The Ready Room => General => Topic started by: Manta on July 26, 2005, 08:56:16 PM
Title: Mouse problems
Post by: Manta on July 26, 2005, 08:56:16 PM
Normally, I have pretty good aim when I'm playing NS (unless I'm completely unfocused), but lately, I'm getting some strange problems with my mouse control, which affects my aim. I'm pretty sure I haven't changed the way I move my mouse - minimal arm movement, based completely in moving the wrist and the mouse with my fingers - but for some reason, I find that I can't aim downwards quickly enough anymore. The same goes for looking up, but it's not as bad. I have no idea why this is, since I haven't had this problem before. Any suggestions? My mousepad, by the way, has a wrist cushion thing on the bottom end, but like I said before, it's never affected my gameplay in the past.
Anyway, if anyone has suggestions, feel free to dispense your wisdom. Until then, I'm taking a break from NS.
EDIT: To further clarify the problem, it's not that I can't aim downwards. I can, but usually, I just start moving slower as I go down, to the point where a skulk can easily defeat me just by running into my feet. I can't snap downwards like I used to.
EDIT2: In fact, it seems like I'm always hitting the wrist thing on the mousepad when I aim down, yet I never manage to look all the way downwards. I don't think I've lowered my sensitivity at all; in fact, I'm pretty sure I raised it.
Title: Mouse problems
Post by: Dirty Harry Potter on July 26, 2005, 09:09:51 PM
well it could be a technical error i think :s if it's really old i guess problems like this could begin to happen, anyway, i think there's also sensitivity for horizontical and vertical looking, it's something followed by pitch or yaw perhaps cl_pitch and cl_yaw i don't know, but i think HD does. Oh and i don't know which means what.
Edit: Anyway i suppose you could try and test it by plugging another mouse in your comp and see if the problem is still there, preferably one of the same type(variable control).
Title: Mouse problems
Post by: Manta on July 26, 2005, 09:36:07 PM
Well, I'm absolutely sure I changed no variables besides raising sensitivity. This mouse isn't really old and it's a laser. I can't pin down the problem; all I know is that I can't aim downwards as well anymore. I think it's more of a physical problem (carpal tunnel development?), as I keep hitting the mouse on the wrist portion of my mousepad before I can look all the way down. The only reason this confuses me is because I used to be able to look all the way down without this problem.
Title: Mouse problems
Post by: Dirty Harry Potter on July 26, 2005, 09:39:46 PM
yea well, malevolent admins can change your settings with the right plugins afaik, check them out anyway. or if it only occurs in NS, try to reinstall or alternatively start a fresh config file(fresh as in the whole file, not just reset the controls to default :p) if you cba to do a full reinstall.
Title: Mouse problems
Post by: Manta on July 26, 2005, 10:00:48 PM
All right, I'll try that. It sucks having a fatal weakness.
Title: Mouse problems
Post by: Dirty Harry Potter on July 26, 2005, 10:15:11 PM
ah there we go, found the pitch and yaw settings: m_pitch and m_yaw mine are set to:
m_pitch "0.022000" m_yaw "0.022"
those may or may not be change according to sensitivity but i doubt it, anyway they should be the same value as far as i know. They're both found in the config.cfg file btw.
Title: Mouse problems
Post by: Goldy on July 27, 2005, 07:07:51 AM
If you end up needing a new mouse, this one beats all: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16826105122 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826105122)
Title: Mouse problems
Post by: Dirty Harry Potter on July 27, 2005, 07:49:51 AM
i can vouch for the MX1000 laser mouse :D, really nice mouse.
Title: Mouse problems
Post by: Dubbilex on July 27, 2005, 07:57:29 AM
I'm using that baby right now (edit: the intellimouse, curse you DHP). I actually am probably getting a new mouse and soon; this one often has this strange habit of registering a double-click when I've only clicked once (just imagine my dismay in trying to play, oh, Solitaire when I need to click on the deck for my next card and end up clicking twice. Or, picture me playing CSS when, after I pull the pin on a grenade, I immediately throw it at the nearest wall wall and blow myself to hell).
'Course, I would just call this simple wear and tear. I've had the thing for going on three years.
Title: Mouse problems
Post by: Manta on July 27, 2005, 08:04:28 AM
Bah, my pitch and yaw were already at those same values. I think it's just a physical problem that has developed somehow. I'll just wait a few days before trying again; maybe I unconsciously changed the way I move my mouse (I barely even move my hand).
Title: Mouse problems
Post by: 2_of_8 on July 27, 2005, 08:55:44 AM
Uhh... you might have a trackball, and the vertical scroller thing might be dirty :D
Title: Mouse problems
Post by: Bryan on July 27, 2005, 11:31:11 AM
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i can vouch for the MX1000 laser mouse :D, really nice mouse.
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im with you i liked mine so much i bought one for work as well. fits me hand perfect!
Bryan
Title: Mouse problems
Post by: Manta on July 27, 2005, 11:52:57 AM
No, 2_of_8, I have a laser.
Title: Mouse problems
Post by: SgtFury on July 28, 2005, 05:56:20 AM
It still could be dirt. I think. Im sure I had a hair one time on the bottom of my laser and that then blocks off how much of the surface it sees changing. check it anyway.
Title: Mouse problems
Post by: a civilian on August 03, 2005, 03:12:05 PM
You can increase m_pitch to increase your sensitivity on the vertical axis.
Title: Mouse problems
Post by: Manta on August 03, 2005, 08:51:34 PM
That's neat. Maybe I can use it to flapjack as a lerk. :ph34r: