Allow disabling of mouse targeting

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CaptainTrips
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Allow disabling of mouse targeting

#1 Post by CaptainTrips »

I never use the mouse for targeting (especially because mouse targeting is currently buggy on Mac: http://forums.te4.org/viewtopic.php?f=4 ... =mouse+mac ), and sometimes my new mouse with its stiff cable tends to move ever so slightly right when I'm using a talent, causing it to shoot miles wide. It would be nice to be able to disable mouse targeting for those not interested in using it.

I realize I may be in the vast, vast minority in wanting this 'feature', so if anyone can tell me how I might modify my game to achieve this instead, I'd be greatly obliged.

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Re: Allow disabling of mouse targeting

#2 Post by Crim, The Red Thunder »

You mean you're targeting with the keyboard and as you do so, the mouse moves one pixel causing your shot to go in the opposite direction; usually right as you're pressing enter?

Happens here too, and I approve of this idea. I haven't died to it YET, but there were some incredibly close calls where my main nuke went flying in the wrong direction and hit me to boot. And I *HAVE* lost an escort to it. (Nuke went flying behind me, wiping 90% of the escort's health. All because the mouse 'twitched'...)
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Re: Allow disabling of mouse targeting

#3 Post by CaptainTrips »

Yeah, exactly that. Although I haven't had any real close calls due to it yet, just fits of annoyance. :P

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Re: Allow disabling of mouse targeting

#4 Post by CaptainTrips »

I just made a quick and dirty addon (just commented out one line of code) that effectively accomplishes this, albeit with the unwanted side-effect that mouse-over tooltips of npcs or terrain no longer work. I'm working on a more refined solution, but this should do the job for the interim:

http://forums.te4.org/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=37117

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Re: Allow disabling of mouse targeting

#5 Post by CaptainTrips »

Made an update that allows the mouse to still work normally while not targeting, and added an in-game option to enable/disable mouse targeting.

http://forums.te4.org/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=37117

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