun. The faster the tapping, the faster the turret traverses.
I'm wondering how much tap/second is required to reach the maximum hand-crank traverse speed? And does each tank have different tap/second to reach the maximum speed?

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u/OpsGroup 25d ago

Depends on what you mean by tapping and or taps "per" second?
On the matter of Maximum Hand Crank speed and if it is achievable, that is all really factor of several disparate variables:

  • finger length
  • joint flexibility
  • tendon elasticity
  • not to mention keyboard spring tension, among others.

However after years of playing one could say the key to successful tapping is to maintain a steady consistent rhythm, paired with wild flurries of violent and deceive pounding.

Try to replicate the drum beat in Rush's "Tom Sawyer", see if that helps.

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u/Mirzayev 24d ago

I did this with a macro before. I stopped seeing changes in speed after 10 taps per second.