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Mouse Only Players - Gameplay Setup Question and stuff..

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Topic Starter
KoumeSh
To all MOUSE ONLY players, I have some questions to ask...

I made this thread for the reason that the question related here in this forum are all scattered out, and mostly for all gameplay styles,
and I just want to know about how others play using only the mouse.



OLD QUESTIONS FOR OLDER POSTS, DO NOT ANSWER THESE

For posts until p/4035564

So the questions are:

1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed?
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity?
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? Precision mode in osu! is always enabled, but this is different in Windows. So ignore this question.
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?)
5. What kind of mouse you are using?
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution?
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode?
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse?
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?)
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...)

Questions: *ANSWER THIS ONE*
1. Windows' mouse pointer speed: (xx/11)
2. osu!'s mouse sensitivity: (0.4x - 6x)
3. RAW input enabled? (Yes/No)

4. mouse DPI or DPI used during gameplay: (xxxx DPI)
5. type/brand/kind of mouse:
6. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?)
7. How do you hold/grip your mouse?

8. osu!'s screen resolution:
9. borderless fullscreen, fullscreen or windowed mode?

10. problems/issues while you're playing: (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...)


OLD ANSWER OF MINE
1. Wndows: 6/11
2. osu! mouse sensitivity: 1.0x
3. osu! precision: enabled
4. DPI: 1000DPI but I think this is much lower
5. Mouse: Rigid Mouse Elephant (+modifications)
6. osu! resolution: 800x600 or 1024x600
7. Fullscreen mode
8. Grip: Palm Grip
9. Surface: Cloth Mousepad
10. Issues: Fast jumps and annoying patterns

EDIT 1: Quote this for faster editing.

EDIT 2: Updated some questions for newer osu!
-Athena-
Hmm. Windows Pointer speed and osu sensitivity at the default.
I did enable mouse precision in osu! But not in windows settings(there's a big difference).
I don't know my mouse dpi sorry it's crap and didn't even come with a box
Mousepad also cloth crap.
My resolution is 1366x720, I play full screen.
I use the claw grip method.

The main problem any mouse only user will face is streaming.

Edit: finally figured how to separate my text.. I'm an idiot
Lybydose
default
default
precision mode is a rounding error bug fix that should always be enabled. it's completely removed as an option on the test build and always on. oh yeah and it doesn't even do anything if sensitivity is set to default, because there are no rounding errors when multiplying by 1.
3500
deathadder 3500
1024x768
windowed
however I feel like
trading card game playmat
moving the cursor straight up, especially if I have to move it slower than "instantly" (on a slider for example)
-Athena-
Wow lybydose :3. I was about to make a thread like this, my main question is which mouse and mousepad are best for osu! Lol
Topic Starter
KoumeSh

Lybydose wrote:

default
oh yeah and it doesn't even do anything if sensitivity is set to default, because there are no rounding errors when multiplying by 1.
^I didn't know that the precision mode doesn't have an effect when the sensitivity is at default...
-Athena-

anzo-nii wrote:

Lybydose wrote:

default
oh yeah and it doesn't even do anything if sensitivity is set to default, because there are no rounding errors when multiplying by 1.
^I didn't know that the precision mode doesn't have an effect when the sensitivity is at default...
Have you turned off enhance pointer precision in your mouse settings? Not ingame but in control panel itself, trust me it helps
Topic Starter
KoumeSh

-A t H e N a- wrote:

Have you turned off enhance pointer precision in your mouse settings? Not ingame but in control panel itself, trust me it helps
In windows settings, it's turned off..

That "Enhance Pointer Precision" in Windows, I didn't put this in the questions list because I think its common for mouse only players (and for others too) to turn off precision in Windows..
-Athena-
A lot of mouse or mouse + keyboard users I met in game had it turned on, so I was just making sure :D
kriers

anzo-nii wrote:

So the questions are:
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 6/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.0x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? yes
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 450
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Mionix Naos 5000
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1366x768
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? windowed
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? palmed grip (mostly arm for movement)
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) Razer Goliathus Alpha Control Edition
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) no real issue I should be complaining about.
those
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 7/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.0x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? No
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 400 dpi
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical 1.1a
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1024x600
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Windowed
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? Palm grip
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) Game mat, cloth on rubber
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) see kriers
Kuria
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 6/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.1x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? yes
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 800 dpi
5. What kind of mouse you are using? A4TECH X7 XL-747H
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1440x900
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Fullscreen
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? Palm grip
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) Razer Goliathus Alpha Speed Edition
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) Long streams
Hakurouken
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 5/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.0
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? yes
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 1200
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Logitech Wireless Desktop MK 300
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1366x768
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? fullscreen
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? uhm never thought about it, something between palm and claw?
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) wood desktop
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) spinners (max i get is 300 and cant keep it), combolose when starting sliders frequently, and long streams. The spinner is more a problem of myself than the mouse.

A question: Is wireless worse, in what aspect? i have only played osu with wireless so i cant compare, recommendations to improve are welcomed :)
-Athena-
Hmm wireless mouse has delays sometimes, try wired you may improve
Dafydd
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? prolly 5/11 to 6/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.2x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? nope
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) idk (will check on it later)
5. What kind of mouse you are using? logitech (will check on it later)
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1366x768
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? fullscreen
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? fingertip
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) none/smooth wooden surface
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) fast streams, but I'm worse in jumps
Nightfirecat
1. 6/11
2. 1.6 (or 1.5, don't remember)
3. No.
4. 800
5. Microsoft Intellipoint
6. 1680x1050
7. Fullscreen
8. Claw Grip
9. No mousepad; I just use my desk.
10. Long streams, but what else is new?

Honestly, these will vary greatly from person to person - I'm fairly certain that there is no 'magic combination' that will make somebody a great mouse-only player. >_>
Topic Starter
KoumeSh

Nightfirecat wrote:

Honestly, these will vary greatly from person to person - I'm fairly certain that there is no 'magic combination' that will make somebody a great mouse-only player. >_>
^lol... that "magic combination", my own setup is good enough...
Teliko
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 9/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? No. Windows precision is on, though.
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 1600
5. What kind of mouse you are using? RAT 9
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1024x768
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Window
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? Palm
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) Alienware 17x mousepad
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) Getting from left to right hand side of the screen quickly enough on fast songs. Fixing this by gradually increasing mouse sensitivity a small bit every few days.
PaiYuri
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 4/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.0x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? Nope.
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) I don't even know how to check that.
5. What kind of mouse you are using? A USB mouse from Logitech. Can't really say which model.
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1280x800
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? I use windowed mode.
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? ...Normal? I'm not aware of multiple ways to hold a mouse.
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) ...I rather not answer this one.
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) No real problems, but it can be tricky to place it in a comfortable way.
Hakurouken

-A t H e N a- wrote:

Hmm wireless mouse has delays sometimes, try wired you may improve
Thanks Athena :) will give a try to a wired one, any recommendation on model or something?, cheap if possible (less than 30€)
Teliko
Not all wireless mouses necessarily have a delay. Maybe if it's a year or two old, but these days, they usually don't. I'm using a wireless with 0ms delay.
those

Teliko wrote:

Not all wireless mouses necessarily have a delay. Maybe if it's a year or two old, but these days, they usually don't. I'm using a wireless with 0ms delay.
You're a liar, and the whole tech world can support me.
PaiYuri
I never experienced a delay with my wireless mouse. There may be a delay, but it's so low that it's not noticeable.
Teliko

those wrote:

Teliko wrote:

Not all wireless mouses necessarily have a delay. Maybe if it's a year or two old, but these days, they usually don't. I'm using a wireless with 0ms delay.
You're a liar, and the whole tech world can support me.
Come again?
kriers
Teliko, your settings are horrible and increasing dpi for the sake of hitting corners is the worst idea ever.
I'm only trying to help you here :o
Teliko

kriers wrote:

Teliko, your settings are horrible and increasing dpi for the sake of hitting corners is the worst idea ever.
I'm only trying to help you here :o
Any particular reason you find them horrible? Dimensions are default, osu sensitivity is default, windows enhanced precision is required to be off for RTS gaming. If I can't physically reach the distance between two notes in enough time, the best solution is adjusting myself to a higher sensitivity. Interested to know which aspect of my settings you're specifically criticising, seeing as sensitivity is a personal preference.
those

Nyarlor wrote:

There may be a delay, but it's so low that it's not noticeable.
Correct answer.
kriers

Teliko wrote:

kriers wrote:

Teliko, your settings are horrible and increasing dpi for the sake of hitting corners is the worst idea ever.
I'm only trying to help you here :o
Any particular reason you find them horrible? Dimensions are default, osu sensitivity is default, windows enhanced precision is required to be off for RTS gaming. If I can't physically reach the distance between two notes in enough time, the best solution is adjusting myself to a higher sensitivity. Interested to know which aspect of my settings you're specifically criticising, seeing as sensitivity is a personal preference.
It could be a misunderstanding in wether you decided to use mouse precision in windows or not. In this post, you tell me you turned it off, which is fair enough. In the other post, you claimed to have enabled the "enhance pointer precision" toggle in windows.
In any case, doing that isn't ideal for any kind of mouse play as it makes muscle memory much more complex.

The main reason why you struggle with reaching the distance between two notes is because you haven't been playing enough yet.
Increasing dpi will perhaps solve that problem faster than just training with your physical abilites, but over time, this will make you lose a great amount of precision and it will make you struggle with smaller hitcircles later on as you progress as a player.

Lastly, yes it is all preference, but play styles all have pros and cons and even though good players will adjust to about any setting, it's important to focus on the settings that pay off the most as an end product.
Teliko
Oh, you're correct, that's a mistake on my behalf. Enhanced pointer precision is always off. In regards to sensitivity, as long as the dpi doesn't go beyond the stage where pixelskipping becomes an issue, I can't imagine high dpi having negative effects in the long run if I adjust properly to the sensitivity. I have indeed only picked up Osu recently, but a lot of the technique will carry over from RTS gaming, which I've been doing for years.
-Athena-
low dpi, around default sensitivity, enchance pointer precision off and you're pretty much good to go, the rest depends on you

also hakurouken i cant really help you with that, i use a crap mouse and im a noob as well D:
Kanye West
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 6/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? nope, idk what it does
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? 400 dpi
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Logitech M-UAE96. It's really old.
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1024x600
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? windowed
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? always claw
9. What is your mousepad? a random generic one
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? always overshoot or undershoot pattern jumps. I'm usually pretty good with spinning and streaming though. Though i can't stream above 230 bpm. Sometimes hand pains from claw gripping my mouse.
Hakurouken
@Athena np ^^' i guess ill just look for one of those ranking of mouses and start checking by the bottom.
How
1. MAX
2. 2.8x
3. Yeap
4. 3200dpi
5. R.A.T. 9
6. 1280x800
7. Always fullscreen. Suck in window mode :(
8. Plam Grip.
9. Ehh.. Mousepad w/ Miku on it ... Definitly not for gaming :P
10. Hell jumping.
LnDSuv
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 6/11 (I guess it is default)
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.0x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu!? Yes, but I don't know for what reason :(
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 1800
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Logitech MX518
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? I used to play fullscreen (1600x900), now 1024x768
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? no real difference, but in windowed mode it's easier to manipulate my laptop
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? umm...don't know how to describe :D
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) usual mousepad
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) fast jumps. I just can't reach about 0.5 cm to note if there is a jump from one side of the screen to another...GOD, HOW I HATE WHEN IT HAPPENS. Btw, I've read some comments from this thread and I'm confused. How the hell you manage to play with default sensitivity and 400 DPI. I tried that and I had to move my hand like mad :(
kriers

LnDSuv wrote:

Btw, I've read some comments from this thread and I'm confused. How the hell you manage to play with default sensitivity and 400 DPI. I tried that and I had to move my hand like mad :(
Because I've played 450 dpi for so long, it doesn't feel hard at all. Jumping across the screen is muscle memory and reading skills.
You can improve at jumps like these just by playing them regularly!
mochi
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed?
default

2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity?
default

3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ?
no

4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?)
2100

5. What kind of mouse you are using?
logitech g500

6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution?
1280x800

7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode?
windowed

8. How do you hold/grip your mouse?
palm

9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?)
none

10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...)
clicking/streaming speed... main reason i'm learning tablet now
those

kriers wrote:

LnDSuv wrote:

Btw, I've read some comments from this thread and I'm confused. How the hell you manage to play with default sensitivity and 400 DPI. I tried that and I had to move my hand like mad :(
Because I've played 450 dpi for so long, it doesn't feel hard at all. Jumping across the screen is muscle memory and reading skills.
You can improve at jumps like these just by playing them regularly!
450's a cool number.
I play at 400, and it really doesn't even seem like I'm moving my mouse much for screenwide jumps. This probably means I can lower my sensitivity even more.
kriers

those wrote:

I play at 400, and it really doesn't even seem like I'm moving my mouse much for screenwide jumps. This probably means I can lower my sensitivity even more.
play 6/11 instead of 7/11
those

kriers wrote:

play 6/11 instead of 7/11
I actually have no recollection of ever bringing it up to 7/11, when 6/11 is Windows default. But I've gotten used to it for programs outside of osu! so this may be a tad more difficult than changing osu! sens.
GladiOol
Default
0.7x in osu!
Yes
800 dpi
Razer Copperhead
800x600
Windowed Mode
Claw Grip
Some huge ass razer mousemat.
My issues while playing are bad maps
kriers
mine went down to 5/11 by itself last month..... didn't notice until I played airman xD
XripztEr
mine settings:
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? middle point
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 0.8
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? No!
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 1000 dpi
5. What kind of mouse you are using? razer deathadder
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 800x600
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? window mode
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? grib style
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) armageddon blabla... (lazy to check the name)
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) Streams orz

GladiOol wrote:

Default
0.7x in osu!
Yes (WOW SERIOUSLY??)
800 dpi
Razer Copperhead
800x600
Windowed Mode
Claw Grip
Some huge ass razer mousemat.
My issues while playing are bad maps
GladiOol
is precision mode a bad thing then? D: I don't even know what it does.
kriers

GladiOol wrote:

is precision mode a bad thing then? D: I don't even know what it does.
I don't notice anything by using it either. Apparently it's a bug fixing toggle and it's gonna be toggled on as default with osz2 afaik
Maxer00
Oh,a mouse-gamers setup's thread,cool.

  • 1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 7/11
    2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.4x
    3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? nope
    4.What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 400dpi
    5. What kind of mouse you are using? I use a laser TRUST mouse that I do not trust at all -_-' for FPS games and an optical mouse with no name for osu!
    6.What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1280 x 800
    7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Fullscreen,of course,but for the sake of comfortable program switching I use windowed.
    8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? uhhh,I hold it with my palm so...
    9. What is your mousepad? I use a mousepad. It's surface is made of cloth.
    10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) I think I lack precision during jumps. Also during long runs,after fast spinners with sudden hitcircles I lose um..balance on the mouse. Also streams. The worst of them for me are those going from left to right.
Also I'm using Windows precision and when I tried to switch it off and exchange it for osu's I noticed an increase in precision,but the spinners became horrible (450 > 250). So um... Am I the only one having issues without Windows' precision,or am I just used to it :/ ?
rickyboi
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 6
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.0x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? YES
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) I have no idea. I never really checked.
5. What kind of mouse you are using? A4tech OP-620D
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 800x600
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Windowed
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? CLAW.
9. What is your mousepad? No mouse pad. Just smooth surface.
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) Inconsistent playing because Mouse Precision on the control panel is also turned on which is kind of a problem for me controling the power of my control and jumps.
awell
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 6/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.0x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? no
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 900dpi
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Razer Deathadder
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1024x768
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? windowed
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? claw maybe, sometimes palm
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) Razer Goliathus
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? >220 bpm long streams and >200 bpm single click
those
Tried 6/11, then Sabamiso! was too difficult. Went back up to 7/11, then everything was too fast.
kriers whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
kriers
I lol'd :D
BeatofIke
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? Default
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.0x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? Nope
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 400 dpi
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Logitech M-UAE96
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 800x600
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Windowed
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? Whatever that feels comfortable to me. Definitely NOT palm grip though.
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) I don't use a mouse pad. I place my mouse on any table.
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) Jumps, streams, and cursor speed.
Akhmatova
1. 6/11
2. 1.0x
3. No
4. 400 DPI
5. Logitech G5 (Updated model)
6. 1366 x 768
7. Fullscreen (Native resolution)
8. Whatever feels comfortable.
9. Steelpad 4S
10. Jumps. Though, after about a week of playing, it isn't much of a problem anymore. I used to play with keyboard and mouse (same settings, but 2000 DPI) but recently switched over to mouse-only; now I have a lot more control while playing osu. Low sensitivity/low DPI feels very comfortable for me.
ZeitiaX
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? Default
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.6x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? Yes.
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 1800 dpi
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Deathadder
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? Full-screen 1920x1080 (Am I the only one using this?)
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Full-screen
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? Palm grip
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) Destructor
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) Most probably streams and extreme jumps.
Elit3noob
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? '+1 sensitivity' button on a Logitech MX 518
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 2.1x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? No
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 1600 DPI
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Logitech MX 518
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? Full screen 1920x1080
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Full screen
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? asian-gamer
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) very smooth wooden table (sometimes when I play too much it leaves a mark that acts like a kerb)
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) rarely the cursor goes crazy, seems to only happen on some Japanese songs
those

Elit3noob wrote:

10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) rarely the cursor goes crazy, seems to only happen on some Japanese songs
Your cursor goes crazy because of your play surface.
higurush
when I'm bored and start playing with mouse...
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 11/11 (max)
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 4,0x (max)
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? yes
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 2500 (max)
5. What kind of mouse you are using? A4 Tech x7-750BF green flamed
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1280x800
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Fullscreen (native FullHD[1920x1080])
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? palm grip
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) I dunno what you call this in english, but this: (best and most slippery mouse pad I have ever tried)

10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) If my hand got to shake for some reason, my accuracy will die
cadeira_old
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed?
in the middle
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity?
1.0
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ?
no
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?)
i dont know but its pretty low
5. What kind of mouse you are using?
dont know either, i just bough a smell and cheap one
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution?
1280x800
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode?
windowed
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse?
with my foot
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?)
dont know it either, it came when i bough internet
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...)
i can spin, stream and jump well, but i got some trouble with big jumps and deathstreams "hate chipscape's one :(" and i cant tap over 105bpm
Nyu_old2
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 3 ticks
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.0
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? Yes
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 3500
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Razer Deathadder
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1024x600
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Windowed
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? It's complicated :P
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) A cloth mousepad
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) Not being able to find a comfortable hand position when playing, I have problems as well if you put like a square of jumps, not at an angle :P
Elit3noob

those wrote:

Elit3noob wrote:
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) rarely the cursor goes crazy, seems to only happen on some Japanese songs


Your cursor goes crazy because of your play surface.
then how can i fix this?
djjsixpack
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? One notch to the right
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.2x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? no
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) To be honest, no idea. The place in my control panel that is supposed to give me that information is blank
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Mouse that came with asus essentio desktop
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1280x960 windowed
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? windowed 100%. I can't play 1920x1080 in osu
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? claw
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) some $3 mousepad I got a big lots years ago. Smooth and plastic
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) streams, but that's more because my fingers simply cannot move fast enough. otherwise, nothing to report really

Actually now that I think about it, osu! does some weird stuff when I play with the mouse at 1.4x or higher. Stutters, goes further than supposed to. Probably not the mouses fault though.
bwross

djjsixpack wrote:

4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) To be honest, no idea. The place in my control panel that is supposed to give me that information is blank
You can easily measure it.

1) Set things so there's no acceleration or multipliers on the cursor (windows to its default (the center tick), precision off). Make sure that there are no windows open that might grab and change the speed of the cursor if you move across them.
2) Measure how far your mouse moves when you move the mouse from one side of the screen to the other in inches (left-right or up-down). Try to move as straight across as possible and be careful to stop the mouse exactly when you get to the farthest pixel.
3) The DPI should be equal to (resolution along the axis you chose / inches the mouse moved) rounded to the nearest 100 to account for inaccuracy in measurement. For example, if you're using a 1280 pixel wide screen and it takes about 1.25" to move left-right you probably have a 1000 DPI mouse.

I used this to work out that an old mouse I have is 400 DPI. It was also handy with my current mouse, because the R/G/B LEDs that mark the DPIs (800/1600/2000) were clearly different than the instructions on the package claimed... so I tested to get the order and to verify that the DPIs were correct. It was a cheap mouse, and it works well enough, so I'm not complaining.


In fact, a convenient way to combine and express many of these numbers is by the distances the mouse has to move left-right and up-down (although that's meaningless for anyone that uses precision mode). This gives a simple measure of a player's preferred dexterity level, and can be better compared with a tablet player's box preference.

Currently, my mouse settings (no precision, naturally) give a 0.71" x 0.53" (18mm x 13.5mm) box (but I'm messing around with it again).
those

Elit3noob wrote:

those wrote:

Elit3noob wrote:
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) rarely the cursor goes crazy, seems to only happen on some Japanese songs


Your cursor goes crazy because of your play surface.
then how can i fix this?
You said you played on your table. Grab a cloth/rubber surface to play on (mouse pad were designed for mice).

higurush wrote:

I dunno what you call this in english, but this: (best and most slippery mouse pad I have ever tried)
It's called a clipboard.
bagiaaa
What about mouse precision mode? What is that exactly? I couldn't find any difference using it or not, or maybe i'm just insensitive or what?
bwross

bagiaaa wrote:

What about mouse precision mode? What is that exactly? I couldn't find any difference using it or not, or maybe i'm just insensitive or what?
This is sometimes called mouse "acceleration". It is useful for people that want to do precision work (low speed), but still want to be able to move between windows easily (higher speed), without needing to have or use something like a multiple DPI mouse. The way this is done is by keeping the cursor speed steady at the level set when the mouse is moved slowly, but when the mouse is moved quickly, the cursor movement is accelerated... meaning that the distance required to move the cursor across the screen varies depending on how fast you move the mouse.
Yakuyan
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? = 6/11 sometimes 7/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? = 3.0x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? = Yes (Enabled)
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) = 800 dpi
5. What kind of mouse you are using? = IDK
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? = 1024 X 768
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? = Both
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? = Index on Left Click, Thumb on Left Side of the Mouse, Middle and Ring and Pinky on Right Side
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) = On Mouse and on bare wood desk
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) = Spin and streams but very good at jumps.
Layne_old_1
~
Frizz
I'm not 100% mouse-only player but I hope no one minds ._.

SPOILER
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed?
6/11

2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity?
1.0x

3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ?
Nope

4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?)
Between 750dpi-900dpi, mostly 800dpi

5. What kind of mouse you are using?
Logitech G400 (newer model without prediction)

6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution?
1366x768

7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode?
Fullscreen

8. How do you hold/grip your mouse?
Claw grip (only when I'm playing mouse-only, otherwise it's inbetween claw and palm)

9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?)
SteelSeries QcK+ (was Razer Goliathus Control)

10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...)
Streams, I can't aim properly while clicking alternately ;_;

Also I'm surprised how some people here who use gaming mice didn't put both Windows and osu! sensitivity to default. They could've just adjusted their dpi sensitivity instead :/
G0r
Should this thread really have been resurrected from three months ago? :O
laport

G0r wrote:

Should this thread really have been resurrected from three months ago? :O
do you really have to post useless crap outside off-topic??
Winshley
Since this is bumped...

anzo-nii wrote:

1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed?
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity?
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ?
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?)
5. What kind of mouse you are using?
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution?
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode?
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse?
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?)
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...)
1. 6/11 (default)
2. Various, from 0.7× to 1.2×, depending on the mouse I use, the surface I'm playing on, and osu! screen resolution.
3. No, it messes my mouse movements. I also don't turn this on at Windows settings. There's a case where I moved my hand outside the surface because of this. lol
4. Various, from 800 (cheapo unbranded mouse), 1000 (cheapo Logitech mouse), to 1800 (my bro's Razer Abyssus mouse).
5. See answer 4 above.
6. Various, often playing on 1024×768. Sometimes had to use 800×600 and 640×480 when I'm playing on crappy PC and/or having small resolution monitors.
7. Windowed mode most of time, Fullscreen on cases where beatmap's Circle Size is so small.
8. Palm grip.
9. Various, from wooden table, crappy "Microsoft" mousepad, my bro's Razer Goliathus Ω (Control edition) mousepad, to Internet Café's Razer Mantis (Speed edition) mousepad.
10. As you can see above, it's pretty hard to play on various conditions from time to time. I seriously need to get myself a decent mouse and mousepad, especially since I travel a lot... :(
bagiaaa
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 7/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.0
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? Nope
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) -
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Logitech M125
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1366x768
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Fullscreen
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? Err, claw grip? Not really sure
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) Mostly papers
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? Consistency (especially in a long beatmap)
Vapor
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 6/11~
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.0x~
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? Nope~
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 800dpi, I think~
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Some really cheap Techinka optical wired one~
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1024x768~
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Fullscreen~
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? Palm grip~
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) No mousepad, I just have my mouse on my desk~
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) Mainly jumps, and inconsistency, but I think that I'll just improve these with practice~
Gotori
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 6/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.0
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? nope
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 1200dpi
5. What kind of mouse you are using? a4tech x710bk
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1280x1024 - deskop, 1024x768 - osu!
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? window
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? palm grip
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) No mousepad
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? i can't do long fast singletap
Mara
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 6/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.0
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? No
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 1800DPI
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Logitech MX518
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1280x800
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Fullscreen
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? Fingertip.
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) One of the soft Stellseries pads
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) Streams (these days, my hand doesn't like it anymore), but I if it's under 150 I can singletap that.
Kanye West

laport wrote:

G0r wrote:

Should this thread really have been resurrected from three months ago? :O
do you really have to post useless crap outside off-topic??
only the cool kids post useless crap
SuzumiyaBR
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? MAX
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.3
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? nope(
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 800
5. What kind of mouse you are using? 6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1920x1080 Dektop 1440x900 osu
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? window
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? palm grip
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) = Clone
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing?
I am new , my problem is Lack of training
Joof
I used to be a mouse only player so.. I'll post anyways.

Before new mouse:

SPOILER
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 6

2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? x1.0

3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? NOPE.

4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 800. LOOL

5. What kind of mouse you are using? Logitech MX510

6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1366x768

7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Fullscreeeen

8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? Palm

9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) Hard w/ texture surface.

10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) Streams. Dem doubletaps.

New mouse:

SPOILER
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 3

2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? x1.0

3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? nopeagain.

4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 3500

5. What kind of mouse you are using? Steelseries Sensei

6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1366x768

7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Fullscreeeeeen

8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? Claw

9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) Hard w/ textured surface.

10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) Streams again, buttons feel weird on this mouse, sometimes jumps cause of the fast dpi not used to it.
Frizz

Joof wrote:

10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) Streams again, buttons feel weird on this mouse, sometimes jumps cause of the fast dpi not used to it.
>SteelSeries

inb4 not omron switches
Joof

Frizz925 wrote:

Joof wrote:

10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) Streams again, buttons feel weird on this mouse, sometimes jumps cause of the fast dpi not used to it.
>SteelSeries

inb4 not omron switches
It's cause the previous mouse I used was a tiny ass wireless mouse, so when I switched back to a gaming mouse, it felt so weird and the Sensei has sort of huge curve at the top of it x__x. So I'm not used to it. Besides I play KB + Mouse now. o: .
AKzawa
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 6/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.0
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? Not yet
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 1000 Dpi
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Microsoft Wireless Mouse 3500
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1366x768
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Fullscreen
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? Palm Grip
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) None. Wooden desktop
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) Stacked beats and streams, especially when my arm getting stuck (very often) on the edge of table
Allyses
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 6/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.0x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? no
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 400 dpi
5. What kind of mouse you are using? some old microsoft wireless mouse
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? I use the custom one
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? windowed
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? claw grip
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) steelseries qck or something
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) when my mouse is getting a bit laggy. It can caused a miss or fail.
Liut
whatever it's good for a mouse only player you guys should ask at http://osu.ppy.sh/u/CC_kakusi even tho probably he's just using the same standard setup since he started
sorry if i'm a bit OT but i've never see a mouse only player playing this good and with this high bpm , i got demotivated :cry:
Kalas_old
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 7/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 3.2x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? Nope
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Some random mouse I bought for 10€
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1680x1050
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? fullscreen
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? palm grip
9. What is your mousepad? Mousepad SteelSeries Qck
Atema
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 6/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? x0,9
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? No
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 6 400dpi
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Razer Imperator
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 800x600
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Windowed
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? Fingertip grip
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) A basic Steelseries one
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? Streams, fast jumps
D33d
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? Default (6?)
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? Yes, I think. No wait, it wasn't. NOW it's enabled.
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 500. I started with something like 1600, reduced it to 800 and then this. It's the only way which lets me control the cursor properly. Streams are much easier with it.
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Logitech G9x.
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? Usually, it's 1024*768
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Windowed, but fullscreen's a fun gimmick and my new build can actually run the game at full screen.
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? I try to palm grip with the huge ID grip, but if I'm struggling with a map, then I'll change to the small precision grip and claw my hand like I have leprosy. It usually ends up being both though.
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) Hard pad--SteelSeries 4HD. Shame it kills my mouse's feet, but it feels just right and never moves.
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? (e.g can't spin well, that jumps, streams...) Usually jumps which are unreasonably large and also spinners. Moreover, maps which don't have enough breaks and use too much of one part of the screen make me run out of space very quickly.
blackspell
1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 7/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 1.0x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? No
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 1800 dpi
5. What kind of mouse you are using? Razer Death Adder
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1366x768
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Windowed
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? Fingertip grip
9. What is your mousepad? (or where do you place your mouse?) Razer Goliathus Control
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? fast jumps, high AR
Timekiller
Let's see...

1. What is your Windows mouse pointer speed? 7/11
2. What is your osu!'s mouse sensitivity? 0.7x
3. Did you enable the "Precision Mode" in osu! ? Nope
4. What is the DPI of your mouse? (or what DPI you are using when playing?) 1800 dpi
5. What kind of mouse you are using? A4 X7 series, XL750-MK. Cheap enough and fun :3
6. What is your osu!'s screen resolution? 1024x768
7. Do you prefer fullscreen or windowed mode? Windowed
8. How do you hold/grip your mouse? Claw grip
9. What is your mousepad? None. "Bare" desk works better w/laser mouse from my experience.
10. What are your problems/issues while you're playing? Hand/finger cramps on overly long and fast streams (matter of training), streams with notes placed too far away. Jumps stopped being a problem after fine-tuning dpi (was 2000).

...I guess I'm too far from top to rely on my advice :D
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