Carlucci Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 I simply cannot play with the default look scheme that most games come with. I always have to be inverted. It's got to be the default for a reason, which I assume is because most people prefer non-inverted. Have you ever tried to play the other way around after getting used to your preferred look setting? To me, it becomes ridiculously difficult. Also, do you change the look speed to be slower or faster than the default? I got pretty good with Halo set to about a 7 (I believe the default is 3 or 4). On Wolfenstein, I had to slow it down a bit to aim better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chatakinns Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 I can not play games I have to fly in either. I can play all of Spyro except the races where he has to fly around the tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 If it's an FPS I prefer default. Flying games I prefer inverted. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsappel Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 Inverted for any game. I hate that demos often disable this option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camp Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 Always inverted. My brain doesn't work any other way. When playing Halo, for example, I might join in on a game with someone elses character. He'll have the "default" set-up so I'll die a whole lot for the next 5 minutes. After that short period I can *almost* be competitive. As soon as that game is over I'll reconfigure the contoller to the inverted style but my brain isn't so quick to catch up. I will most certainly suck for the next 5 minutes while it re-learns my prefered method. Another odd brain thing is when playing split screen. If, for whatever reason, I stare too long at the other player's window pane and then go back to my own pane I become totally disoriented for about 30 seconds. My character control and awareness of my position on the map are just out the window. This effect keeps me from being a "screen looker" cheat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 I usually play flying games with inverted controls. Otherwise it is standard for me. And I always change my speed controls after I get familar with a game. For FPS games like RTCW,SOCOM & Halo - it is almost a neccessity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 Inverted only for me. The rest of you people are FREAKS! Nothing worse than sharing a controller with one of you damn normal people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 INVERTED ALWAYS. It's funny that most games default to normal, and it seems most prefer the opposite. It's almost impossible for me to play a 1st person game with the "normal" scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlucci Posted August 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 Originally posted by Chris@Aug 27 2003, 03:45 PM Inverted only for me. The rest of you people are FREAKS! LOL! I once explained it this way to a guy who accused ME of being the freak for using inverted: Imagine that the control stick is the top of of the characters head. So you have your thumb right on top of his head. Now, in which direction would you have to move your thumb in order to get your character to look up? This helped gain acceptance of my backwards ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 Inverted only here. Played too much Elite, Xwing, and Wing Commander to have it any other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugms Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 If its normal its not for me Upsidedown and backward thank u very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 Imagine that the control stick is the top of of the characters head. So you have your thumb right on top of his head. Now, in which direction would you have to move your thumb in order to get your character to look up? That's exactly how my brain thinks when playing a FPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 It's funny that most games default to normal, and it seems most prefer the opposite. Possibly the difference between the "hardcore" & the "casual" (as much as I hate those terms...)? Imagine that the control stick is the top of of the characters head. So you have your thumb right on top of his head. Now, in which direction would you have to move your thumb in order to get your character to look up? Another way of looking at it, and frequently why look cams are screwed up: by moving the stick, you control the avatar's eye direction so moving the stick up moves his eyes up. Frequently games get left/right on lookcams "wrong" because they make your left/right movements add a negative/postive azimuth value which causes it to go "around" in the opposite direction. Does that make sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFo Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 I'm sort of a special case (but you all knew that already). When I play a FPS on a console, I play it inverted. When I use a keyboard and mouse, it's the normal way. Don't ask me why; that's just how I learned to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 Nothing weird in that Jeff - it has to be inverted on a pad or stick, but "normal" (clearly the wrong name for it, judging from this and every other poll I've seen) on a mouse. I see it as being because when you use a stick its like flying a plane, but with a mouse you're moving a pointer around on a 3d desktop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark E Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 Generally normal. If it's mouselook, always normal. Inverted for me is for flight sims and games that don't allow me a choice. I'm usually pretty adept at switching from one mode to another anyway so it's not a big deal, I just prefer up to be up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 Normal. I really cannot play with inverted controls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 Normal for FPS, inverted for flying. A plane is actually flown inverted, but if I want to point a gun up... I point it up. Imagine that the control stick is the top of of the characters head. So you have your thumb right on top of his head. Now, in which direction would you have to move your thumb in order to get your character to look up? That's fascinating though. I think you've opened a can of worms about how we perceive ourselves when playing games. Apparently some of us take the role of the character and behave normally, and some of us control that character from the outside. Any psychologists in the house? This is deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugms Posted August 31, 2003 Report Share Posted August 31, 2003 How do you "look"? Depends on how much I drank, or who I was with the night before. :oops: I remember some real bad images in the mirror certain mornings. :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 I only plat inverted on flying games. The rest is played in the standard setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy liquid Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Normal for me, too. I can get used to inverted, but I notice that for whatever reason, I just tend to play better when it's set to normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain rising Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Definitely normal. Inverted flips me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel P Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 Normal for me. I remember playing Medal Of Honor on the PS1 and always either shooting at their shoes or up in the sky. :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam P Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 I'm really surprised how many inverted players there are. I like "normal" because I used to play plenty of FPS on the PC, and the mouse being inverted makes no sense. When you move your pointer in Windows, up means up. The same applies to the crosshair in your FPS. Up, naturally, means up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooter Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 I use normal, or "point and kill" for FPS and inverted for flying games... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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