anyone else have the intellimouse optical?

[m1ke101]

i was using my intellimouse optical and starting playing counterstrike. is it me, or is it really jerky? like when i move the mouse quickly from right to left, it either doesn't move very much or does this funny side then diagonal movement. anyone else having this problem or know how to correct it?

 

[fawhfe]

the obvious question is what surface you are using your mouse on?

 

[benjamit]

its optical so any uniform surface so do right?

i started a thread link

also about something similar

 

[Shooters]

I have that mouse and play a lot of first person shooters (not CS though) without any problems. Since the mouse uses an infrared "eye", I've heard that if you're using a mousing surface that is very plain without many patterns, then the eye can't read the surface properly. Also, did you do the "set orientation" thing in the mouse properties?

 

[fawhfe]

Not any. My table is a uniform surface. hell it doesnt even look reflective and my mouse just wont work right on it. (i have an intellimouse optical)

 

[Shooters]

My table is a uniform surface. hell it doesnt even look reflective and my mouse just wont work right on it.

That's exactly what I'm saying. The intellieye looks at the surface and controls your mouse cursor based how the surface moves in relation to the eye. If the surface is extremely uniform then it can't tell which way it's going. Think of it like this: if I put a big completely uniform white sheet in front of your face so that you couldn't see anything else and moved it around would you be able to tell which direction I was moving it? Or course you wouldn't.

 

[EdipisReks]

i would suggest getting a piece of posterboard, cutting out a rectangle, and taping it dull side up on your desk. that should get rid of any problems with the mouse not reading properly. you might have to replace the surface every month, but it is GREAT, at least with the intellimouse explorer that i use (i like this better than my razor boomslang 2000, 3M precise surface combo).

[edit1] the color of your surface doesn't matter nearly as much as the pattern and reflectivity. i got my explorer right after they came out, so i've had a a lot of time to test surfaces. 10 sheets of notebook paper taped down real tight works great too, but it tends to bunch with humidity after about a week. as long as your surface is smooth, non-reflective and has a distinct pattern, you should be fine. Shooters 100% right that uniformity of pattern is actually not a good thing. if the pattern repeats over and over in nearly the same pattern, the mouse gets confused. it can't tell one similar area from another. thats what is great about paper: it has a very distinct and random pattern that is easily read by the mouse. its also tres' cheap anyone else find it funny that best buy displays the optical mice on a mirror?

[edit2] i hate the "set orientation", as i never sit quite the same way, and it bothers me. personal taste.
--jacob

 

[KennyH]

I myself as well as many of my friends play CS and we all have tried optical mice and all have had the jerking motion in the pointer, especially when jumping and turning fast in air. You know what I mean if it has happened to you. You end up shooting the ground or the air, very annoying The solution - had to send everyone of them back and go back to the good ol' ball mice. Those intellimice just glitch up when moving extremely fast when in the heat of battle

 

[Scouzer]

Pfft my Logitech Optical has had precision movement... just the occasional look at the ground and spin.. happens about once an hour...otherwise its fine. My old mouse ball was so cheesy I'd puke going back to it!

 

[KennyH]

As you see, I did not mention the Logitech only the Intellimouse. We bought five and sent back five. I would much rather clean my mouse out than miss a frag in a clan match

 

[m1ke101]

aw darn, that means i have to send this piece of junk back? that sucks. but then again i can't afford to have stupid deaths in cs because my mouse screwed me up. and its kind of sad giving the excuse "it was my mouse".

 

[JugStafe]

i got one also, i've had problems with the comp freezing up when i scroll down webpages and such. I've even formated the comp and switched from usb to ps2. Even with drivers installed or uninstalled it will sometimes lock up the comp when i scroll down on a webpage, anyone else have same problem???

 

[GHz]

I have an intellimouse optical too, but something weird has been happeneing to it lately, it would randomly turn off the laser and i would have to restart to get the mouse to work again. I dont know why it does that. I'm about to switch it back to the PS2 port from my USB port.

 

[thephew]

I use this mouse for CS; just set the sensitivity so you can move 360 degrees in very little distance. Yeah, you might spazz out from time to time, but I still get 4:1 ratios all the time due to the incredible precision. All about scoutin' a guy in the face while he's in the air. Question; does changing the mouse acceleration in windows affect CS? That would be nice if it did

 

[FordLorider]

Yeah, just check your surface, get the latest drivers from the site or wherever.