Hi just started playing Nexuiz today, for a free game is pretty ace!

Just wondering if anyone who plays on a laptop can tell me how they have their keys set up to accommodate the touchpad. I've not tried playing with a mouse yet but I'm guessing its a lot more comfortable to play (I've got a mouse SOMEwhere, I just can't find it...) but it doesn't seem to matter how I have the keys set up using a touchpad the game seems really awkward to play.

I'm a bit of a 3D shooter n00b in general, but would appreciate any suggestions on how I could set up my keyboard/touchpad on my laptop for a better experience!

Xebbo.

I'd recommend you to get a mouse, because it's impossible to aim well and turn fast enough etc with a touchpad. I play on a laptop too, but always carry a mouse with me.

Oh and, welcome to Nexuiz!

welcome to nexuiz. First of all, yes, using a mouse plays better then with touchpad.

I was a FPS noob too, but 1.5 years and you will be used to it . I would recommend using youtube movies for movement.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... 23549C9C4F

this will help you with movement.

Thank you for your responses and for the youtube links! I can't find my mouse, but I'm going to see if i can 'obtain an old one' from work tomorrow

then I would recommend a gaming mouse

if you can afford gaming mice, get a razer one, they are extremely accurate. also if you want to eliminate that "blurry" mouse movement that happens in many cases, go to the video settings menu and tick "force gpu to finish frame" or sth like that, it will decrease your fps a little but its a key setting to improve your accuracy and mouse movements. If you want to improve fast, i recommend to spectate good players to see what tactics and movement tricks they are using also if you have serious fps issues in big fights, its useful to turn off gibs in the settings menu, the exploding corpses are the main reason in many cases why some people having fps drops.

Pfft you dont need a gaming mouse

Get a Logitech RX1000, its the cheapest laser mouse I could find and its just as good. Only cost me £10.

or buy the logitech g9.

I will get a laser mouse from work, there's a load of old IT hardware stuff in a big a metal locker at work, most of which probably needs throwing out. There MUST be one in there.

I'll also be unemployed in three weeks when my contract ends so I need to save as much money as I can to tide me over, as I've been unable to get another job. Buying a cool gaming mouse would be nice, but can't really warrant it at the moment.

In case you have to buy a new mouse: As you can see here, other people even prefer cheap normal mice.

http://alientrap.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2386

Once I got myself a Raptor M2 Gaming Mouse. It was the worst piece of crap I ever had, and I'm back to normal Logitech mice.

Another remark: You might consider using an external keyboard. It will not only provide a better usage, but it might also prevent your notebook keyboard from breaking, which will be expensive (had that already, don't want it again(*)).

(*) new internal keyboard: 150 Euro, doing the work myself of course.

RoKenn wrote:(*) new internal keyboard: 150 Euro, doing the work myself of course.

Crap, that's like $211.15 for a damn keyboard...

AnArKiSt wrote:Crap, that's like $211.15 for a damn keyboard...

Which is the reason why I prefer to frag an external $11.15 standard keyboard instead of some proprietary notebook internals.

Your notebook should be rather expensive if the keyboard costs 150 Euro and you replace it instead of buying new notebook.

My replacement keyboard for my dell vostro was 70€

They can charge as much as they want, noone wants a broken keyboard and they are the only one to provide replacements...

I chose to do the replacement myself too, they just sent me the parts.

Alien wrote:Your notebook should be rather expensive if the keyboard costs 150 Euro and you replace it instead of buying new notebook.

That's why I didn't replace it, but sold the laptop.

I laptop cost USD975, or 1373.1€.

It's expensive because it was an awesome system, but now it's middle of the road. Not obsolete just yet. 2.7GiB RAM, and dual core 1.9 GHz AMD64 prosesser could be cheaper. Video hardware is NOT apt for high quality gaming, and nobody told me how replace it yet.

I had to copy and paste the Euro sign, my keyboard lacks one.

AnArKiSt wrote:I laptop cost USD975, or 1373.1€.

Uuh, you're sure you converted in the right direction? $975.00 is 692.03€

*gasp* Oops, thanks Mr. Bougo.

A decent mouse doesn't have to be expensive. The A4Tech X7 ones are popular in this category. It's also not like the non-budget gaming mice can't suck: people have very different experiences with them. For instance, I can't use my G9 with anything close the full specs, because I get considerable negative acceleration then. It depends on things like mousepads etc. Just don't play with a touchpad or a crappy old mouse. Also, remember to disable the mouse acceleration, because it's not suitable for gaming. Overclocking the USB or PS/2 port is a good idea too, as it reduces the latency.

if you can afford gaming mice, get a razer one, they are extremely accurate.

There are different Razer mice, and not all of them are equally good. The only consistent feature is that they're fugly.