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Is there some sort of secret? No matter what sensitivity my mouse is set to I seem to get stuck when turning. On a controller I can turn completely in a circle, but not with a mouse unless i'm missing something. I'm willing to accept that I might be an idiot. But seriously how to people do it? It just feels so unatural. Sorry if this is a dumb question, because I think it's a dumb question too.

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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you can't turn in a circle with your mouse, your sensitivity is too low. Crank it up until you can do a 360 comfortably without lifting it and repositioning. I have no idea why this advice suddenly became "lower the sensitivity and just use your whole arm across your whole desk" but, that shit sucks. Especially if you don't have room.

It's a good idea to disable acceleration and, when possible, use RAW input for the mouse so it moves 1:1 with your hand. You can do this in most competitive heavy games, and you might want to also disable acceleration (mouse smoothing) in Windows' own settings.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

I have no idea why this advice suddenly became "lower the sensitivity and just use your whole arm across your whole desk"

Because that's how you get the greatest level of precision.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Not really. Long time ago I was used to a mouse with ~3000 dpi and after a few years I was extremely precise with it. Also faster, obviously.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Yes, really. Speed /= precision.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 3 points 22 hours ago

Did you miss the "extremely precise" part? So no, not really.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 20 hours ago

No, I didn't miss anything. "Precise" is relative term. Whatever skills you developed increasing precision can be applied and further improved with a lower DPI over a larger area.

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