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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / August 2006button assignment for gaming mouse ??
Hi there, I am a casual player of Half Life 2 Deathmatch for the past 2 years. Only a few days ago I bought I gaming mouse, Logitech MX510. I tried to play with it just as with the usual 3-button mouse, and I did not feel how my game could be improved with the gaming mouse. I use my right hand with the WSAD buttons to move, and to switch weapons. I use my left hand with the mouse with 2 buttons to aim and to fire. I wish I could incorporate easy switching of the weapons into the mouse buttons (e.g. one-button push to bring up magnum or the grav gun for grenade throw), but none of them seems comfortable to me. Perhaps, I should switch to using the mouse with my right hand, and make the movements forward-sideways by pressing the buttons (arrows ?) with my left hand. I tried to find on the Internet the sample configurations of binding the buttons to the mouse buttons, but I was unable to. This probably mean that everyone assigns only one (not many) functions to the mouse extra buttons (everyone assigns different functions of their own interest), and it does not work well either. Can anybody suggest the configuration and the rationale behind of it ? Thanks. .. Hey I'll bite. I've never owned or even used any gaming mice, but IF I did, I imagine that I'd assign one of the buttons on my thumb side (assuming you hold it with your right hand) to a grenade. On my wheel mouse, I have the wheel assigned to cycle through the different weapons, and after a bit, you get a really good feel for how far to flick it and it becomes arguably the fastest way to switch between your favorite armaments. I use "Q" a lot when I'm playing too, to switch to the previous weapon, so maybe you could use that for the other button on the thumb side. I dunno, it really is personal preference as to what to set the buttons to. I myself can't really think of anything that a mouse button could do faster/better/quicker than a keyboard shortcut, that's why I don't have a gaming mouse. :-D To each his/her own though. Hope that shed some light for ya, Acercanto > Hi there, > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > ... Thanks for your reply. However, in my experience, the people who do not use gaming mouse cannot comment on the usefulness or uselessness of buttons. .. > Hey I'll bite. I've never owned or even used any gaming mice, but IF I > did, I imagine that I'd assign one of the buttons on my thumb side [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > > > ... Quite true, hence my preface ;-) Have a goodun, Acer > Thanks for your reply. However, in my experience, the people who do not > use gaming mouse cannot comment on the usefulness or uselessness of > buttons. > > ... On 8/18/2006 2:22 AM minnesotti brightened our day with: > Thanks for your reply. However, in my experience, the people who do not > use gaming mouse cannot comment on the usefulness or uselessness of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I've got an MX1000, it has effectively 10 buttons and I use them all. I use the scroll wheel to go through weapons, there is a scroll right and left function that I often use for lean left and lean right, or to toggle between targets. I use my middle thumb button for "use", the far thumb button usually for "grenade" and the close thumb button, in HL2, for the Gravity Gun. I use the cruise up and cruise down buttons for "suit zoom" and "flashlight". I customize my buttons individually for every game I play but I definitely use all of them. In games like Doom 3 and Quake 4, I have just about all of my extra mouse buttons bound to different weapons. If you're using a logitech gaming mouse, go to www.logigamer.com and check out the forums to get the most out of it.  SignatureHum... along with me... Hum along with the T.V. Steve > Inglo > On 8/18/2006 2:22 AM minnesotti brightened our day with: >> Thanks for your reply. However, in my experience, the people who do not [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > If you're using a logitech gaming mouse, go to www.logigamer.com and > check out the forums to get the most out of it. Wow, I don't think I could get the hang of all those.. Whatever floats your boat, man. Acer On 8/18/2006 5:26 PM acercanto brightened our day with: > Wow, I don't think I could get the hang of all those.. > > Whatever floats your boat, man. > > Acer Trust me, when you get used to it, they're indispensable. The fact that the mice these days are so well designed means that using the extra buttons isn't ungainly, I'd be happy with more buttons. I could definitely handle more than the three thumb buttons, which is really just one button that can be clicked three ways. They could attach two more click options and I'd be happy. Think about how many buttons you have access to with your left hand on your keyboard, over 40. That makes the 10 on my mouse seem paltry. SignatureHum... along with me... Hum along with the T.V. Steve > Inglo > On 8/18/2006 5:26 PM acercanto brightened our day with: > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > have access to with your left hand on your keyboard, over 40. That > makes the 10 on my mouse seem paltry. Hmm... It looks to me that everyone is using his gaming mouse with his right hand (with the left hand working on the keyboard). My current scheme is opposite. It is to use the right hand on the keyboard for the movements, and the left hand on the ordinary mouse for aiming/firing. But, in this scheme, I cannot use the extra-buttons on the mouse. So, the challenge for me is to switch the mouse from the left hand to theright hand. At least this is what I now know about using the gaming mouse... .. On 8/19/2006 7:46 PM minnesotti brightened our day with: > >> On 8/18/2006 5:26 PM acercanto brightened our day with: [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > You can get left-handed mice these days: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2135,CONTENTID=11532 SignatureHum... along with me... Hum along with the T.V. Steve > Inglo > You can get left-handed mice these days: > http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2135,CONTENTID=11532 You can also get ambidextrous mice which are just symmetrical, so should feel just as comfortable in either hand :) The razer copperhead is one of these, although after the trouble i've had with the firmware for that mouse, i'm a bit loathed to reccomend it to anyone. SignatureBen Cottrell AKA Bench |
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