Smooth Mouse Movement about xboxkeyboardmouse

[CallumCarmicheal]

I had achieved smooth movement in Halo 5 but the settings did not work for any other game, I jumped the gun when I pushed the update and did not test other games, the issue is that there is no way to have a global smooth movement because every game uses the joystick differently even if it's subtle. Sadly this is something I don't know if I'll be able to work out without any outside help who have experience converting mouse to joystick smoothly.

[DavidRieman]

Indeed, some games may use "dead zones" of different size and shape intended to eliminate near-but-not-zero readings that controllers give at rest. Without a dead zone, you'd set a controller down and your aim cursor would slowly drift, due to minor manufactured sensor differences. (To experiment, pick up a controller and just barely tilt the sticks slowly and notice they have to move a bit before the game reacts with any aim change.) Because these dead zone solutions are common, users would probably assume the game is buggy when they saw such drift, so game devs will keep making them. Dead zones are usually square or circular, meaning either each axis is remapped to zero out small values independently (square), or the vector is remapped to zero out small vector lengths. So no matter what, since details like this vary by game - there would need to be some sort of per-game settings selection - which could store that game's discovered dead zone width/height (for square) or length (for circles). Possibly other details would need to be stored per game, as advanced techniques to combat other game-specific joystick assists (weird accelerations and such) get figured out.

[Norava]

What were your settings for smooth movement Callum? I'm testing in Halo 5 and getting ALOT of jerkiness when I'm aiming.

[CallumCarmicheal]

@Norava i no longer have the configuration but the higher you have the polling rate the smoother the experience will feel but with the higher polling the less movement the application can pick up on so you need to increase your dpi or sensitivity.

[AlbertoMonteiro]

I tried it using in Fortnite game, but when I need small movements, to aim with highest precision, it doesnt work as expected. I "alt+tabed" and changed values, but nothing change.

[DavidRieman]

I've implemented a mouse engine which handles the dead zone as discussed in this thread.