Mouse tweaks/fr

À propos

Si la visée est toujours saccadée après avoir suivi les instructions de la page Calibration de la souris, le problème peut être un mauvais réglage de la fréquence de la souris par le système d'exploitation.

Vous êtes seul responsable des dommages que vous pourriez causer à votre console, PC ou périphériques.

Pour Linux/Ubuntu

Cette méthode a été testée avec Ubuntu 10 et 11, mais elle peut aussi marcher avec des versions antérieures, ainsi qu'avec d'autres distribs Linux.

Éditer le fichier modules

Dans un terminal:

gksudo gedit /etc/modules

Après avoir entré le mot de passe (si demandé), le fichier modules sera ouvert dans un éditeur de texte avec les permissions qui permettent de l'éditer.

Ajouter les deux lignes suivantes à la fin du fichier, et enregistrer:

-r usbhid
usbhid mousepoll=NUMBER

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Avec NUMBER parmi les valeurs suivantes :

1 = 1000Hz
2 = 500Hz
4 = 250Hz
8 = 125Hz
10 = 100Hz

Example for 250Hz:

-r usbhid
usbhid mousepoll=4

P.S. Normally a polling rate of either 250Hz or 500Hz is enough. Newer mice may or may not benefit from 1000Hz. Just remember that a high polling rate is a strain on both your computer and mouse which may create more lag than mend it.

Restart and verify

That's it! Just restart Ubuntu, verify that the change has taken effect, and you're good to go

Run this command in terminal to verify the value you set:

cat /sys/module/usbhid/parameters/mousepoll

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For Windows Vista/7

In Windows, if you have a mouse like the Logitech MX518, you're stuck with a polling rate of 125Hz by default, unlike the Logitech G5, G500 and new G400 that change it to 500Hz, 1000Hz and 1000Hz respectively. There's is a way to change the default rate of 125Hz to 250Hz though for your mouse, so you can have the benefit of both smoother aim and a faster response time from running the emulator in it's 250Hz mode.

http://gimx.fr/img/screenshots/tuto/mt/250hzemu.jpg

Changing the mouse polling rate in Windows Vista/7 isn't as easy as in Ubuntu, unfortunately, since you simply can't change a value in some file or the registry, but are required to use a modified USB HID driver while running Windows in Test Mode to allow the driver to work, instead.

Requirements

First of all you'll need to download the NGOHQ's Driver Signer Enforcement Overrider: link

Then grab this archive I've compiled containing both the USB HID driver and DIMR (handy tool to check the current rate of your mouse, author unknown) and extract the HIDUSBF folder anywhere you'd like on your computer: link

(Credits go out to SweetLow for the drivers - We don't offer support for these drivers so check the readme file for further instructions, troubleshooting and links)

It is also recommended to turn off UAC but may not be required (everything must be run as administrator): link

Install the driver and enable Test Mode

To install the driver simply right click the HIDUSBF.INF file in the HIDUSBF folder and select Install

To enable Test Mode, run the Driver Signer Enforcement Overrider (dseo13b.exe) and click the Next button after having selected the Enable Test Mode option.

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Restart Windows to complete the process.

Sign the driver

After restarting Windows you'll be in Test Mode, verified by a watermark in the lower right hand corner of your desktop. You'll now be able to sign the driver you installed.

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To sign the driver, run the Driver Signer Enforcement Overrider again and click the Next button after having selected the Sign a System File option.

In the next window enter the following text into the text field and click OK:

C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\HIDUSBF.SYS

Restart Windows to take the newly signed driver into use.

Adjust your mouse polling rate and verify

After having restarted Windows, open up the HIDUSBF folder you extracted in the beginning and run Setup.exe

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Now, make sure the Mouses Only checkbox is ticked and that you have the right mouse selected if there are several devices listed. Then simply tick the Filter On Device checkbox, select 250 from the Selected Rate dropdown box and click the Restart button.

Your mouse should now be running with a polling rate of 250Hz! You can verify this by running the dimr.exe file in the HIDUSBF folder and moving the mouse around.

http://gimx.fr/img/screenshots/tuto/mt/125vs250.jpg Before and after.

P.S. If the polling rate didn't change you might have to restart Windows for it to take effect.

For Windows XP

Changing the mouse polling rate in Windows XP is a piece of cake compared to Windows Vista/7 since you don't need to sign any drivers and all that jazz.

Download

Download the following archive and extract the HIDUSBF folder anywhere you'd like on your computer: link

(Credits go out to SweetLow for the drivers - We don't offer support for these drivers so check the readme file for further instructions, troubleshooting and links)

Adjust your mouse polling rate and verify

Open up the HIDUSBF folder you extracted in the previous step and run Setup.exe

http://gimx.fr/img/screenshots/tuto/mt/adjustratexp.jpg

Now, make sure the Mouses Only checkbox is ticked and that you have the right mouse selected if there are several devices listed. Then simply tick the Filter On Device checkbox, select 250 from the Selected Rate dropdown box and click the Restart button.

Your mouse should now be running with a polling rate of 250Hz! You can verify this by running the dimr.exe file in the HIDUSBF folder and moving the mouse around.

http://gimx.fr/img/screenshots/tuto/mt/dimrxp.jpg

P.S. If the polling rate didn't change you might have to restart Windows for it to take effect.