Small Control Request (Mouse Button Blues)
Charrbane
Hello, this is my first post here and I registered today after lurking around for weeks. I have been thinking ever since I started playing Guild Wars that id like to have a simple feature added to the current control system. Due to the way I typically play games I've come to the conclusion that I no longer want to hold my right mouse button down to lock the camera in mouse-look mode while stearing my character around. Usually I'm playing for 2+ hours straight and for 99% of that time I'm constantly holding the button down. Please devs give my finger a break. I want an option in the control menu where I can check a little box that will do what my finger has been doing all this time. I've not seen this question / issue posted before so today I felt I needed to speak up and maybe I have a chance of getting the option added to the game. Does anybody else like this idea or am I just weird? By the way this wouldn't change the control scheme, just add an option that would reverse what holding the right mouse button down does. If there IS an actual way to do this now, then it has eluded me somehow and I'll probably feel dumb later. heh.
DrSLUGFly
good suggestion, worth a bump 
Charrbane
I third the motion. 
Caelus The Fallen
How about an option to make it "sticky", ie. right-clicking once makes it act like its held down, right-clicking a second time makes it stop.
Rig Jarlsson
*signed*
Arvydas
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Originally Posted by Caelus The Fallen
How about an option to make it "sticky", ie. right-clicking once makes it act like its held down, right-clicking a second time makes it stop.
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deathwearer
ohhhhh yeah i really want it, i always hold right mouse buttom and it's getting anoying.
*signed*
*signed*
Iteicea Destroidium
or you could do something like SWG did. You press alt and you can move the pointer anywhere on the screen. You press alt again and its a smaller area to move in and it reacts as if you are holding the right mouse button
/sign
/sign
Charrbane
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Originally Posted by Caelus The Fallen
How about an option to make it "sticky", ie. right-clicking once makes it act like its held down, right-clicking a second time makes it stop.
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Spartan2
/signed
Thomasuwoo
A well thought out and good sugestion. The funny thing is that we've all been busy replying to "x class is too powerful" posts and forgetting that there are still some simple issues that can be easyly resloved.
/signed
/signed
Principa Discordia
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Originally Posted by Iteicea Destroidium
or you could do something like SWG did. You press alt and you can move the pointer anywhere on the screen. You press alt again and its a smaller area to move in and it reacts as if you are holding the right mouse button
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Erace
/signed
arnansnow
/sign
Aaaaagh
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Originally Posted by Charrbane
Please devs give my finger a break.
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If his/her finger gets a break I demand mine gets the same!
/sign
Naprius
the less i use the mouse, the longer i can play. damn good idea
/signed
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Gustav Gloomp
/signed
Lady Messana
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Originally Posted by Caelus The Fallen
How about an option to make it "sticky", ie. right-clicking once makes it act like its held down, right-clicking a second time makes it stop.
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Mike Legend
/signed, definitely
disarm76
/signed
John Bloodstone
/singed - sorry, can't spell, my fingers are broken, too late for me
Tactical-Dillusions
Only if i have the choice between the suggestion and the current system....like a checkbox option. I usually don't like having to re-learn how i play or press buttons.
neoteo
the reverse check box sounds logic , and woulnd not disturb people that like the actual system . keep it in right mouse bottum , just make availeble a reverse option , so only if you dont want to move the camara , you clic on it ...
for people like me that play FPS for more then 10 years , this is a dream , if it comes true.
/signed
for people like me that play FPS for more then 10 years , this is a dream , if it comes true.
/signed
Charrbane
Holy smokes I didn't think to ever see this thread again. 
I'm so used to holding the mouse button down now I hardly notice it. The one thing I didn't think of when I started this topic is 'how will the cursor be controlled' and if the two are reversed, will it be less desirable to be holding down a button to use the cursor?
I'm so used to holding the mouse button down now I hardly notice it. The one thing I didn't think of when I started this topic is 'how will the cursor be controlled' and if the two are reversed, will it be less desirable to be holding down a button to use the cursor?
neoteo
yes , i guess the dev team , got to that conclusion , its better to hold down when you are in action , wasting energie , and not holding down , for chill out actions like savage items , chat , etc
but i still vote for the reverse option in setings
but i still vote for the reverse option in setings
Rieselle
I want to be able to map the mousewheel!
Incidentally, you can try a control-remapper program such as AutoHotKey
With a bit of scripting, you can get your sticky mouse button, your sticky ctrl/alt key, or remapping the mouse wheel.
I havent tried it yet. My one concern is that it might not block the original keypress - (eg, if I remap the mouse wheel to a key mapped to next/prev target, it might still cause zoom in/out to occur as well.)
Incidentally, you can try a control-remapper program such as AutoHotKey
With a bit of scripting, you can get your sticky mouse button, your sticky ctrl/alt key, or remapping the mouse wheel.
I havent tried it yet. My one concern is that it might not block the original keypress - (eg, if I remap the mouse wheel to a key mapped to next/prev target, it might still cause zoom in/out to occur as well.)
Charrbane
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Originally Posted by neoteo
yes , i guess the dev team , got to that conclusion , its better to hold down when you are in action , wasting energie , and not holding down , for chill out actions like savage items , chat , etc
but i still vote for the reverse option in setings |
I'm reinterested in trying this option out.
Seloria Lionward
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viet
Current controls needs a big overhaul.
/signed
i dont like holding down the buttons constantly either.
& how about clicking only once to attack, not 2+ times.
Or auto attacking anything attacking you, & clicking something to stop attacking.
/signed
i dont like holding down the buttons constantly either.
& how about clicking only once to attack, not 2+ times.
Or auto attacking anything attacking you, & clicking something to stop attacking.
Zytrex
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Originally Posted by Iteicea Destroidium
or you could do something like SWG did. You press alt and you can move the pointer anywhere on the screen. You press alt again and its a smaller area to move in and it reacts as if you are holding the right mouse button
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.......... forgive me. I was actually one of the players who got rid of Galaxies well before that happened, fortunately, so I guess I shouldn't be so sensitive. :P
In truth, a toggle type action like that could actually work. What they should really do is implement multiple ways to do this. There are quite a few interface limitations in GW that I just don't understand.