Using the MX-700 in games.

[BoomAM]

Hi,
Ive been using my MX700 for the last week now, and find that it is great for games, but, is there anyway to make games recognise the extra buttons as "mouse 3,4,5,6,7,8".
The only way that i can get them working in games is to set them to emulate keyboard keys, such as CTRL&SHIFT, like i did with my old Intellimouse Optical.

 

[BoomAM]

BUMP
Going up in the world(well these forums, but...)

 

[Thecatmandude]

Have you considered using the intellipoint software with the logitech mouse.
you can program 5 of the buttons.

 

[Cabana]

I can get 1-5 to work (the two main, scroll button, and 2 side), but not the auto-scroll or program select buttons. This is in Halflife.

 

[BoomAM]

Ive sorta found a way around the problem. Ive assigned the two thumb buttons to shift/control. Most games detect these fine now. BUT
For some reason, they stop working, although the mouse propeties says that they are still assigned, so i have to set them to defaults, and then re-assign them again. No biggie, but its dam annoying.
UT2003/U2 wont recongnise the buttons in default mode, or when they are re-assigned to a keyboard key.
I dont have the scroll wheel problem though, which most people have, i think.

 

[Cabana]

I didn't have to assign my side buttons to anything, they register as Mouse 4 and Mouse 5. I do have the problem where they stop working while playing and the only thing to do is reboot, although they still work in Windows. That's sort of annoying.

 

[Thecatmandude]

Your buttons will stop working in most games if they use direct input or open gl
mouseware detects them and turns itself off.
It is supposed to reenable when when you leave the game. and return to a windows environment. the next rendition of mouseware is supposed to fix some of these issues.

 

[bunker]

Logitech's answer

 

[BoomAM]

For some reason, Project IGI detects the two thumb buttons as mouse 4&5. Where as most other games, detect them as Shift/Control(like i set them).

Does anyone have any ideas how to get the thumb buttons working in U2/UT2003?