FPS Mouse Usage

[CrimsonGhost] · 10-12-2003 3:47pm #1

Probably been asked before but for fps games do you for the mouse

a) Right hand normal
b) Right hand inverted
c) Left hand normal
d) Left hand inverted

Do/did you ever switch? and why?

phreak · 10-12-2003 3:54pm

right handed...inverted...ALWAYS

even though i'm left handed and its not a flight sim

[CrimsonGhost] · 10-12-2003 3:57pm

I change from inverted to normal roughly every 6-12 months. I find it makes me think more about what I'm doing and aim doesn't get lazy - not that it's good at the best of times anyway.

tba · 10-12-2003 4:10pm

Right hand normal, probably due to my excessive use of the windows gui

satchmo · 10-12-2003 4:23pm

Inverted x-axis? Bloody hell, that must get confusing.

[CrimsonGhost] · 10-12-2003 4:25pm

Opps. You know what I mean. Eh, mods any chance one of you can change that in the poll please?

jesus_thats_gre · 10-12-2003 4:53pm

Should that not be the Z axis

Defo right hand and inverted, gotta get my kill on now!

quarryman · 10-12-2003 5:32pm

inverted? is that like you move the mouse up - the gun goes down? ughh, that's crud.

[CrimsonGhost] · 10-12-2003 5:37pm

That's exactly what inverted means in this instance. It's actually quite nice once you get used to it. Seems to make more sense also. You should try it out for a few days and see how you get on. Play for a few hours at least trying it out. I suggest q3 on easier difficulties to get used to it and then move on to whatever your favourite games are and see how they go.

satchmo · 10-12-2003 5:58pm

I've played with y-axis inverted ever since the days of X-Wing... I played so much of that game that it was drilled into me, now I can't play FPSs any other way!

Pugsley · 10-12-2003 6:07pm

Right handed normal, iverted only fits in flight sims, keep it out of FPS IMO

Moriarty · 10-12-2003 7:00pm

Anyone who uses inverted axis is the spawn of satan.

Mark my words.

tman · 10-12-2003 7:34pm

i only use an inverted y axis in flying games...
occasionally i'll use it in console fps's.
never used it with a mouse/keyboard driven fps...

po0k · 10-12-2003 8:56pm

Originally posted by Moriarty
Anyone who uses inverted axis is the spawn of satan.

Mark my words.

Cyan plays QW with inverted y-axis.

I can't understand it.

Only use inverted y-axis for flight games, when in plane in BF1942/flashpoint

Lemming · 10-12-2003 9:22pm

Right-handed, inverted X-axis always.

i_am_dogboy · 10-12-2003 9:53pm

right hand inverted, my friends call me crazy

Pepe LeFrits · 11-12-2003 1:35am

I play with invert X AND Y axis. You know it's the best.

Makaveli · 11-12-2003 2:30am

Left handed normal, but I'm right handed.

phreak · 11-12-2003 2:31am

Originally posted by Makaveli
Left handed normal, but I'm right handed.

why?!!

Makaveli · 11-12-2003 2:46am

Because my dad is left handed and when we first got a computer he had the mouse on the lhs so I just got used to using the mouse with my left hand.

phreak · 11-12-2003 3:09am

ahh makes sense. i'm too lazy to swap the mouse over and change the buttons so i just learned right handed. also most mice are shaped for the right hand.

po0k · 11-12-2003 6:19am

Lefties should be rounded up and sent on a rocket to the moon to mine cheese crystals to send back to us for sustenance.
Their families shall each recieve one Trabant or one pair of shoes in compensation.

Dr. Loon · 11-12-2003 10:02am

Inverted in an FPS defies all logic. It's supposed to be a first person view.... so you move the mouse up, you look up. Unless you don't care for realism!
Inverted would be a problem in real life. Imagine, telling your brain to look up, and then your eyes/head go and look down.... although it might be humorous.

Flight sims are all good and well, as it's realistic.

I agree with Moriarty. Spawns of Satan = inverted users.

Rabies · 11-12-2003 10:51am

Originally posted by SyxPak
Lefties should be rounded up and sent on a rocket to the moon to mine cheese crystals to send back to us for sustenance.

may all your future kids be spawned as left handers :mad:
i invert the y-axis when playing FPS games.
i'm left handed but have gun in right hand and mouse in left hand.

phreak · 11-12-2003 10:57am

Originally posted by Dr. Loon
Inverted in an FPS defies all logic. It's supposed to be a first person view.... so you move the mouse up, you look up. Unless you don't care for realism!

yea because using a mouse to aim a gun is realistic :rolleyes:

Praetorian · 11-12-2003 11:02am

I'm right handed, but I can play inverted or non inverted. I guess I adapt quickly, but some people think I'm mad

amp · 11-12-2003 11:09am

Originally posted by [CrimsonGhost]
Opps. You know what I mean. Eh, mods any chance one of you can change that in the poll please?

fixed

MrPinK · 11-12-2003 4:27pm

Originally posted by Dr. Loon
Inverted in an FPS defies all logic. It's supposed to be a first person view.... so you move the mouse up, you look up. Unless you don't care for realism!

You're not moving the mouse up tho, you're moving it forward. Which would cause the head to tilt down, naturally

angelofdeath · 11-12-2003 4:38pm

right-handed normal, boring i know but there ya go, i only know one other person who plays with inverted, i tried it a few times but kept running about with my crosshairs shooting birds when i got into combat, i know one other person who uses a trackball, which is horrid, and i know a guy who uses his sidewinder, which is actually pretty cool

zAbbo · 11-12-2003 4:44pm

I use a ps2 joypad to play quake3, using the anologue controller sticks for added sexyness

Yelnahs · 11-12-2003 4:50pm

yep plain old right handed normal for me, on my MX 500 with weight removed, perfect combination in my books

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