Y-axis: Invert yay or nay?

[Acid King]

Sorry to try to derail but THIS IS AWESOME!
http://kotaku.com/5300550/the-game-gun- ... e-is-crazy
crazy? ehhhh, no not at all. Pure genius!
I can't wait for wiimote monitors for sale for 99 $.

That's pretty awesome.

[bkk]

I control the guy's head, so leaning back (stick down) equals looking up for me.

Surely you mean the back of his head cause pushing down on the front would make him look down

Inverted is meant for flying games if you ask me.

People always say that they think of 'pushing' the back of the head down to look up.

To them, I ask: what about looking left and right?

Yes, with practice this would seem just as natural. No such games exist, though.

[kengou]

Uh, no it's not.

I've never heard of anybody inverting the y-axis of a mouse...why the hell would anybody do that?

Tons of people do it, which is why it's an option in nearly every FPS.

I know tons of people do it when they play an FPS with a joystick, and I can understand that even if I don't do it. it290 covered the reasons why someone would do that with a joystick. But with a mouse I don't understand it. It's a direct input device, the crosshair acts like a mouse pointer, it just doesn't make sense to invert that sort of input device. In fact, when I play flight sims with a mouse (not often; I do have a flight stick) I still have it non-inverted, while of course I invert the joystick y-axis.

[MOSQUITO FIGHTER]

I invert y-axis for controllers. No invert on mouse. I blame Starfox.

[cools]

That throws a spanner into the works. Starfox I've always played non-inverted.

[captpain]

I've never heard of anybody inverting the y-axis of a mouse...why the hell would anybody do that?

Tons of people do it, which is why it's an option in nearly every FPS.

I know tons of people do it when they play an FPS with a joystick, and I can understand that even if I don't do it. it290 covered the reasons why someone would do that with a joystick. But with a mouse I don't understand it. It's a direct input device, the crosshair acts like a mouse pointer, it just doesn't make sense to invert that sort of input device. In fact, when I play flight sims with a mouse (not often; I do have a flight stick) I still have it non-inverted, while of course I invert the joystick y-axis.

The fact that you might not understand why someone would invert the Y axis is the point of the thread.

People do it.

[grovsnus]

I control the guy's head, so leaning back (stick down) equals looking up for me.

Surely you mean the back of his head cause pushing down on the front would make him look down

Think of it as the guy's head being mounted on the pad instead of the stick.