Re: Logitech MX518 or Optical Mouse?
- From: "A.G. Turner" <nospam@xxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:44:11 GMT
"Thomas J. Boschloo" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> My current Logitech (from 1997) is beginning to fail me and this is
> getting my parties wiped perhaps (couldn't drink a healing potion in a
> dungeon last week because my left mouse button failed).
>
> What I am thinking is that I'll just get a new logitech mouse (and
> perhaps keyboard), but I want to know if anyone here has any experience
> with the new game mouses from Logitech?
>
> I am also not sure if I like the fact that it has more than three
> buttons. Is there a use for this with WoW? Like maybe jump, escape, 'F1'
> or 'F'?
>
I can't speak to the MX518 specifically, but I got an MX500 which is the
same button design and optical with cord. I had a couple of glitches on
install but finally after downloading the updated software for it from the
Logitech site I was able to map the additional buttons to keys of my choice.
I chose Ctrl, Alt and Shift for three of the buttons. As a result I can
hover over keys 1-4 and have 16 action keys available without moving either
hand (you get more than that since the tilde and keys 5-6 are easily
reachable without moving your hand, but for the sake of argument...). I
mapped a button for changing between the two action bars that you can't put
on the main screen (this makes an additional 4 action keys available without
moving your hand, so that would be 20 total). I mapped a button for moving
backwards so I wouldn't have to move my hand for that. That still left me
the mouse wheel click to toggle autorun, the wheel function to zoom in and
out camera and left/right button at the same time to run forward. Oh, and
of course the right and left click buttons are still mapped to those
functions. ;) So, yes, I'd say there are applications for the additional
buttons.
Once I downloaded the updated software I noted a marked increase in mouse
sensitivity.
I noted that the downloadable software for the MX518 gamers edition is for a
wireless mouse.
There was a download for gaming once I updated my MX500 software. It
allowed some additional changes to how the software reacted when entering a
game.
I'm not sure what the MX518 brings to the table that the MX500 doesn't. But
so far I'm quite pleased with my 500.
> And how about running it on Windows 98SE? (which I still use atm) G5
> does support it, but the weights seem like a useless gadget to me (like
> I will ever notice the difference and get it right)
>
I use XP so can't speak to this. I'd be sure and check the Logitech site
for download info regarding the mouse software. They list the supported
systems.
> I fear the gamer mouse is really meant for FPS gamers and not for 3D
> MMORPG games like us. Still, I would value your opinion on this.
> Especially from WoW players that use such a mouse on 2000/XP or 98SE/Me.
>
> TIA,
> Thomas
I wanted the extra buttons so I could do more without moving my hands from
the mouse or my "home" keys. So far that has worked out well for me. The
increased sensitivity is nice since it takes less motion to move the cursor
around. As with pretty much any mouse, the sensitivity can be adjusted.
Hope that Helps and Happy Gaming!
.
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