• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 15:53
CEST 21:53
KST 04:53
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
uThermal's 2v2 Tour: $15,000 Main Event5Serral wins EWC 202543Tournament Spotlight: FEL Cracow 202510Power Rank - Esports World Cup 202580RSL Season 1 - Final Week9
Community News
Weekly Cups (Jul 28-Aug 3): herO doubles up6LiuLi Cup - August 2025 Tournaments5[BSL 2025] H2 - Team Wars, Weeklies & SB Ladder10EWC 2025 - Replay Pack4Google Play ASL (Season 20) Announced63
StarCraft 2
General
Rogue Talks: "Koreans could dominate again" uThermal's 2v2 Tour: $15,000 Main Event The GOAT ranking of GOAT rankings RSL Revival patreon money discussion thread Official Ladder Map Pool Update (April 28, 2025)
Tourneys
SC2's Safe House 2 - October 18 & 19 LiuLi Cup - August 2025 Tournaments $5,100+ SEL Season 2 Championship (SC: Evo) WardiTV Mondays RSL Season 2 Qualifier Links and Dates
Strategy
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 485 Death from Below Mutation # 484 Magnetic Pull Mutation #239 Bad Weather Mutation # 483 Kill Bot Wars
Brood War
General
ASL Season 20 Ro24 Groups BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ StarCraft player reflex TE scores BW General Discussion Google Play ASL (Season 20) Announced
Tourneys
KCM 2025 Season 3 Small VOD Thread 2.0 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL20] Online Qualifiers Day 2
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates [G] Mineral Boosting Simple Questions, Simple Answers Muta micro map competition
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Total Annihilation Server - TAForever Beyond All Reason [MMORPG] Tree of Savior (Successor of Ragnarok)
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine The Games Industry And ATVI European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
INnoVation Fan Club SKT1 Classic Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
[\m/] Heavy Metal Thread [Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion! Anime Discussion Thread Korean Music Discussion
Sports
2024 - 2025 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Gtx660 graphics card replacement Installation of Windows 10 suck at "just a moment" Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
TeamLiquid Team Shirt On Sale The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Gaming After Dark: Poor Slee…
TrAiDoS
[Girl blog} My fema…
artosisisthebest
Sharpening the Filtration…
frozenclaw
ASL S20 English Commentary…
namkraft
momentary artworks from des…
tankgirl
from making sc maps to makin…
Husyelt
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 730 users

Enhance Pointer Precision Option on Windows - Page 2

Forum Index > Tech Support
Post a Reply
Prev 1 2 3 4 Next All
Ndugu
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1078 Posts
September 28 2010 22:43 GMT
#21
Everyone should have that off-- impressed how many people do. Shows TL isn't a bunch of n00bs :D
TheAngelofDeath
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2033 Posts
September 28 2010 22:44 GMT
#22
I never use it. Ever. Lol.
"Infestors are the suck" - LzGamer
theqat
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States2856 Posts
September 28 2010 22:46 GMT
#23
It does the opposite of what its name would lead you to believe it does. Turn it off, always
Grebliv
Profile Joined May 2006
Iceland800 Posts
September 28 2010 22:46 GMT
#24
Easy option off, if you wan't accel go other ways about it preferably, the windows accel is bad.
ESV Mapmaking!
Stool
Profile Joined July 2010
United States15 Posts
September 28 2010 22:48 GMT
#25
What about the 'Reduce Mouse Lag' option under the SC2 Graphics options? Does that affect anything regarding control and should I have it on or off?
Vei
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2845 Posts
September 28 2010 22:49 GMT
#26
i'm so used to it, i'm low diamond 1200 and have it on... i can't believe i'm SO in the minority though lol
www.justin.tv/veisc2 ~ 720p + commentary
Genome852
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States979 Posts
September 28 2010 22:50 GMT
#27
Have it off from all the years of playing CS competitively.

Windows still has some accel after disabling the option though, but I don't notice it much, and CPL mousefix doesn't actually do anything for Windows 7.
pksens
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom156 Posts
September 28 2010 22:52 GMT
#28
/stumped that people don't use acceleration fixes.

If u have an accelfix, this setting does nothing.
DefMatrixUltra
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada1992 Posts
September 28 2010 22:53 GMT
#29
The difference between being "good" at something and excelling at something can often be found in the small details. Sure, you can be "good" at playing any PC game with mouse acceleration on. However, if you have it off, you now have a 1:1 ratio and can make use of one of the most powerful abilities humans have: muscle memory.

The difference between the two cases is enormous:

1. If I move the mouse X distance at Y speed, I get Z result.
2. If I move the moues X distance, I get Y result.

Human muscle memory takes incredible advantage of the second case. It is so much simpler for your brain and hand to coordinate in the second case. Sure, you can teach yourself the 1st case, but you are just making it more difficult for yourself. Removing barriers of difficulty in any task will help you perform that task better.

Having mouse acceleration on is, in my mind, akin to only using odd numbers for hotkeys or disabling your "a" key, forcing yourself to click. It just makes the same task less intuitive and more difficult.
G2Wolf
Profile Joined July 2010
United States261 Posts
September 28 2010 22:53 GMT
#30
On September 29 2010 07:49 Vei wrote:
i'm so used to it, i'm low diamond 1200 and have it on... i can't believe i'm SO in the minority though lol

You're in the minority because you could do so much better with accel off.
www.twitter.com/g2wolf
BcGladiator
Profile Joined July 2010
United States58 Posts
September 28 2010 22:53 GMT
#31
Hot damn, I have never even heard of this before. Sure enough, I check my mouse pointer options and its on. . . Now I have to retrain myself, I've been using it without even knowing it
Angry_Fetus
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada444 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-28 22:59:01
September 28 2010 22:54 GMT
#32
On September 29 2010 07:50 Genome852 wrote:
Have it off from all the years of playing CS competitively.

Windows still has some accel after disabling the option though, but I don't notice it much, and CPL mousefix doesn't actually do anything for Windows 7.


the MarkC fix works on 7

On September 29 2010 07:48 Stool wrote:
What about the 'Reduce Mouse Lag' option under the SC2 Graphics options? Does that affect anything regarding control and should I have it on or off?


It does what it says, reduces mouse lag. This is done by controlling the games ability to dedicate priority to frames/sec, as is sometimes the case. This will often result in slight stutters in mouse movement. However, turning the option on could have a drastic effect on your overall framerate.
mOnion
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5657 Posts
September 28 2010 22:54 GMT
#33
enhance pointer precision is absolute trash
☆★☆ 7486!!! Join the Ban mOnion Anti-Trolling Initiative! - Caller | "on a scale of machine to 10, how bad is that Zerg?" - LZgamer | you are the new tl.net bonjwa monion, congrats - Rekrul | "Cheeseburgers dynamite lilacs" - Chill
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10340 Posts
September 28 2010 22:55 GMT
#34
This actually shouldn't make any difference in most games as DirectInput has no acceleration regardless of Windows settings.
AdministratorTwitter: @R1CH_TL
Glacius0
Profile Joined July 2010
Netherlands66 Posts
September 28 2010 22:56 GMT
#35
I have a theory that mouse acceleration can be more precise if you have to click really small targets and still want to keep fast mouse movement for big imprecise moves.

In SC2 I seem to be needing both:
- I make big fast imprecise movements to scroll the screen or select a big group of units.
- I make small subtle movements like selecting individual units in a clump or spawn larva on hatcheries on a minimap.

Now I know that a lot of people say mouse acceleration is bad regardless. Can anyone explain how this example would be easier without it? I don't quite think I understand. It seems to me that disabled mouse acceleration only helps for precise twitch movement that is needed a lot in shooters. At the very least both options seem viable to me.
zak
Profile Joined April 2010
Korea (South)1009 Posts
September 28 2010 22:56 GMT
#36
rofl I turned it off to try and see how much better it would be but it SUCKS with it off. Accel is the way to go!
You know how to gain a victory, but not use it - maharbal
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
September 28 2010 22:57 GMT
#37
On September 29 2010 07:56 zak wrote:
rofl I turned it off to try and see how much better it would be but it SUCKS with it off. Accel is the way to go!

can you or someone who agrees explain what makes you use it? I can't see anyone being comfortable with it after using both settings for a long period of time. I had it on accidentally for a while in BW and felt so much better after I had it off after just a few days.
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
G2Wolf
Profile Joined July 2010
United States261 Posts
September 28 2010 23:00 GMT
#38
On September 29 2010 07:56 zak wrote:
rofl I turned it off to try and see how much better it would be but it SUCKS with it off. Accel is the way to go!

Try leaving it off for more than 5 minutes. Give it a week and you'll be much better with it off.
www.twitter.com/g2wolf
HaIf
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada234 Posts
September 28 2010 23:04 GMT
#39
Hmm, I had it on for pretty much forever, I'll try playing for a few weeks without it and see how it goes.

I have to adjust all my settings though
life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery
Jochan
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Poland1730 Posts
September 28 2010 23:04 GMT
#40
I never ever use any acceleration, precision, speed, software options on my mouse. Strange habit I picked up way back, like 10 years ago, when I was playing FPS games like CS 1.6. I remember it screwed up the game back then, no idea if it still applies, but hey, habits are strange.
"(...)all in the game, yo. All in the game"
Prev 1 2 3 4 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
15:00
Group Stage Day 1
WardiTV995
uThermal899
IndyStarCraft 250
TKL 235
SteadfastSC202
LamboSC2174
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
uThermal 899
IndyStarCraft 250
TKL 235
SteadfastSC 202
LamboSC2 174
ZombieGrub91
BRAT_OK 81
goblin 41
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 19001
Calm 3070
ggaemo 515
Jaedong 386
Larva 294
actioN 187
TY 38
Aegong 33
Mong 18
yabsab 13
[ Show more ]
IntoTheRainbow 8
NaDa 7
ivOry 3
Stormgate
B2W.Neo210
JuggernautJason109
RushiSC32
UpATreeSC4
Counter-Strike
fl0m1983
Heroes of the Storm
Liquid`Hasu466
Khaldor155
Other Games
gofns11572
Grubby2978
Beastyqt389
KnowMe167
Fuzer 109
oskar106
Livibee78
Trikslyr57
EmSc Tv 14
Organizations
Other Games
EmSc Tv 14
StarCraft 2
EmSc2Tv 14
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 20 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• kabyraGe 333
• davetesta23
• tFFMrPink 13
• sooper7s
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• Migwel
• intothetv
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
StarCraft: Brood War
• 80smullet 27
• FirePhoenix10
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• masondota21096
• WagamamaTV775
League of Legends
• TFBlade1099
Other Games
• imaqtpie1454
• Shiphtur282
Upcoming Events
RSL Revival
6h 7m
RSL Revival
14h 7m
SC Evo League
16h 7m
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
19h 7m
CSO Cup
20h 7m
Sparkling Tuna Cup
1d 14h
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
1d 19h
Wardi Open
2 days
RotterdaM Event
2 days
Replay Cast
3 days
[ Show More ]
RSL Revival
3 days
The PondCast
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
LiuLi Cup
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

ASL Season 20: Qualifier #2
FEL Cracow 2025
CC Div. A S7

Ongoing

Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
BSL 20 Team Wars
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 3
BSL 21 Qualifiers
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
HCC Europe
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025

Upcoming

ASL Season 20
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
BSL Season 21
BSL 21 Team A
RSL Revival: Season 2
Maestros of the Game
SEL Season 2 Championship
WardiTV Summer 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
MESA Nomadic Masters Fall
CS Asia Championships 2025
Roobet Cup 2025
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.