I used to be able to kick ass in Quake 2 with my Logitech Trackman Marble. Trackballs are definitely a great controller for gaming.
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:57:05 -0400, Angel Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The adapters don't give you as much control as you think. > The sensitivity is controlled by the in game controller sensitivity sliders > for each game. And even with these turned all the way > up, it isn't as sensitive as most PC gamers would like. So you end up needing > a fairly broad area to move your mouse, and can't go a > full 180 with just a twitch. > > It is still more accurate than the analog sticks, and more familiar to PC > users, but this iteration of the hardware doesn't cover > all the bases yet. We may have to wait for version 2.0 to include some sort > of 'sensitivity' gain. > > -Gel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yeah. Marathon was like that. And that was while PC guys were stuck in the > flatlands of Doom. > > I played Halo a little when it first came out but I wasn't terribly > impressed. My biggest problem was with the controls of a FPS on > a console. No matter how hard or fast you jam that controller stick to the > side, there's still a limit to how fast your guy is going > to turn around. Whereas with a mouse, there is a lot more control over the > motion. When I set up a new game I tune the game's mouse > speed so that I can twitch it a certain distance and I know that I'll be > immediately facing exactly 180-degrees from where I > started. > > I know there are adapters now that let you connect a mouse and keyboard to > get the highest level of control, so maybe I'll give it > another go. > > And as an old-school Marathon fan, I'm intrigued by the Halo story. > But I hear the SP is somewhat lacking and the real action is MP and I'm > hesitant to pay yet another service fee just to play online. > > -Kevin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135120 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
