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Mouse Acceleration

surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloveddreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
edited December 2009 in Games and Technology
I recently installed Deus Ex 1 on steam, and it comes with a metric shitload of built in mouse acceleration. I've found a way round it, but it makes me wonder;

Does anybody on this forum actually LIKE mouse acceleration in their games? Why do so many games include it?

Because I've never met a single person who likes it! How about you lot?

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  • StreltsyStreltsy Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Mouse acceleration is a horrible, horrible thing for any game that requires even a modicum of precision clicking, and annoying still in those that don't.
    The brain likes consistency, and if you want to improve precision then sensitivity should be kept equal in the usage of everything on the computer. It goes without saying that it's a lot harder to get more precise when the sensitivity is constantly changing.

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  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Mouse acceleration is a horrible, horrible thing for any game that requires even a modicum of precision clicking, and annoying still in those that don't.
    The brain likes consistency, and if you want to improve precision then sensitivity should be kept equal in the usage of everything on the computer. It goes without saying that it's a lot harder to get more precise when the sensitivity is constantly changing.

    See this is what confuses me. Why would any game include it as a default? It drives me up the wall.

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  • StreltsyStreltsy Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    They enable it by default because most people are used to having acceleration, as operating systems often also have the setting on by default.

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Actually, I think that Deus Ex and most other Unreal Engine games detect your mouse settings from Windows and use them in the game, for that consistency that you were talking about.

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  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Actually, I think that Deus Ex and most other Unreal Engine games detect your mouse settings from Windows and use them in the game, for that consistency that you were talking about.

    Not in this case, as I have acceleration turn off by default (on every possible windows and logitech setting).

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