A good use of this is to jump across the lava from the Rocket Launcher room to the Super Shotgun room in DM2. The jump is accomplished by running and jumping at an angle to your actual goal, then using a strafe key and the forward key at the same time, while turning your view to steer the course of the jump.
The upward velocity of your jump is actually added to whatever upward velocity you had while running up the ramp, resulting in extra height.Ī strafe jump can be used for two purposes - first, to extend the distance of a jump, and second, to jump to an area that could not be reached without bending the jump around some obstacle. Simply run up a ramp and jump just before reaching the top. A ramp jump is one of the easiest trick jumps to accomplish.
