Windows Mouse Things

Investigations into Windows mouse behaviour.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

The MarkC Windows 10 + 8.1 + 8 + 7 Mouse Acceleration Fix

The ‘MarkC Windows 10 + 8.1 + 8 + 7 Mouse Acceleration Fix’ is available for download from this link:
DO NOT USE THIS: MarkC_Windows_10+8.x+7_MouseFix.zip @ google drive (version 2.9).
Use this: MarkC_Windows_10+8.x+7_MouseFix.zip @ onedrive.com (version 2.9).

For help for the fix, visit the ESReality MarkC Windows 7 Mouse Acceleration Fix page:
http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=1846538

What is it?

It is a registry file that removes Windows 7 or 8 or 8.1 or 10 mouse pointer acceleration.

It is like the CPL Mouse Fix and Cheese Mouse Fix, but gives exactly 1-to-1 mouse to pointer response for Windows 7 or Windows 8.x or Windows 10.

Exactly 1-to-1 means no discarded or delayed mouse input while game playing.

How do you use it?

• Find the display DPI that you currently use:
  Click Start, click Control Panel, select Appearance and Personalization, select Display.
  See if you have 100% or 125% or 150% selected.
  (On Windows 8.1 or 10, if you see a ‘Smaller. Larger’ slider, then:
  — the 1st slider position will be 100%,
  — the 2nd slider position will be 125%,
  — the 3rd slider position (might not be shown) will be 150%.)

Open the ZIP file at the link above.

Select the folder that matches the Windows version you use and Double-click it.

Select the REG file that matches the DPI% you use and Double-click it.

Answer Yes, OK to the prompts that appear.
(See below for non-Administrator account use.)

Reboot or Log off to apply the fix (you have to reboot or Log off).

Enjoy exactly 1-to-1 mouse to pointer response!
(If you applied one of the Windows 2000 or Windows 98/95 Acceleration fixes, then ‘Enhance pointer precision’ must be checked ON to enable it.)

Why do you need the fix?

If you don’t know you need it, then you don’t need it!

Some older games, such as Half-Life 1, Counter-Strike 1.x, Quake, Quake 2, Unreal and others, while they are active and running, call a Windows function intending to disable variable mouse acceleration by forcing ALL movement to be accelerated by the same amount (doubled).
On Windows 2000 and earlier, that removed all variable acceleration.
Pointing and aiming in those games was OK, because the mouse response was then linear (all movement was accelerated by the same amount; it was doubled).

In XP, and later Windows versions, Microsoft changed how mouse pointer acceleration worked.
Now when those games call the function (asking that all movement be accelerated), Windows enables the mouse ‘Enhance pointer precision’ feature, which adds mouse acceleration using a varying curve to control the mouse response. (It enables it even if you have it turned off in the Control Panel Mouse settings.)

With ‘Enhance pointer precision’ enabled, slower mouse movements make the pointer go extra slow and faster mouse movements make the pointer go extra fast. It is not linear and not straightline.

This is annoying, because where you are aiming at depends on how far you move your mouse, and also on how fast you moved the mouse to aim.

How does the fix work?

It redefines the curve used by the ‘Enhance pointer precision’ feature to be a completely straight line. The slope of the line is tuned so that every on-mouse-pad mouse movement is turned into exactly the same amount of on-screen pointer movement.

How do you know the fix is working?

You can test if it is working by temporarily turning on the ‘Enhance pointer precision’ feature and see how the mouse responds.
(NOTE: Unless you applied one of the Windows 2000 or Windows 98/95 Acceleration fixes, only turn ‘Enhance pointer precision’ on for testing: it should normally be set OFF.)

If you have ‘Enhance pointer precision’ OFF, then the fix will not be active (but it will be waiting to be activated when needed).
Just as some games turn it on when you don’t want them to, we can turn it on manually to test that the fix is working properly.

Go to Control Panel, and select Hardware and Sound, then click Mouse. Select ‘Pointer options’ and check-ON/enable the ‘Enhance pointer precision’ option.

See how the mouse responds.

If you want, you can set the Control Panel ‘pointer speed’ slider set to the 6th, middle position and run the MouseMovementRecorder.exe program that is included in the ZIP file to see that the mouse and pointer movements are 1-to-1 and always the same.
(The numbers in the MOUSE MOVEMENT column should be the same as the numbers in the POINTER MOVEMENT column. Any differences will appear in green or red.
If you do see differences, also test with ‘Enhance pointer precision’ OFF, in case the problem is with Windows or MouseMovementRecorder.exe rather than a problem with the fix:
— Press the A key on the keyboard while MouseMovementRecorder is running until EnPtPr Accel is Off. Press A TWICE if EnPtPr is already Off!
— When EnPtPr Accel is OFF, if there is a lot of red and green, press the ‘+’ key on the keyboard and move the mouse.
— Repeat ‘+’ and move the mouse until most of the red and green disappears.
— Press the A key on the keyboard to toggle EnPtPr Accel and move the mouse.
— If the amount of red and green is roughly the same when EnPtPr Accel is ON as when EnPtPr Accel is Off, then the fix is working.)
(NOTE: If you use Windows 10, & scaling of items is not 100%, see below.)
(NOTE: If you use Windows 8.1 and have too much green and red, see below.)
(NOTE: While running a game, you may see many red and green lines.
Games that need a fix usually frequently re-position the pointer and this confuses MouseMovementRecorder.exe but DOES NOT mean acceleration.
See http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=1846538#pid1927879 — scroll to ‘Comment&nbsp#271’. )

Turn the ‘Enhance pointer precision’ option OFF when you have finished testing.
(If you applied one of the Windows 2000 or Windows 98/95 Acceleration fixes, then leave ‘Enhance pointer precision’ checked ON to enable it.)

Does my game need a mouse fix?

You can test your game to see if it turns ‘Enhance pointer precision’ ON, and needs a mouse fix.

• Turn the ‘Enhance pointer precision’ option OFF,
• Run Mouse Movement Recorder (included in the ZIP file),
• Run your game (aim at something!) and look at the ‘EnPtPr’ column footer at the bottom of the Mouse Movement Recorder window.
  If it is displayed with a red background then the game has turned acceleration ON and needs a mouse fix.

Is this fix different from the Cheese Mouse Fix?

The ‘Enhance pointer precision’ option works slightly differently in Windows 7 than it does in XP and Vista, and slightly differently again in Windows 8.x and 10.

The Cheese Mouse Fix gives exactly 1-to-1 mouse response for Windows XP and Windows Vista.

The MarkC Mouse Fixes give exactly 1-to-1 mouse response for Windows 7 & 8.x & 10.

(Note: Both fixes need the Control Panel ‘pointer speed’ slider set to the 6th, middle position to give exact 1-to-1.)

But I don’t use the middle 6/11 pointer speed setting?

If you want exact 1-to-1 in-game response when the pointer speed slider is not in the 6/11 position, or you have a custom display DPI, see the MarkC Mouse Fix Builder, which works for Windows 10, 8.x, 7, Vista and XP.
For those older games that turn acceleration on, it gives the same response as position 6/11 does (1-to-1), without having to move the pointer speed slider to 6/11.
The MarkC Windows 10 + 8.1 + 8 + 7 + Vista + XP Mouse Acceleration Fix Builder

The MarkC Mouse Fix Builder can also create a fix that emulates Windows 2000 or Windows 98 or Windows 95 acceleration.

How do you remove it?

• Open the ZIP file at the link above.
• If you use Windows 7 or Vista or XP:
  Select ‘Windows_7+Vista+XP_Default.reg’ and Double-click it.
• If you use Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 or Windows 10:
  Select ‘Windows_10+8.x_Default.reg’ and Double-click it.
• Answer Yes, OK to the prompts that appear.
• Reboot or Log off.

I use Windows 10 and scaling of text, apps and other items is not 100%

In later versions of Windows 10, Microsoft changed how the mouse pointer is moved in response to mouse input, when scaling of text, apps and other items is not 100%, and Enhance pointer precision is OFF.

Mouse pointer movements when Enhance pointer precision is OFF, are now scaled according to the per-monitor scaling of items setting.

When Enhance pointer precision is OFF, and the Control Panel pointer speed slider is set to 6/11, MouseMovementRecorder will not show all-black, exact 1-to-1, but instead Pointer Movement will be multiplied by the same scaling factor applied to text, apps and other items.

Games may also see this difference, or not, depending on their «DPI Awareness».

I use Windows 8.1 and see too much green and red in MouseMovementRecorder

Windows 8.1 introduced changes to mouse input processing to reduce power used and improve battery life:
Windows 8.1 delays and coalesces (merges) mouse input for programs, causing the effective mouse polling rate to be as low as 62 Hz in some cases (even for gaming mice with a higher polling rate).

This new processing can affect some games (games that don’t use Raw Input and don’t use DirectInput). Microsoft have a December 2013 Windows Update Rollup that includes a fix for those games, which will be automatically installed when you have Windows Update set to install updates automatically.
(See here: KB2908279 Mouse pointer stutters or freezes when you play certain games in Windows 8.1.)

The new processing can also affect MouseMovementRecorder and cause it to show red and green (with the mouse delays, MouseMovementRecorder sees a mouse movement from DirectInput, but doesn’t see the pointer move until MUCH MUCH later and can’t figure out what’s going on and displays red and green).

If the KB2908279 update fix is installed, MouseMovementRecorder will activate it
to give more responsive mouse pointer movement and stop the red and green.

Otherwise, while running MouseMovementRecorder, select it and press the ‘+’ key
on the keyboard a until the red and green stops.

If Control Panel, Appearance and Personalization, Display shows a ‘Smaller. Larger’ slider, high DPI monitors might need a custom size and/or a fix-builder fix to get exact 1-to-1.
See this blog article:
Windows 8.1 DPI Scaling Enhancements @ Extreme Windows Blog
The new multi-monitor DPI scaling in Windows 8.1 is a good thing if you have multiple monitors with different pixels-per-inch values, BUT it might make it harder to find the correct Item Size percentage when choosing which MarkC fix to use to get exact 1-to-1.
Try clicking the ‘Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays’ checkbox and then find the percentage needed so that your main (gaming) monitor looks the same as it did when using the ‘Smaller. Larger’ slider (this may require some reboots).
When you have the right percentage value, click ‘. one scaling level. ‘ OFF (so that you get the benefit of the new Multi-monitor DPI scaling — if you need it) and use the percentage value to choose which fix you need, or to create a Fix-Builder fix.

Loading the fix with a non-Administrator account

When adding the mouse acceleration fix to the registry, you may get this error message:

«Cannot import (filename).reg: Not all data was successfully written to the registry.»

This error happens because part of the fix turns off acceleration for the Welcome screen (the log on screen).
If you use the Welcome screen (or the Windows Log in dialog) and acceleration is NOT turned off for the Welcome screen, then the MarkC fixes have a 1 pixel / 1 mouse count error when the mouse changes direction left/right or up/down.

You can remove this 1 mouse count error by any of these methods:

Взаимодействие с помощью мыши Mouse interactions

Оптимизируйте структуру приложения Windows для сенсорного ввода и получите по умолчанию обычную поддержку мыши. Optimize your Windows app design for touch input and get basic mouse support by default.

Взаимодействие при помощи мыши лучше всего подходит для приложений, требующих точного указания и щелчков. Mouse input is best suited for user interactions that require precision when pointing and clicking. Эта точность естественным образом поддерживается пользовательским интерфейсом Windows, который оптимизирован для неточных по своей природе сенсорных взаимодействий. This inherent precision is naturally supported by the UI of Windows, which is optimized for the imprecise nature of touch.

Существенное отличие ввода с помощью мыши от сенсорного ввода — возможность эмуляции непосредственного взаимодействия с элементами пользовательского интерфейса на экране с использованием физических жестов (прокрутка, сдвиг, перетаскивание, поворот и т. п.) в случае сенсорного ввода. Where mouse and touch input diverge is the ability for touch to more closely emulate the direct manipulation of UI elements through physical gestures performed directly on those objects (such as swiping, sliding, dragging, rotating, and so on). Для манипуляций с помощью мыши обычно требуются другие возможности пользовательского интерфейса, например использование маркеров для изменения размера или поворота объекта. Manipulations with a mouse typically require some other UI affordance, such as the use of handles to resize or rotate an object.

В этом разделе описываются вопросы разработки для взаимодействия с помощью мыши. This topic describes design considerations for mouse interactions.

Язык мыши приложения UWP The UWP app mouse language

Компактный набор взаимодействий с помощью мыши используется единообразно во всей системе. A concise set of mouse interactions are used consistently throughout the system.

Обучение при наведении Hover to learn

Наведите указатель на элемент, чтобы показать подробную информацию или визуальные обучающие элементы (например, подсказку), не выполняя никакого действия. Hover over an element to display more detailed info or teaching visuals (such as a tooltip) without a commitment to an action.

Щелчок левой кнопкой для основного действия Left-click for primary action

Щелчок левой кнопкой вызывает основное действие (например, запуск приложения или выполнение команды). Left-click an element to invoke its primary action (such as launching an app or executing a command).

Прокрутка для изменения представления Scroll to change view

Отображение полос прокрутки для перемещения вверх, вниз, влево и вправо в пределах области содержимого. Display scroll bars to move up, down, left, and right within a content area. Для прокрутки содержимого можно щелкать на полосах прокрутки или вращать колесо мыши. Users can scroll by clicking scroll bars or rotating the mouse wheel. Полосы прокрутки могут обозначать расположение текущего представления в пределах области содержимого (сдвиг касанием отображает аналогичный пользовательский интерфейс). Scroll bars can indicate the location of the current view within the content area (panning with touch displays a similar UI).

Щелчок правой кнопкой мыши для выбора и выполнения команды Right-click to select and command

Щелчок правой кнопкой мыши для отображения панели навигации (при наличии) и панели приложения с глобальными командами. Right-click to display the navigation bar (if available) and the app bar with global commands. Щелчок правой кнопкой мыши на элементе для его выделения и отображения контекстных команд для выбранного элемента. Right-click an element to select it and display the app bar with contextual commands for the selected element.

Команды пользовательского интерфейса для масштабирования UI commands to zoom

Отображение команд пользовательского интерфейса на панели приложения (например, + и -) либо нажатие клавиши CTRL и вращение колеса мыши для эмуляции жестов увеличения и уменьшения масштаба. Display UI commands in the app bar (such as + and -), or press Ctrl and rotate mouse wheel, to emulate pinch and stretch gestures for zooming.

Команды пользовательского интерфейса для поворота UI commands to rotate

Отображение команд пользовательского интерфейса на панели приложения либо нажатие клавиш CTRL+SHIFT и вращение колеса мыши для эмуляции жеста поворота. Display UI commands in the app bar, or press Ctrl+Shift and rotate mouse wheel, to emulate the turn gesture for rotating. Чтобы повернуть весь экран, поверните само устройство. Rotate the device itself to rotate the entire screen.

Щелчок левой кнопкой мыши и перетаскивание для изменения взаимного расположения элементов Left-click and drag to rearrange

Щелчок левой кнопкой мыши и перетаскивание элемента для его перемещения. Left-click and drag an element to move it.

Щелчок левой кнопкой мыши и перетаскивание для выделения текста Left-click and drag to select text

Щелчок левой кнопкой мыши в пределах доступного для выделения текста и перемещение для выделения текста. Left-click within selectable text and drag to select it. Двойной щелчок для выделения слова. Double-click to select a word.

События ввода мыши Mouse input events

Большая часть ввода мыши может быть обработана с помощью общих перенаправленных событий ввода, поддерживаемых всеми объектами UIElement . Most mouse input can be handled through the common routed input events supported by all UIElement objects. Сюда входит следующее. These include:

Тем не менее можно воспользоваться возможностями каждого устройства (например, события колесика мыши), используя события указателя, жеста и манипуляции в Windows. UI. Input. However, you can take advantage of the specific capabilities of each device (such as mouse wheel events) using the pointer, gesture, and manipulation events in Windows.UI.Input.

Примеры: См. наш Пример басиЦинпутдля. Samples: See our BasicInput sample, for .

Руководство по визуальной обратной связи Guidelines for visual feedback

• Обнаружив мышь (при помощи событий перемещения или наведения), отображайте пользовательский интерфейс для мыши, чтобы показать функциональность, которую предоставляет элемент. When a mouse is detected (through move or hover events), show mouse-specific UI to indicate functionality exposed by the element. Если мышь не перемещается в течение определенного времени или если пользователь инициирует взаимодействие касанием, сделайте так, чтобы пользовательский интерфейс для мыши постепенно исчезал с экрана. If the mouse doesn’t move for a certain amount of time, or if the user initiates a touch interaction, make the mouse UI gradually fade away. В этом случае пользовательский интерфейс будет аккуратным, не загроможденным лишними элементами. This keeps the UI clean and uncluttered.
• Не используйте курсор для обратной связи при наведении, для этого достаточно обратной связи от элемента (см. ниже раздел «Курсоры»). Don’t use the cursor for hover feedback, the feedback provided by the element is sufficient (see Cursors below).
• Не отображайте визуальную обратную связь, если элемент не поддерживает взаимодействие (например, статический текст). Don’t display visual feedback if an element doesn’t support interaction (such as static text).
• Не используйте прямоугольник фокуса для взаимодействий с помощью мыши. Don’t use focus rectangles with mouse interactions. Оставьте их для взаимодействий с использованием клавиатуры. Reserve these for keyboard interactions.
• Отображайте визуальную обратную связь одновременно для всех элементов, представляющих одну и ту же цель ввода. Display visual feedback concurrently for all elements that represent the same input target.
• Предусмотрите кнопки (например, + и -) для эмуляции манипуляций касания, таких как сдвиг, поворот, масштабирование и пр. Provide buttons (such as + and -) for emulating touch-based manipulations such as panning, rotating, zooming, and so on.

Дополнительные общие рекомендации по визуальной обратной связи см. в разделе Руководство по визуальной обратной связи. For more general guidance on visual feedback, see Guidelines for visual feedback.

Курсоры Cursors

Для указателя мыши предусмотрен набор стандартных курсоров. A set of standard cursors is available for a mouse pointer. Они указывают на основное действие элемента. These are used to indicate the primary action of an element.

С каждым из стандартных указателей сопоставлено изображение по умолчанию. Each standard cursor has a corresponding default image associated with it. Пользователь или приложение могут в любое время замещать изображение по умолчанию любым другим стандартным курсором. The user or an app can replace the default image associated with any standard cursor at any time. Изображение курсора можно выбрать с помощью функции PointerCursor. Specify a cursor image through the PointerCursor function.

Если требуется настроить курсор мыши: If you need to customize the mouse cursor:

• Обязательно используйте курсор-стрелку ( Always use the arrow cursor ( ) для элементов, реагирующих на щелчок. ) for clickable elements. не используйте курсор в виде руки ( don’t use the pointing hand cursor ( ) для ссылок и других интерактивных элементов. ) for links or other interactive elements. Вместо него применяйте эффекты наведения (описанные выше). Instead, use hover effects (described earlier).
• Используйте текстовый курсор ( Use the text cursor ( ) для текста, доступного для выделения. ) for selectable text.
• Используйте курсор перемещения ( Use the move cursor ( ), если основное действие — это перемещение (перетаскивание или обрезка). ) when moving is the primary action (such as dragging or cropping). Не используйте курсор перемещения для элементов, у которых основное действие — навигация (например, плитки начального экрана). Don’t use the move cursor for elements where the primary action is navigation (such as Start tiles).
• Используйте курсоры изменения размеров по горизонтали, вертикали и диагонали ( Use the horizontal, vertical and diagonal resize cursors ( , , , , , , ), если размер объекта можно изменить. ), when an object is resizable.
• Используйте курсоры «хватающая рука» ( Use the grasping hand cursors ( , , ) для сдвига содержимого в пределах фиксированного холста, например карты. ) when panning content within a fixed canvas (such as a map).

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