Comments on: AU Diary: To Invert Or Not Invert

By: warcroft

warcroft — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:57:03 +0000

Whats funny is inverted use to be the norm.
Now, you have to go into teh settings and set it to inverted.
Un-inverted has become the norm.

But inverted mouse? Thats just weird!

By: Adam Redsell

Adam Redsell — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:53:45 +0000

This is interesting. I don’t use inverted aiming with a mouse or Wii Remote, but I do for controllers.

By: Trent Strickland

Trent Strickland — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:34:05 +0000

Most FPSs i’ve played don’t have that option. I’ve never tried. I’d also guess it would feel weird.

By: David Wildgoose

David Wildgoose — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:10:39 +0000

I said it before… Freak!

By: Chris Plante

Chris Plante — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:06:23 +0000

As the author of the Hardcasual post, I feel it’s my duty to declare there’s only one way to play.

Inverted.

By: tsengan

tsengan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:21:50 +0000

Always inverted. Leaning/pushing forward to look down feels so much more natural and immersive. Interacting and moving as crosshairs on a flat screen really ruins the immersion for me.

By: crappy

crappy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:34:10 +0000

Trent – do you also invert the x-axis for fps? Cause to pan left with your film camera you’re pushing that tripod lever to the right. Im guessing no.

By: crappy

crappy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:16:07 +0000

I get that people have grown up with inverted (I did. Playing FA18 Interceptor on the Amiga) and thus prefer it because it’s what they’re use to.

But how exactly does inverted ‘make sense’ for anything other than flight sims? Could someone please talk me through it.

By: Khuntza

Khuntza — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:01:06 +0000

I always invert.. ALWAYS..

Im left handed, and use my mouse in my right..
Ive come across lefties that swap their mouse buttons.. maybe we should be talking about those freaks…

Just to add to my weirdness I used to use numpad for PC FPS’s as opposed to WASD..

By: Trent Strickland

Trent Strickland — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:55:50 +0000

I bitterly resisted inverted controls for many many years. Then two things happened. The first was that i became a film student which meant I was operating cameras where in order to tilt down you have to move the handle up and vice versa. The second was that I played Deus Ex without realising that inverted was on. It just felt natural to me. But when I played The Orange Box the controls instantly felt strange and unnatual. To my horror the options menu told me that i was on normal controls and suddenly the inverted look became my preference for all FPSs.THE END.