A fix for the mouselook x/y speed disparity

[Ropethunder]

Have you ever been frustrated by mouselook moving quickly in one direction (up and down) and very slowly along another (left to right)? Well, I don't like it either. So, I put together a little fix for it. Enjoy. :)

At the moment this tool only looks at your display resolution and not resolution of the game itself. So this will only be useful for those who play full-screen.

What is does:
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This tool will correct the x/y axis disparity that exists when using
right-click to mouselook within the EverQuest client. It does this by
identifying the current aspect ratio of the display and accelerates mouse
movement along the x-axis based upon that ratio while the right mouse button is
being held down.

Why this problem exists:
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The origin of this bug exists from the original code calculating the variable
mouselook speed based upon the number of pixels along the width and height of
the display. Back when computer monitors were 4:3 (almost square), the
difference was negligible and probably had gone unnoticed. However, at any
widescreen resolution this problem becomes much more apparent.

How to close the tool:
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To close the tool simply right-click on the program's icon in your system
tray and choose "Exit" from the popup menu.



ChangeLog:

eqmousefix 1.0
* (Initial release)

[dcapotos]

I'm not sure if this is the same issue, but I fixed this by lowering the max framerate to something like 30 FPS and upped the mouse sensitivity.

[Ropethunder]

If you don't notice a problem then you probably don't need to use this. Some people are more sensitive to these things than others.

The wider your screen the better. For example, set your game to something like 1980x1050 or 1366x768 and it will become more noticable.

[SwordNboard]

Yeah. All you need to do is lower max framerate in the in-game options.

[Kubaton]

So, what would cause the mouse look and right clicking to malfunction.. It works it just relocates the pointer/view location..

This makes for very difficult movements and looting or opening the bank.

Any advise?

[Naskahbar]

Have you ever been frustrated by mouselook moving quickly in one direction (up and down) and very slowly along another (left to right)? Well, I don't like it either. So, I put together a little fix for it. Enjoy. :)

At the moment this tool only looks at your display resolution and not resolution of the game itself. So this will only be useful for those who play full-screen.

http://3dfolio.com/files/eqmousefix.zip


Hello Ropethunder,
could you please reupload your tool somewhere?
As I got exactly the same problem, and nothing from forced Vsync
to 3d party eqgame launchers (which are supposed to control FPS rates)
seems to work for me. :(

[Naskahbar]

I could finally fix the problem with the video capture utility 'Dxtory',
which allows to force a fps rate on all directx windows.
(a 60 fps fixed framerate works for me on i-7/windows 7 64bit in 1900x1200) :)

[gathorn]

MUCH EASIER! Just change your "MaxFPS" in your "eqclient.ini" in your Everquest folder to 60 or 30 fps.

[CalistoSky]

MUCH EASIER! Just change your "MaxFPS" in your "eqclient.ini" in your Everquest folder to 60 or 30 fps.

Thank you so much for this post. I love the game, but this issue has been driving me crazy. I changed my MaxFPS to 60, restarted the client and works perfectly! Thank you.

Also, thank you for the effort from the original poster for making an effort to contribute to the community effort!

[Ropethunder]

Hello Ropethunder,
could you please reupload your tool somewhere?
As I got exactly the same problem, and nothing from forced Vsync
to 3d party eqgame launchers (which are supposed to control FPS rates)
seems to work for me. :(

Better late than never! I've located this file from an old backup and added it as an attachment to the first post.

Enjoy!

[Elizabetha]

I second this thread resurrection.

As I was reading the first few posts, I thought "14 years later... the FPS change is the thing".

I don't know how my install got out of whack with respect to mouse look... but... I popped open the options and was trying for max fps. Dialed it to 60 and didn't even need to relog. It just worked.

Lookin' juss fahn witat mouse nayuh!

[MeHateBoss]

Better late than never! I've located this file from an old backup and added it as an attachment to the first post.

Enjoy!

Free bump for an OG. I was looking for this file a couple years ago. Had given up. Thanks a ton!

[Axer128]

Tried it out. Doesn't work for EQ THJ (ROF2 client) . Same slow horizontal and too fast vertical behavior when it's running or not.

I'm running at 144 fps, but I tested capping to 60, and while that might reduce the issue very slightly, it's still very broken at 60 fps on my rig.

Oddly it's only the hold rightclick mouse look that does this.

Hold left click mouselook is fine, same verticle and horizontal. (But this doesn't steer the character, so i have to tap left mouse once in a while to steer which sucks, cuz it also forces me to run forward which i dont want and i dont see a way to unbind that behavior)


Possible to fix this via authotkey? Maybe it can dynamically increase horizontal mouse DPI while rclick held?

[MeHateBoss]

Tried it out. Doesn't work for EQ THJ (ROF2 client) . Same slow horizontal and too fast vertical behavior when it's running or not.

I'm running at 144 fps, but I tested capping to 60, and while that might reduce the issue very slightly, it's still very broken at 60 fps on my rig.

Oddly it's only the hold rightclick mouse look that does this.

Hold left click mouselook is fine, same verticle and horizontal. (But this doesn't steer the character, so i have to tap left mouse once in a while to steer which sucks, cuz it also forces me to run forward which i dont want and i dont see a way to unbind that behavior)


Possible to fix this via authotkey? Maybe it can dynamically increase horizontal mouse DPI while rclick held?

What resolution are you playing at? It makes a nice difference on my home PC at 1440p, but on a super ultrawide, I need to use a viewport to fix it, with this running at the same time.