y-axis inverter [Archive] - Icrontic Forums

16 May 2008, 10:30pm

I want some way to force the mouse y-axis to reverse. I'm playing a game that doesn't have this as an option. I love the game otherwise, but this one thing is making it frustratingly unplayable for me.

Is there an obscure setting somewhere in a back-alley options panel? a third-party mouse customizer? anything that will make my game playable?

16 May 2008, 11:51pm

I found this (http://www.download.com/SakasaMouse/3000-2056_4-10553398.html?tag=lst-1&cdlPid=10599613). It seems like it's meant to be a practical joke, but it might do what I need. I'm going to try this evening.

17 May 2008, 1:46am

Well, that didn't work. It revered the axis in windows, and even in the game menus and selections screens, but it did not reverse it for controlling the avatar. I don't even understand how that's possible, but whatever...

I still need a solution for this, then.

6 Jul 2008, 8:22pm

sigh :(

airbornflght

6 Jul 2008, 9:21pm

I think the game has to support it. Or maybe the mouse software, but otherwise I'm clueless.

mondi

7 Jul 2008, 2:23am

It sounds like what's happening is that the menu uses the normal windows mouse input, but the in game stuff uses something else (and by something else I mean DirectInput). The problem here is that DI relays messages directly from the driver and so a layer that sits on top of that like this prank wont work, what you need is an inverter at the driver level such as:

http://www.maf-soft.de/mafmouse/

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I haven't used it, I can't say whether or not it's a virus or spyware or anything such - but it seems like this is what you want.

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If you're still looking after I've finished this move, I'll see if I can throw together something similar.

7 Jul 2008, 5:07am

Thanks, Mondi. I'll give it a try, and let you know how it works. :)

8 Jul 2008, 4:35am

It works like a charm. It functions perfectly, and has a very simple and intuitive activation (a certain sequence of button presses that are easy to remember, but which you would never hit on accident) :D I'm going to send this dude some moneys, and make this driver a regular part of all my installs from here on out.

Thanks again, Mondi. :)