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RyuRabbit
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Joined January 2010
RyuRabbit
@lukewarmholiday: I've been playing FPS's for about 4 years now, and I've had no issue with the mouse acceleration option. I think you need to calm down just a little bit. I mean, it was started as a noobie guide, not a nazi camp. I've been playing Taiko mode mostly, cause I'm not gonna touch Osu mode until I can get my tablet.

SOME TIPS FOR TAIKO MODE!:
1: watch some of the replays first to get an ear for the beat.
2: Just cause they're big, doesn't mean you have to mash both keys.
3: sometimes alternating between sides on your drum (like, mine are G H for left and right don(center), and T Y for left and right kat(rim), can mess your timing up. Try tapping on one side for a little and see if it helps.
4: just as musicians tap a foot or bob a head to the beat to help them keep rhythm and time, Try this as well! It helps me with EVERY music game I play (beatmaniaIIDX, Taiko no Tatsujin, DDR, Guitar Hero, GFDM, Pop'n music, etc.)
5: BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE TRACK! listen to it a few times before attempting it! so you'll get a feel for how the track flows!

hope my tips helped someone :3
lukewarmholiday
2,148 posts
Joined June 2008
Topic Starter
lukewarmholiday
Learning more, opposed to learning less, that's all fucking mouse acceleration is. I am sorry. It also completely fucks your ability to do spinners past a certain point.

Added your Taiko mode tips.
Gabi
2,554 posts
Joined December 2008
Gabi
eh? mouse acceleration is awesome for spinning. if it's a short spinner you can control your mouse and spin close to the center, or you can just go all out and spin fast as fuck if it's a long spinner.
Glass
1,527 posts
Joined January 2010
Glass

Cheeselo wrote:

How do you use the spinner? Can anyone give me tips,becuase on some songs I fail unless I use the all spun out mod ;)
Go all-out until the spinner's approach circle starts shrinking too close to the center, then start minimizing your mouse movement. When you get better with mouse control/mouse acceleration, just do fast smaller spins.
Doomsday
Featured Artist
1,961 posts
Joined July 2008
Doomsday

Gabi wrote:

eh? mouse acceleration is awesome for spinning. if it's a short spinner you can control your mouse and spin close to the center, or you can just go all out and spin fast as fuck if it's a long spinner.
Im not sure that mouse accel does well for spinning close to the center. It probably helps out a ton if you thrash spinners with big circles though.

To be honest though, new players should start out with mouse accel off, since it helps out more in the long run.
Card N'FoRcE
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Card N'FoRcE
Mouse acceleration is a pain, because everytime the same movement gets to a different result.

Everytime i suggested players to turn it off, they improved instantly. I ask myself why did they even bother adding such a weird to use feature as default <.<

Anyway, great list of tips, good job luke :)
anonymous_old
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anonymous_old

Card N'FoRcE wrote:

Mouse acceleration is a pain, because everytime the same movement gets to a different result.
That's untrue.

Card N'FoRcE wrote:

Everytime i suggested players to turn it off, they improved instantly. I ask myself why did they even bother adding such a weird to use feature as default <.<
Because it's easier for normal users to use in a Windows GUI environment.
Card N'FoRcE
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Card N'FoRcE
I guess i'm not a normal user then, because i find it so uncomfortable to work with... :S

Oh well, i guess it's different for each person.
lukewarmholiday
2,148 posts
Joined June 2008
Topic Starter
lukewarmholiday
boop
anonymous_old
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Here since the beginning
anonymous_old

lukewarmholiday wrote:

boop
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Kaya-_old
Kaya-_old

What should I set here?
Glass
1,527 posts
Joined January 2010
Glass
leave it as default
anonymous_old
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anonymous_old

Glasslake wrote:

leave it as default
^
Kaya-_old
Kaya-_old
Should i play only by keyboard(i mean clicking) or both?
And on what dpi should i play:3?(Now i'm plaing on 2k)
anonymous_old
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anonymous_old

Uber1337 wrote:

Should i play only by keyboard(i mean clicking) or both?
And on what dpi should i play:3?(Now i'm plaing on 2k)
Doesn't matter.

Doesn't matter.
Zergneedsfood
5 posts
Joined September 2010
Zergneedsfood
Is turning off mouse acceleration that big of a deal?

I have no idea, so I was just wondering why turning it off is so important.
IppE
IppE

Zergneedsfood wrote:

Is turning off mouse acceleration that big of a deal?

I have no idea, so I was just wondering why turning it off is so important.
If you get better results with acceleration on, use it.
If not, turn it off.
SilentWings_old
111 posts
Joined June 2009
SilentWings_old
Acceleration off is better in the long run.
aevv_old
aevv_old

SilentWings wrote:

Acceleration off is better in the long run.
agree with this, had a friend who didnt know he was using it, turned it off and immediately did better on jumps, even after a couple months playing with it
kindut
kindut
Really helps, i turned off my mouse acceleration, helps me with the pattern i cannot really complete(keep getting miss at that pattern part), then makes me spin fast ^^ thank you
winber1
4,520 posts
Joined February 2010
winber1

kindut wrote:

but i didn't necro
Depore_old
2 posts
Joined September 2012
Depore_old
Is it actually better to have a high or low mouse sensitivity in osu?
While I believe it's more convenient for me to have a high sensitivity as I don't have to move my hand as much, but it usually means it's less accurate, right?
winber1
4,520 posts
Joined February 2010
winber1

Depore wrote:

my name is derp
go search the forums t/99612 may be helpful
PhiLL A
PhiLL A
1. why are people necroing?
2. lower dpi == greater accuracy
JappyBabes
666 posts
Joined February 2011
JappyBabes
3500dpi
Deal with it.
silmarilen
5,582 posts
Joined February 2010
silmarilen
1750 dpi
all these low dpi scrubs
ann_old
ann_old

.-.
Emaal
Emaal
600dpi hello
Wishy
2,974 posts
Joined September 2010
Wishy
Someone close this?
miss_master_old
539 posts
Joined April 2011
miss_master_old
It was posted 3 years ago...
Neptune420
257 posts
Joined March 2010
Neptune420

lukewarmholiday wrote:

If you have the money, see if you enjoy a tablet.
ok
Frizz
4,131 posts
Joined April 2011
Frizz
1800dpi user reporting in
SPOILER

lolno
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G0r
389 posts
Joined September 2011
G0r
If you have the money, see if you enjoy playing like Cookiezi.

Actually, you're not playing with 1800DPI. You have the base DPI set to 1800 and the sensitivity lowers it by 65%... You are actually using 630 DPI. Congratulations, you're a low DPI user! I'd like to add that you could get better resolution out of the sensor, probably, if you were to go down to 900 DPI and lower it to around 630 from that.
ann_old
ann_old

Frizz925 wrote:

lol

G0r wrote:

You are actually using 630 DPI. Congratulations, you're a low DPI user!
630 is still way too high
G0r
389 posts
Joined September 2011
G0r
Hah, yeah. I noticed that. Why not go all the way and set the polling to 1000?

630 is pretty low, heh, unless your resolution is really small.
ann_old
ann_old
I actually play 450dpi with 1920x1080 fullscreen though, and anything higher = hi edge of screen
G0r
389 posts
Joined September 2011
G0r
I'm sure it feels like that for some people. Especially if you're very used to it. I'm going to go ahead and assume you don't have any acceleration and leave that bit out.
ann_old
ann_old

G0r wrote:

I'm going to go ahead and assume you don't have any acceleration and leave that bit out.
Yep
actual settings
darkmiz
407 posts
Joined August 2011
darkmiz

lukewarmholiday wrote:

Taiko

Just cause they're big, doesn't mean you have to mash both keys.
Sometimes alternating between sides on your drum (like, mine are G H for left and right don(center), and T Y for left and right kat(rim), can mess your timing
I don't agree with these two points.
You should always drum both sides for every big note. Even if you can't do it fast, you have to train it from the beginning.
Alternating is a must when playing fast notes, so practice it early on slow notes. Don't be lazy and single tap slow notes.
Frizz
4,131 posts
Joined April 2011
Frizz

xann wrote:

Frizz925 wrote:

lol
There's no real notable difference between 500hz and 1000hz other than unreasonably loading up your CPU even more. Also 1000hz is unstable.

G0r wrote:

Actually, you're not playing with 1800DPI. You have the base DPI set to 1800 and the sensitivity lowers it by 65%... You are actually using 630 DPI. Congratulations, you're a low DPI user! I'd like to add that you could get better resolution out of the sensor, probably, if you were to go down to 900 DPI and lower it to around 630 from that.
So you noticed, that's good. However that is 2.5 sensitivity right there, not 3.0. Which means I actually play with 450dpi.
ann_old
ann_old
So you don't get mouse drift at 500Hz? What a fortunate person you are.
However I never noticed any problems with my CPU from using 1000Hz, I guess that's just luck on my side.
G0r
389 posts
Joined September 2011
G0r
I am .99 sure that you had your slider on the 3.5 position. :\ Why did you remove the image, which showed that? >.> There's nothing wrong with that DPI... Don't worry if this guy says 450 is better. I personally use 750, and I feel it's a very low DPI for me, and fits me at the moment. I may go down eventually, but not right now. Although, I admit it's hard to read the slider on the Razer sensitivity. Maybe we're both seeing different things because of where we start on it. I take 10 to be 100% and then go down by increments of 5. Are you starting at .5 as 5% and 1 as 10% and going up? I think that must be how you are reading it. The slider technically does not have enough room for a 100% scale. If you read the bottom mark as being 5%, then the 10 position is only 90%. Very awkward, and can't be right. If you read the top mark as 100%, though, then it makes more sense, since you can assume that it does not allow for you to take less than 15% of a DPI base. I always found that an oddity. Maybe that's where the confusion is.

About 1000 polling rate, it's always said that it adds strain to your CPU, but on a modern computer this strain is minimal. If you can game on it, then the odds are that it can take it without breaking a sweat. I am not sure about the veracity of claims that it causes mice to drift. I've personally never noticed any difference in drift between the different polling settings, and I normally get very little. My philosophy is that it speeds up the reaction of the device by something like a millisecond, and while that is very small, I am willing to take whatever edge I can get. That's just my philosophy, though, and there's no shame in using 500 on that either. However, I'd be very interested in seeing any proof of mouse drift at 1000.
Frizz
4,131 posts
Joined April 2011
Frizz
The number placement on the driver sensitivity settings is off. The one from On-the-Fly Sensitivity is far more reliable and accurate.
ann_old
ann_old
My computer is crud though. I could just be very lucky.
FrzR
2,237 posts
Joined October 2012
FrzR

lukewarmholiday wrote:

Catch the Beat
Use shift to move faster.
yeah.. :|
puellamagi123
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Joined December 2014
puellamagi123
OH MY GOD!!! IT'S WORKING THANK YOU THANK YOU ARIGATO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'VE MADE IT FARTHER THAN I EVER HAVE ON SOME HARD LEVELS NOW! (I WOULD LOSE IN ABOUT 5 SECONDS FROM THE FIRST CIRCLE/SLIDER/SPINNER BUT NOW IT'S LIKE 45 SECONDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY AVERAGE LOSING POINT IS WAY BETTER NOW YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
I Give Up
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Joined January 2014
I Give Up
Time st..... you know what? nm. post more.
xGx
173 posts
Joined December 2013
xGx

lukewarmholiday wrote:

Catch the Beat

Use shift to move faster.
Thanks :|
AwesomeSause1
5 posts
Joined February 2015
AwesomeSause1
also in taiko use Z and X instead of the mouse keys
ZenithPhantasm
ZenithPhantasm
Inb4 drum drum locks for necroposting.
drum drum
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drum drum

ZenithPhantasm wrote:

Inb4 drum drum locks for necroposting.
you bet

Don't necropost please
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