EPTPlaying without Mouse Acceleration - Page 3
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Bluerain
United States348 Posts
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
On April 15 2011 04:10 Keldrath wrote: the reason it is considered a disadvantage is because the pointer moves faster/slower based on how fast you are moving the mouse. this causes the amount of movement it takes to close a certain distance inconsistent. which is terrible for muscle memory, since it will never be the same every time. pretty sure enhanced pointer thingy in sc2 has nothing to do with acceleration. | ||
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SheaR619
United States2399 Posts
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Eppa!
Sweden4641 Posts
On April 15 2011 05:16 BeMannerDuPenner wrote: pretty sure enhanced pointer thingy in sc2 has nothing to do with acceleration. It does. Edit (one liners are bad) Mouse accel is not a big disadvantage, several progamers in CS used it. It a small advantage to turn it off not a big one. | ||
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thesauceishot
Canada333 Posts
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Gandalf
Pakistan1905 Posts
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Gandalf
Pakistan1905 Posts
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~Maverick~
United States234 Posts
My mouse is currently at 2400 DPI so I have to turn sc2 ingame sensitivy to 26%. | ||
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Ovi
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Tuxedo
United States134 Posts
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Ovi
164 Posts
On April 15 2011 06:02 Schwang wrote: I just want to chime in and say that you need to keep pointer precision off, as well as use the mousefix to get rid of any mouse acceleration. I come from an FPS background where it is absolutely essential to be even close to good. It may feel strange for the first 100 games or so, but in the long run you will be benefited greatly. Nowadays I can't even use a mouse if it has any acceleration. The mousefix. Can you recommend a program for this? Edit: found it | ||
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QTIP.
United States2113 Posts
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stupidhydro
United States216 Posts
Honestly it'll just take some getting used to but playing games that require mouse accuracy like osu will develop muscle memory faster so just keep working at it. Also, at the beginning of the games when there isn't anything to do (although i guess you could be doubling workers on close patches but that seems pretty insignificant imo) you can try starting your mouse at a point, say right below your nexus, and then move it and try to click exactly on a mineral patch and keep repeating. It's all about getting used to it and unfortunately that takes time. | ||
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andrewasdf
United States3 Posts
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ChaseR
Norway1004 Posts
I experimented with my settings and I found at worst I'll do it in 4 sec and at best in 2 sec, you also get a feel for how much you have to adjust your mouse when you overshoot a corner. And I tried a higher DPI but for some reasons that's always just makes my mouse fly all over the screen lol, however I think low acceleration (MX518) seems to work better for me than without. | ||
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OTIX
Sweden491 Posts
On April 15 2011 07:21 andrewasdf wrote: I don't agree with all the comments to lower your DPI before messing with the mouse settings in Windows. Higher DPI is much more accurate and precise than the artificial setting that Windows uses to adjust mouse sensitivity. I recommend finding a comfortable DPI that allows you to fine tune your sensitivity within the Windows framework, instead of choosing a low DPI arbitrarily. You have it backwards. To get a higher DPI you need a mouse with a more precise sensor but changing the DPI on a specific mouse doesn't affect precision at all, only the speed. At 6/11 in Windows you have 1:1 mapping between the mouse DPI and the screen pixels which is the optimal setting. Going higher than 6 means your pointer will skip pixels on the screen to increase the pointer speed which is bad, going below 6 means that Windows will ignore some of the inputs from the mouse to reduce the pointer speed, this is not a big deal but on certain settings it might give slightly inconsistent behaviour. The best way to train your muscle memory is to play SC2 at the same resolution as your desktop, set Windows to 6/11 and SC2 to 51%. Then adjust the mouse DPI to your preferred speed. There are no shortcuts beyond that, just practice. | ||
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NeXiLe
Canada262 Posts
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andrewasdf
United States3 Posts
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sephius
United Kingdom200 Posts
 Worked for me, but I suppose everyone's different. | ||
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susySquark
United States1692 Posts
On April 15 2011 07:21 andrewasdf wrote: I don't agree with all the comments to lower your DPI before messing with the mouse settings in Windows. Higher DPI is much more accurate and precise than the artificial setting that Windows uses to adjust mouse sensitivity. I recommend finding a comfortable DPI that allows you to fine tune your sensitivity within the Windows framework, instead of choosing a low DPI arbitrarily. This is blatantly wrong - the best way is to adjust DPI, and keep Windows/SC settings the same (if you can). Windows should be 6/11 and SC should be 51-54% (its all the same, SC does it in intervals of 5). DPI is exactly what it sounds like - how many pixels an inch of movement represents. 6/11 on Windows and 51% on SC corresponds with an exact replication of the DPI settings in your computer. So if you have 600 DPI, move the mouse 1 inch, you will move 600 pixels. Changing the windows or SC settings disconnects these measurements - if you make windows slower, moving an inch in real life will correspond to less than 600 pixels, which DROPS some of the signals from your mouse. If you speed up the cursor in windows, an inch in real life is more than 600 pixels, which is more movement than reported by the mouse, which can create jitter and/or loss of precision. If you want to change your mouse speed, change DPI because changing DPI changes just that. The number of pixels moved per inch moved on the mouse. Nothing is wasted, and precision is exactly 1 to 1, as long as acceleration is off. | ||
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