Might be some weird questions, and the answers may be so logical that I'm
not thinking of them, but here goes: If you have to move the mouse in the
direction you want to go, what happens when you run out of mouse pad or
desktop space but want to continue moving in the same direction? How does
picking the mouse up and placing it back on a surface affect movement and
game play? If you are being attacked, and are running away, mightn't you
get caught by the pursuer if you stop movement by picking up the mouse at
that time?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Mouse Support in Games
Hi Dark,
Dark wrote:
not much for standard gameplay, but if it were offering an alternate
gameplay style or effect such as faster, more analogue targiting, then
possible.
I however don't see the need to use a mouse in for instance bog
standard walking left/right movements.
my response:
Well, this is always completely a personal choice, but most people who
grew up using a mouse, as I did, find the mouse more natural,
smoother, and even quicker to use than a keyboard. The mouse also
gives you more suddle control over movement, but of course if you
aren't very good with handling a mouse in general it will over
compensate for your drastic movements etc. There is an art to using a
mouse, and it really shows in games like Rail Racer where you can
really do more precise leans/turns when hitting the curves.
Dark wrote:
Maybe, however only if the 5 button mouse meant somethign important to
the game as in the above answer.
my response:
Well, you can think of a five button or eight button mouse as another
type of joystick. It simply gives you more buttons for firing,
speaking status, etc. Basically, all the things a keyboard could do
except in an alternative input device. Advantages/disadvantages would
all depend on the type of game. In Mysteries of the Ancients there is
really nothing special the mouse can do other than be a smaller more
responsive input device. In something like Mysteries of the Sith it
could have more specific/special use as a hand-held game controller
for a light saber etc.
Smile.
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