Flying Attack Heli w/ mouse and keyboard..

2006-03-24 07:21:25

#1

risson: Member; +17|7223|Wisconsin

Just a quick question for those of you that fly w/ the mouse and keyboard...

- and yes... I did a search.. -

I've been flying w/ my trusty Logitech Freedom 2.4, but lately I've been teaming up w/ some guys that are flying w/ a mouse and keyboard.. they can by far, out maneuver me when it comes to avoiding TV guided missles, barrel rolls and other tactical avoidance measures..

I was wondering what mouse settings / sensitivity that help do these actions? Do you change the controls just for the heli or also for the main mouse control settings?

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

RiSSoN

2006-03-24 07:27:22

#2

CrazeD: Member; +368|7129|Maine

I fly with a stick and I can dodge missles easy enough. Dodging a TV missle is quite easy if you see it coming...depending what machine you're in of course. The havok responds like a confused cow.

But, on to your question.

I would imagine changing the mouse sensitivity under 'Helicopter' would improve your rolls, then increasing the yaw and pitch would increase your keyboard buttons so you could roll and move faster.

I find the best way to dodge TV missles, is when you're in a dogfight try to stay at around 1/2 - 3/4 throttle. That way, when you see a missle coming you can roll and goose it and you will swing to the side a bit quicker than you would if you had it on full the whole time.

2006-03-24 07:28:47

#3

polarbearz: Raiders of the Lost Bear; +-1,474|7245|Singapore

Yes. Super high settings on mouse all the way

2006-03-24 07:29:08

#4

Hurricane: Banned; +1,153|7087|Washington, DC

If your Logitech came with a Profiler program or something, you can usually turn up the sensitivity on the axises.

2006-03-24 07:31:50

#5

Chowley: Member; +1|7142|Ireland

Sensitivity- 5.5 or 6. Yaw- 10. Pitch- 7.

I can change the sensitivity on my mouse too for times when i want to make quicker turns. I feel usually though sensitivity over 6 is just too twitchy. Only change the heli controls. Id advise binding reverse view to a mouse button as well, it never hurts to look behind you regularly. You can avoid TV missiles by doing so or a pilot setting you up to hit you with rockets.

2006-03-24 07:33:53

#6

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|7076|Mhz

KB n mouse

Mouse sensitivity set to 10, im still tweakin yaw and pitch

2006-03-24 07:37:11

#7

risson: Member; +17|7223|Wisconsin

Excellent... thanks for the info... I'll try tweaking the mouse...

Now to find how to bind keys for the mouse...

RiSSoN

2006-03-24 07:40:59

#8

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|7076|Mhz

having a mouse with a bollock load of buttons on makes life nice and simple, also havein a mouse that can handle fast motions is good, anything over 15G accelleration (ie most of, if not all the razer range)

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2006-03-24 07:58:16

#9

CrazeD: Member; +368|7129|Maine

TheEternalPessimist wrote:
having a mouse with a bollock load of buttons on makes life nice and simple, also havein a mouse that can handle fast motions is good, anything over 15G accelleration (ie most of, if not all the razer range)

Agreed. I have some crappy 15$ Micro Innovations mouse, with just the two mouse buttons. I need to get me one of those 15 button mice.

If only I had money..

2006-03-24 08:02:00

#10

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|7076|Mhz

Razer copperhead is only like £40 dunno what that is in USD, diamondback is cheaper and thats a feckin good mouse too.

2006-03-24 08:02:51

#11

Chowley: Member; +1|7142|Ireland

blah razer are over rated. Logitech MX518 ftw. The sensitivty adjustment on the fly is invaluable.

2006-03-24 08:04:43

#12

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|7076|Mhz

Chowley wrote:
blah razer are over rated. Logitech MX518 ftw. The sensitivty adjustment on the fly is invaluable.

ahem razer does that too, did it before logitech lol, a LONG time before.. on the fly dpi adjustment and polling rate too. sorry but logi r the overrated ones, more expensive for fewer features, plus there ugly as sin lol

2006-03-24 08:17:41

#13

PunkX: stoned; +198|7080|Canada

I am not too bad of a pilot, though i ABSOLUTELY HATE HINDS!!!!!

But i do not use a Joystick at all! All my flying is down with mouse and keyboard!

2006-03-24 08:39:35

#14

risson: Member; +17|7223|Wisconsin

I have the Logitech MX3000 keyboard and the MX1000 mouse... it has several buttons that I could setup..

How do you bind buttons on the mouse? Set them in the controls?

RiSSoN

2006-03-24 08:48:22

#15

Chowley: Member; +1|7142|Ireland

TheEternalPessimist wrote:
Chowley wrote:
blah razer are over rated. Logitech MX518 ftw. The sensitivty adjustment on the fly is invaluable.
ahem razer does that too, did it before logitech lol, a LONG time before.. on the fly dpi adjustment and polling rate too. sorry but logi r the overrated ones, more expensive for fewer features, plus there ugly as sin lol

You seem to be getting your back up over a mouse. Anyway dont talk about looks when the tacky razer mice are involved, tbh there arent any nice look mice around. I never said razer didnt have dpi adjustment, thats a point I was making about the mx518 it has dpi buttons. From reading countless reviews and opinions from people I played CS with, the razer mice are basically shite.

2006-03-24 08:50:02

#16

Chowley: Member; +1|7142|Ireland

risson wrote:
I have the Logitech MX3000 keyboard and the MX1000 mouse... it has several buttons that I could setup..

How do you bind buttons on the mouse? Set them in the controls?

RiSSoN

Ya the same as binding a keyboard key

2006-03-24 09:08:52

#17

JimKong: Member; +31|7098|Ohio

I'm trying to get my helo controls back to what they were before I reformatted. I had it real smooth before and think I'm close to my old settings. Now I have sensitivity between 3 and 3.4ish. Pith factor 2 and yaw at 1.

2006-03-24 10:04:24

#18

MrSausageLover: Member; +0|7108

Chowley wrote:
TheEternalPessimist wrote:
Chowley wrote:
blah razer are over rated. Logitech MX518 ftw. The sensitivty adjustment on the fly is invaluable.
ahem razer does that too, did it before logitech lol, a LONG time before.. on the fly dpi adjustment and polling rate too. sorry but logi r the overrated ones, more expensive for fewer features, plus there ugly as sin lol
You seem to be getting your back up over a mouse. Anyway dont talk about looks when the tacky razer mice are involved, tbh there arent any nice look mice around. I never said razer didnt have dpi adjustment, thats a point I was making about the mx518 it has dpi buttons. From reading countless reviews and opinions from people I played CS with, the razer mice are basically shite.

im not gettin my back up about anything lol, ur gettin a bit shirty there tho, and you comment did imply that it didnt have adjustable sensitivity

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