Who all is out there, setting different sensitivities for X and Y on their mouse settings? Does anybody actually do this? (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 7 months ago by ChillDude69@lemmynsfw.com to c/games@lemmy.world

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I've never met anyone who does this. I've never HEARD of anyone who does this. I cannot think of any possible reason WHY anyone would want to do this.

So why is it an option in so many games?

Why do so many games not even offer the option to change the X and Y sensitivity together? For a LOT of games, you have to set both X and Y independently, and make sure that you set them to the same value.

When you can just type in a number, or you can click increase/decrease buttons to advance the numbers, that's fine. But there are some games where it's just sliders, and you have to oh-so-carefully drag each slider, until the readout (which often goes to three digits after the zero) is where you want it.

It's not a huge problem, but I'm just asking: is there even anybody out there, who really wants to have different sensitivities, on each axis?

I'm not judging. I'm just really, really curious.

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[-] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 7 months ago

I think depending on what type of grip you use on your mouse, it might change what sensitivity you want to use. It's easy to cover wider distances with your wrist moving left-right, but harder to cover the same distance using your fingers to move up-down.

[-] ChillDude69@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 7 months ago

That's a really good point. I'm a full-palm-grip sort of mouse user, where I only use the fingers to click, and all the movement come from the arm itself. I suspect that means I'd get less utility out of changing the axis values.

[-] moody@lemmings.world 2 points 7 months ago

I don't usually change the Y sensitivity, but I use a grip sort of halfway between a palm and fingertip grip, where I use my fingers for smaller movements, and my wrist for larger ones, so I can definitely see why some would want to.