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Re: The Aiming Problem

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From: Dan C
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:15
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On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:17:29 -0700, mooseboyskip wrote:

> On Sep 26, 8:56 am, Dan C <youmustbejok...@lan.invalid> wrote:
>> On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:33:54 -0700, mooseboyskip wrote:
>> > Sorry, I can just not get it done.  It's such a sluggish way of
>> > aiming, and yes I've changed the mouse controls, and tried them on
>> > several variations, and it's still not easy to aim.  And by not easy,
>> > I mean, practically impossible for me to aim using the mouse.
>>
>> > I might have to just give up.  The other problem I've noticed is that
>> > whenever there's a few monsters in the area, the tracking of the video
>> > seems jumpy, and disjointed like it's not running smoothly.  I can
>> > pretty much shoot Imps without the mouse, if I just leave the aim
>> > point centered, but not when I can't move smoothly.  I bought this
>> > computer last summer--the game came out in , what, 2004, right?  A
>> > computer three years older than the game should be able to track
>> > smoothly right?
>>
>> > And now with the Lost Souls, I can't even see the fricking things, I'm
>> > getting bumped around so much.  I couldn't shoot lost souls easily in
>> > doom2 either, but at least I could move out of their damn way then.
>> > Now with the tracking difficulty...I just can't get it done.

>> Pussy.
 
> Pussy?  Uncoordinated maybe, but pussy??

Yes.  Pussy.


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