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Playing Diablo 3 using Apple's Magic Mouse

karnashuk

karnashuk

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Jan 7, 2011
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Guys, I need help with this. I'll be buying a new iMac this year, 27''.

..and I'm thinking if the Apple's Magic Mouse for games such as upcoming Diablo 3 will be the right choice.

I'm using an old Mighty Mouse, and I'm sure it would be a great improvement.

So.. how good is Magic Mouse as for gaming? Anyone tried playing SC2 or any other mouse intesive games?

Regards, Karnashuk
 
As much as I love the magic mouse, its not for gaming. I would suggest something like maybe a logitech or razer mouse.

And for diablo 3, I;ve given up on it. Blizzard is getting annoying with their ridiculous development timelines. I know their excuse is "Quality takes time" and its true to an extent but other companies are able to pull of excellent games in a reasonable amount of time.
 
Magic Mouse: Unsuitable for Precision Games

I liked the Magic Mouse for non-game use (web sites, iPhoto, iMovie, etc.). But for games it's not acceptable to me.

The main problem during gaming is that the mouse appears to recognize a right-click by checking what fingers are resting on it when the (single) front physical button is clicked. That is, there's one button on the Magic Mouse. When it's clicked, the surface of the mouse is checked to see where your fingers are.

Which is great and all, but if you press the right click with your middle finger, some percent of the time your index finger will be gently resting on the mouse. When that happens, the Magic Mouse will have to decide if you meant a right click or a left click. This imprecision is not acceptable in games.
 
chrono1081 said:
And for diablo 3, I;ve given up on it. Blizzard is getting annoying with their ridiculous development timelines. I know their excuse is "Quality takes time" and its true to an extent but other companies are able to pull of excellent games in a reasonable amount of time.
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Case in point: Torchlight (ironically, made by the same people who developed D1 and D2)
 
PatrickCocoa said:
I liked the Magic Mouse for non-game use (web sites, iPhoto, iMovie, etc.). But for games it's not acceptable to me.

The main problem during gaming is that the mouse appears to recognize a right-click by checking what fingers are resting on it when the (single) front physical button is clicked. That is, there's one button on the Magic Mouse. When it's clicked, the surface of the mouse is checked to see where your fingers are.

Which is great and all, but if you press the right click with your middle finger, some percent of the time your index finger will be gently resting on the mouse. When that happens, the Magic Mouse will have to decide if you meant a right click or a left click. This imprecision is not acceptable in games.
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Agreed on all counts.

I like the look of the Magic Mouse but I don't think it would be a good gaming mouse.

As for Diablo 3, let me know what decade they're planning to release it. :rolleyes: Every year it seems like it's "next year." I haven't decided if there is some genuine obstacle that Blizzard is encountering, or if they're just trying to see how long they can string us along before we give up.
 
Logitech everytime for gaming.

And yeah, I think the devs of Torchlight were right when they said TL3 would be out before Diablo 3. It's supposed to hit late this year though.

Blizzard are in no hurry, they could shut down all but WoW right now and not lose a wink of sleep over it. It's frustraing as no one has done the isometric loot crawl anywhere near as well as they did:

Sacred 2: Buggy, lacked polish, too "open"
Titan Quest: No atmosphere, combat felt off
Torchlight: No depth, lack of classes and armour / weapon models (but cheap!)

Dungeon Siege 3 looks interesting, but I don't have a huge amount of faith in the dev team and the fact it's built for the 360 then ported (obvious as all builds shown so far are the 360 version).

Torchlight 2 has alot of promise though.
 
karnashuk said:
I'm using an old Mighty Mouse, and I'm sure it would be a great improvement.

So.. how good is Magic Mouse as for gaming? Anyone tried playing SC2 or any other mouse intesive games?
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Same back story. I used a Mighty Mouse, and now use a Magic Mouse. I play a lot of RTS games like SC2 and the C&C series, as well as most other genres, and find the magic mouse to be a great little mouse. I have no problems with it for any of my gaming.

I would recommend downloading BetterTouchTool. Then you can add missing buttons/features/etc, but even without that (like gaming in bootcamp), it's still a great mouse.

Obviusly, that's a personal preference. I notice that a lot of people hate it for gaming. I guess it depends on hand shape/size/position and other factors, but there's at least one person that loves using their magic mouse! And one thing's for sure, it's better than the mighty mouse. Just be careful playing FPS games with the scroll acceleration on!
 
I believe the delays in Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 can be traced to one common source: World of Warcraft. It's making the lion's share of money for Blizzard, so most of their effort is going towards that. That leaves less time for the other projects. I don't doubt that Diablo 3 will be released soon, but World of Warcraft has really slowed development of everything else at Blizzard.
 
SuperMatt said:
I believe the delays in Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 can be traced to one common source: World of Warcraft. It's making the lion's share of money for Blizzard, so most of their effort is going towards that. That leaves less time for the other projects. I don't doubt that Diablo 3 will be released soon, but World of Warcraft has really slowed development of everything else at Blizzard.
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I've said this before I'll say it again.

Diablo 2
Warcraft 3
World of Warcraft
Starcraft 2
Diablo 3
World of Diablo
Starcraft 3
World of Starcraft
World of Blizzard (all three universes linked)

Think about the possibilities!

I'm just totally guessing there, making things up; but it seems logical and we have heard that Blizzard is already working on another MMO.
 
They've revealed that the new MMO is a new IP––not Starcraft, Warcraft, or Diablo. I think this is a good thing.

SuperMatt said:
I believe the delays in Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 can be traced to one common source: World of Warcraft. It's making the lion's share of money for Blizzard, so most of their effort is going towards that. That leaves less time for the other projects. I don't doubt that Diablo 3 will be released soon, but World of Warcraft has really slowed development of everything else at Blizzard.
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This isn't true. They have separate teams. Blizzard games just have very long development times. Right after they finished The Frozen Throne, the RTS team started on Starcraft II. WoW development was going on simultaneously. Diablo III is another team.
 
Cougarcat said:
They've revealed that the new MMO is a new IP––not Starcraft, Warcraft, or Diablo. I think this is a good thing.



This isn't true. They have separate teams. Blizzard games just have very long development times. Right after they finished The Frozen Throne, the RTS team started on Starcraft II. WoW development was going on simultaneously. Diablo III is another team.
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That may be true. However, which team has the most people? Which one gets the most money? Which is the highest priority for the company?
 
SuperMatt said:
That may be true. However, which team has the most people? Which one gets the most money? Which is the highest priority for the company?
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Obviously, WoW, it cost $100M. An MMO by design needs more resources. But that's not to say Starcraft II was "slighted" in any way. It still made a pretty penny, over 3 million sold the first month. I think it's safe to say that both WoW and SC2 are "priorities" at Blizzard.
 
SuperMatt said:
That may be true. However, which team has the most people? Which one gets the most money? Which is the highest priority for the company?
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In spite of what the current US Supreme Court may say, a corporation is not just like "a guy". A corporation can actually do multiple independent things in parallel. WOW is a huge cash-generator, and can easily fund other major efforts in addition to its own continuing evolution.
 
Thank you Ainze, most likely Magic Mouse should be enough for me. I'm pretty satisfied with the old Mighty Mouse, beside one thing, you cannot push two button at once, which in some games it's really needed.

As for Diablo 3 gentlemen, I bielieve it will come out Q4 2011. Otherwise, lets just wait, don't be interested in the game until it's out, and maybe then you'll be suprised that it came out so quickly :) That's my receipe for staying 'healthy' in this matter/topic. Blizzard have never dissapointed me, and I'm sure they will entertain me once again. I'm beginning to see the potencial of D3. Let them do their job until it's polished and ready to rumbble.
 
Depends on how you game also. I've played SC2 with no problems at platinum levels. If you're picky though, the magic mouse would not work for gaming.
 
CylonGlitch said:
World of Blizzard (all three universes linked)
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haha then after that it's just World :)


the magic mouse is terrible for gaming though. anything that requires a right click then a left like zooming in a fps won't work, and same for a middle click and hold
 
Not being able to right-click and left-click at the same time ruins the mouse for gaming IMO.

Also... Diablo is a click-heavy game. The ergonomics (or lack there-of) of the magic mouse would mess your arm up pretty good i'd think.
 
Sorry...just butting in here;)

I like reading Diablo threads....My first PC I purchased (150MHz) was split equally amongst the three of us bachelors sharing the house at the time...8 hours each, an exact third of the day....to play the game:)

Very funny actually...I'm 40 this year, and it seems like 20 years ago now...empty Mountain Dew and MGD cans, Dorito bags and Pizza boxes, etc.

Wow! I can't imagine D-3 not being a HUGE hit for Blizzard...are they really still going to release it though? Seems like it's been a couple years since they released the "Coming Soon...." website! I forgot all about it:)

Sorry, once again...back to the Magic Mouse!

J
 
I played SC2 with the magic mouse. it was great. If your a hardcore gamer, or even a performance gamer you will want a gaming mouse.
 
chrono1081 said:
As much as I love the magic mouse, its not for gaming. I would suggest something like maybe a logitech or razer mouse.

And for diablo 3, I;ve given up on it. Blizzard is getting annoying with their ridiculous development timelines. I know their excuse is "Quality takes time" and its true to an extent but other companies are able to pull of excellent games in a reasonable amount of time.
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Dont, Im playing it right now. The only problem is I cant figure out how to use the right-click function (Cmd+Click doesn't do anything and you cant key it in manually) so I cant purchase from stores. It is definitely cool although I cant quite understand what the huge obstacle was, it isn't re-inventing anything drastically so far. No character customization, which really felt like a let down. Anyway, it is real.
 
Doesn't Control-Click (Not Command-Click) do right click for all Blizzard games?

If so, using a Magic Mouse would not be so much of a problem.

Now, using a trackpad would be hard :p
 
I have both the trackpad and the magic mouse. But it is a must to use the logitech mouse I have for gaming. Far easier on clicks.


BTW @awwebber: Lucky!!!!
 
MM for gaming isn't too good. Check out the WoW mouse. I love that for gaming!
 
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