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Kennigit *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada19447 Posts
May 16 2007 09:34 GMT
#21
Logitech G5
2000 DPI set to Max for everything else
bout 1000 for SC
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Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
May 16 2007 09:45 GMT
#22
2000 DPI on my Logitech G5 :O

Works well
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davidgurt
Profile Joined September 2006
United States1355 Posts
May 16 2007 09:47 GMT
#23
1800 DPI, Razer Copperhead, Sensitivity 2.5
There's crashing?
davidgurt
Profile Joined September 2006
United States1355 Posts
May 16 2007 09:47 GMT
#24
On May 16 2007 15:31 ilovezil wrote:
Hold on. Explain the sensitivity thing to me. All I did was blindly set my DPI to 1600 and hit max on window's acceleration.


Acceleration is bad for gaming.
There's crashing?
Ack1027
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States7873 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-05-16 09:50:19
May 16 2007 09:48 GMT
#25
You should always put your mouse at highest dpi.

I don't get people that say you can't control it. That's ridiculous. Why did you bother buying the mouse anyway if you aren't even gonna use it's full potential. You might say just for the better stock tracking but that's hardly THAT much of a difference.

Just lower your sens and it'll feel the same as 400 or whatever. It is very very easy to get used to 1600 or more dpi, hell I'd expect at least that much from people at a starcraft forum.

The only times you should use around 400 dpi is if you're an artist or something and you need very specific detail.

Edit: Also it's important to use the highest hertz of your mouse as well. Most usb ports limit this.
Refer to this extremely helpful thread, works for most newer mice:

http://teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=41584
Knickknack
Profile Joined February 2004
United States1187 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-05-16 09:55:38
May 16 2007 09:54 GMT
#26
deathadder
1800dpi
3 in razer sens, 6(standard) in win pointer speed
0 accel
rough side of func1030
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XCetron
Profile Joined November 2006
5226 Posts
May 16 2007 09:55 GMT
#27
A4 Tech X7-18 series.
1600 DPI, max speed in control panel.
infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
May 16 2007 09:57 GMT
#28
On May 16 2007 18:48 Ack1027 wrote:
You should always put your mouse at highest dpi.

I don't get people that say you can't control it. That's ridiculous. Why did you bother buying the mouse anyway if you aren't even gonna use it's full potential. You might say just for the better stock tracking but that's hardly THAT much of a difference.

Just lower your sens and it'll feel the same as 400 or whatever. It is very very easy to get used to 1600 or more dpi, hell I'd expect at least that much from people at a starcraft forum.

The only times you should use around 400 dpi is if you're an artist or something and you need very specific detail.

Edit: Also it's important to use the highest hertz of your mouse as well. Most usb ports limit this.
Refer to this extremely helpful thread, works for most newer mice:

http://teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=41584

I bought my Razer because it's a good brand. Its design is superior to most (if not all) mouse manufacturers. I've experimented with all sorts of different speeds from max (1600) to about 400. Interestingly enough, I found that I play better on 400 than I do on 1600. But I ended up settling at around 800.

You don't buy mice just for the DPI. You buy it for the ergonomics, the quality, the feel.

btw my mouse is set to 1000 Hz ~_~
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Kacas
Profile Joined July 2003
Brazil3143 Posts
May 16 2007 10:33 GMT
#29
2000 dpi

speed 9!

Razer Copperhead
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LazySCV
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
United States2942 Posts
May 16 2007 10:57 GMT
#30
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Haemonculus
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States6980 Posts
May 16 2007 10:59 GMT
#31
I've got a razer viper. From memory, I think it's 1600 DPI. I've got it on max sensitivity. Dunno what my acceleration is set to, either min or max.
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JimBobRay
Profile Joined May 2005
128 Posts
May 16 2007 11:05 GMT
#32
Can someone tell me the difference between speed and sensitivity in razer mouse settings? I dont have one. Do logitech mice follow the same terminology (with the same meaning)?
Has anyone ever tried diplomacy in starcraft?
gameguard
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Korea (South)2132 Posts
May 16 2007 11:06 GMT
#33
I think someone has to ask this. How the hell do you change DPI?
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5528 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-05-16 11:17:49
May 16 2007 11:09 GMT
#34
Okay this must be cleared up, your mouse dpi can only be changed if you have a mouse specially designed to support it, aka most gaming mice. If you are unsure on whether or not you can change dpi, you cant.

1600 in windows, 1200 dpi in sc with windows mouse acceleration at 6 which is supposed to be 1:1 aka it doesnt skip pixels in order to move the cursor faster.

XCetron I have the x750, can you overclock your usb polling rate with your mouse?
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Haemonculus
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States6980 Posts
May 16 2007 11:13 GMT
#35
On May 16 2007 20:06 gameguard wrote:
I think someone has to ask this. How the hell do you change DPI?


I don't think you can... DPI measures the accuracy of the mouse's physical hardware. Like, how small of a change in distance can it measure?
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JimBobRay
Profile Joined May 2005
128 Posts
May 16 2007 11:28 GMT
#36
On May 16 2007 20:09 jimminy_kriket wrote:

1600 in windows, 1200 dpi in sc with windows mouse acceleration at 6 which is supposed to be 1:1 aka it doesnt skip pixels in order to move the cursor faster.



I may be misunderstanding you, but why is the dpi for 1:1 mouse movement vs pixel coverage different in SC from in windows? I imagine it is the resolution, but sc runs at 640x480, and I imagine most people run windows at 1024x768 or higher; 640/1024 = .625, while 1200/1600 (dpi) =.75. These are different ratios.
Has anyone ever tried diplomacy in starcraft?
Zanno
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1484 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-05-16 11:37:13
May 16 2007 11:36 GMT
#37
On May 16 2007 17:51 TheosEx wrote:
I was under the impression that DPI increases the accuracy of your mouse movements as well as the reaction time. For example, if you try to quickly select a group of units in BW with a cheap mouse, your "box selection" will start off a bit late.
there are more factors than just dpi involved there, but i imagine it can't hurt
And oh, since people mentioned it... back when I play Counter-strike, I measured my sensitivity based on how many 360's I could do too. On 1024x768 resolution, my CS sensitivity was 18.5, and full Windows sensitivity. That's about 6x 360s per mousepad slide.
unless you have a mousepad the size of a pillow, that's way too freaking high. "average" sens at even the most basic of competitive fps levels is considered about 30 cm/1 foot per 360, slow paced games like cs are frequently lower, fast paced games like quake/ut are occasionally higher. it's all a matter of playstyle and preference, but i have no idea how you can accurately headshot with such a ridiculous sens (maybe you're bad at cs?)
aaaaa
gameguard
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Korea (South)2132 Posts
May 16 2007 11:40 GMT
#38
i feel my sens is too low for SC... but I also play CS so it cant be helped. The scroll speed on SC is just the speed at which the sceen moves when u get to the edge of it, correct? To change sense on SC you have to do it from windows setting?
TheosEx
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States894 Posts
May 16 2007 15:04 GMT
#39
On May 16 2007 20:36 Zanno wrote:
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On May 16 2007 17:51 TheosEx wrote:
I was under the impression that DPI increases the accuracy of your mouse movements as well as the reaction time. For example, if you try to quickly select a group of units in BW with a cheap mouse, your "box selection" will start off a bit late.
there are more factors than just dpi involved there, but i imagine it can't hurt
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And oh, since people mentioned it... back when I play Counter-strike, I measured my sensitivity based on how many 360's I could do too. On 1024x768 resolution, my CS sensitivity was 18.5, and full Windows sensitivity. That's about 6x 360s per mousepad slide.
unless you have a mousepad the size of a pillow, that's way too freaking high. "average" sens at even the most basic of competitive fps levels is considered about 30 cm/1 foot per 360, slow paced games like cs are frequently lower, fast paced games like quake/ut are occasionally higher. it's all a matter of playstyle and preference, but i have no idea how you can accurately headshot with such a ridiculous sens (maybe you're bad at cs?)



That's not a ridiculous sensitivity. It's been a long time since I've played, but back when I played, that just a little bit higher than the average sensitivity for MOST good CS Snipers (from general consensus of other friends who played and asking online).

I bet that since then, gameplay has changed dramatically in CS. At the time, it fit gameplay perfect. Most people didn't have a clue on how to take out a well-positioned experienced sniper using different types of "tricks." CS now had shields, different flash grenade effects, etc. that have probably changed the game quite a bit. At that time, a good sniper was a sniper who can keep watch of two or more locations at the same time. On some maps even, it was particularly easy to get "shanked" (or knifed) because of the relative close proximity of bases. Therefore, it was necessary to have high sensitivity to be able to constantly monitor all 360 degrees. Games were so much more fast paced back then too. I noticed that when I left, clan matches started to get really slow (i.e. terrorist teams literally crawling to the bomb location on de_ maps). People also started to get really good with AKs and M4s to the point where a sniper could get sniped himself with one. I don't know if I can really explain all of this that well, but I kid you not... that's what my sensitivity was.
ocoini
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
648 Posts
May 16 2007 15:38 GMT
#40
2000... but im just as shitty as befor
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