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Just Curious How People Play Games

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cubby1223

Lifer
I just want to throw out a question about how people play games & see how the responses are. So the question is, do you play games with the vertical axis normal or inverted? I must have the axis inverted to play games, I cannot do with the "normal" axis, it just throws off all sense of direction. All my friends think I'm weird, and I mean ALL of them, they all live by the "normal" axis, and call be crazy for being different.
 
If I'm flying I use an inverted axis. If I'm on the ground I use normal axis. Why would you use an inverted axis on anything but flying? In BEA I used it for both because there was a bug where it would invert on the ground some of the time.

Edit the only reason it throws off your sense of direction is because your used to it being inverted try playing without immediately switching back and you'll get used to it.
 
I've always played with the mouse inverted in all FPS games since I started playing with the mouse and keyboard back in the Quake 1 days. It just always felt more intuitive to use the inverted axis over the normal axis.
 
Normal axis feels more comfortable for me because I've never used an inverted axis long enough to get used to it.
 
Used to use the inverted axis on the PC but since getting an Xbox I've drifted over to using the normal axis, I can't really explain why.
 
Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
I've always played with the mouse inverted in all FPS games since I started playing with the mouse and keyboard back in the Quake 1 days. It just always felt more intuitive to use the inverted axis over the normal axis.
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Started out with normal and used that for awhile. Then they got a SiN machine at the arcade in the mall and it was inverted. I played that enough to switch to inverted in FPS games but switched back to normal not long after.
 
Originally posted by: Modeps
Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
I've always played with the mouse inverted in all FPS games since I started playing with the mouse and keyboard back in the Quake 1 days. It just always felt more intuitive to use the inverted axis over the normal axis.
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Likewise.
 
Always normal. I've tried inverted for flying games. Meh, it's just what you get used too. Doesn't matter much to me either way after the first few minutes.
 
I'm kinda weird when it comes to my axes. If I'm playing on PC with kb/mouse, it's not inverted, but if I'm playing on a console, I have to invert. If I'm flying anything, always inverted. Come to think of it, I think I have to invert on console games because of the control stick. It's similar enough to a joystick that it doesn't feel right unless it's inverted.
 
I prefer normal but I can play inverted. I just need 5-10 minutes to adjust to the style.
 
Originally posted by: Zelmo3
Originally posted by: Modeps
Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
I've always played with the mouse inverted in all FPS games since I started playing with the mouse and keyboard back in the Quake 1 days. It just always felt more intuitive to use the inverted axis over the normal axis.
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Likewise.
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Me too.
 
Actually, since I first posted, I've been thinking why I decided one day (in the beginning) to use the inverted axis and why it felt "right" for me.

For most of us, the inverted mouse is used mainly in FPS games where your view is usually through the eyes of the person you are controlling. So, like in real life, you push your head forward to look down, and pull it back to look up. Therefore, it always made since for me to use the inverted view, as the mouse would mimic your head movement.

 
Inverted axis for and flying games. Otherwise normal for all others.
After my father taught me to fly planes, no matter who makes them. You pull back to go up, forward to go down. Learned that when I was 5 or 6. At about 22 years of age (I'm 28 now) my dad hot a new quicksilver ultralite. It had what you consider 'normal' axis for the controls. Well needless to say on my first landing I was just going to flare out for a smooth soft landing. Instead I costed myself $5K in repairs as I took a nose dive into the ground because of that fuked of the normal axis :|
 
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