Hi Thomas, Yesterday I found a USB mouse lying around and I tried it with Judgement Day. Not a bad experience actually; a little more preferable to the keyboard. Unfortunately, I'vefound my trackpad easier to use for Daytona (seems strange to me) but I can't draw a single shape using my USB.
Best Regards, Hayden -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 6:25 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Mouse Support in Games Hi Charles, Well, first, some mouse basics. To begin with I think you are under the false assumption you have to have a lot of space to move the mouse around. In actuality your arm/wrist should remain stationary while you use your wrist to move the mouse left, right, up, or down on the mouse pad or desktop. It is true you can move your wrist some for larger distances, but in principle you only need a few inches on either side of your hand to move around in. The size of a mouse pad is all you need. The reason is because a mouse user frequently picks up the mouse off the desktop a few inches, and sets it back down somewhere else to continue in that direction. So if you are walking/running and reach the end of the pad you simply pick up the mouse and set it back down on the other side and continue dragging it left/right. As for how the mouse reacts when picking it up/moving it really depends on the type of mouse being used. An optical mouse like I use has a little optical sensor in it that only works when it is near a solid surface like a desktop. When it is picked up a couple of inches the optical sensor doesn't pick up the surface and ddoesn't move the mouse when it is too far away from the surface of the desk. With an older analog mouse, like you have, it has a little trackball inside that moves the mouse when it is rolling around on the surface of the desk. As long as you keep your hand fairly steady when picking up the mouse it shouldn't move when picking it up and setting it down again. If your hand is shaky or something the ball inside might wiggle around and move your character a little, but like I said if you keep your hand reasonably steady when picking up and setting down the mouse it really shouldn't do anything. They are designed to be rolled on a surface and really ignore any miner wiggles in the ball etc. As far as walking/running in a game like MOTA you'd be surprised how fast you can pick up and set down the mouse. It doesn't take that long to pick it up, move it a few inches to the left or right, set it back down, and continue moving in the direction you want to go. There might be a slight pause in footsteps while picking up and setting it back down, but most of the time I can do it before the footsteps finish playing. Again, I think this comes back to the misconception that you have to move the mouse all over the place when in reality you are only talking a few inches left or right at a time. In short, practice makes perfect. As far as escaping monsters etc it depends on how good a mouse user you are. You can run pretty much continuously if you are quick about picking up, moving, and setting the mouse down. If you want to save some time try doing a couple of big jumps. That is as fast if not faster than running away. HTH On 1/10/11, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > Might be some weird questions, and the answers may be so logical that I'm > not thinking of them, but here goes: If you have to move the mouse in the > direction you want to go, what happens when you run out of mouse pad or > desktop space but want to continue moving in the same direction? How does > picking the mouse up and placing it back on a surface affect movement and > game play? If you are being attacked, and are running away, mightn't you > get caught by the pursuer if you stop movement by picking up the mouse at > that time? > > --- > Laughter is the best medicine, so look around, find a dose and take it to > heart. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
