Did anybody have control problems in Dead Space?

The mouse controls in this game are incredibly unresponsive - and this is not a V-sync issue either. I've got V-sync turned off. I'm talking about the way that the mouse is set up in Dead Space.

When I'm walking forward, and I want to turn, I practically have to roll the mouse for about a half a mile just to make a 180 - and it's just as bad when I'm aiming with a weapon. If I'm standing still then the mouse movement works exactly like it would in any other game.

I find this to be incredibly frustrating.

The joke is that when I swapped the mouse for my 360 controller, I experienced the exact opposite problem. The camera moves too quickly. This is a frustrating game to get into.

Ya, I find 3rd person shooters better on consoles. I just don't like mouse and keyboard for it.

This is a known issue with Dead Space. The keyboard and mouse controls are horribly sluggish, and there are some random, bizarre changes in sensitivity.

I had better luck when I plugged in my X360 controller. Unfortunately the game is just an incredibly lazy port. They put no effort into adapting the controls for PC. If you hadn't already bought it for PC I would have told you get to get one of the console versions instead.

At another website called HardForum, I found a massive 24 page thread in which the PC controls for Dead Space were loudly criticized by hundreds of gamers (the thread dates from around the time of the game's launch).

But I had to shake my head in disgust at what one person wrote:

"Oh I see now. If the controls are really as bad as the reviews and users are claiming then they deserve to have the game pirated for being too lazy and/or cheap to properly implement pc controls."

Hmm. Where have we heard this argument advanced recently?

It worked fine for me.

for me it was vsync issue , after that it ran pretty nicenaval

I think that only worked for certain hardware configurations.

For me disabling vsync only fixed the mouse in the menu screens. It was still laggy in the game.

And my setup is by no means low end. The game runs fine otherwise, it just has horrid mouse lag.

After weeks and weeks of discussion at the HardForum, the posters were able to confirm that the mouse movement has three different 'polling' speeds - one for when the character is stationary (this one feels normal), one for when the character is moving (this one is slow and unresponsive), and one for when the character is aiming (this one is even less responsive).

This is built into the game, by the way - so those of you who 'didn't notice it'... did you even play it on the PC?

EA also confirmed that this is exactly how the mouse functions in this game - I mean, how could anybody not notice it? It's just obvious, as soon as you start moving your character, that there's something horribly wrong there.

The only thing you can do is stop your character completely, and then turn him and aim him in the right direction, and then move forward. The controls are pathetic.

i used the 360 controller it was fine

Yeah, that seems to be the consensus - you just have to get used to it. I've never played a game that had 3 different polling speeds for the mouse though. It's just quirky.

So many problems?I haven't faced any problems wit controls...

Yea the controls take some getting used to. The most frustrating part for me was when one of those tentacles grab you and you have to pinpoint your gun while being pulled.

I just cranked the sensitivity on my Deathadder all the way up to make up for the sloooow controls.General_X

God the controls really are awkward with this game.

The 360 controller doesn't work well at all, because it's both too sensitive, AND too sluggish. I've never experienced that in a game before. You usually get the one or the other, but not the both!

I've finally gotten used to the mouse/keyboard controls (I think), but it wasn't easy. You really do have to adjust your mouse's sensitivity in the mouse menu before launching the game - and then you have to adjust the in-game mouse sensitivity as well. (You notch both sliders to the max, almost). And yes there really are three different polling speeds for the mouse - I can see that now - one for movement with the weapon holstered (sluggish), one for movement with the weapon drawn (incredibly sluggish!), and one for when the character is standing in place (this one is smooth).

You have to move forward, and then come to a full stop and swivel the camera in the direction in which you want to move. And then you go forward. You just can't move the way you normally would. It's just so damned awkward. Even after I was finished playing last night, I walked down the hallway in my home, and the motion felt jerky and awkward. LOL!

That said, nice graphics. Really sharp. I like the smoke effects, in particular. And the suit that the guy is wearing is nicely detailed. I maxed everything out and at 1680*1050 I must be way above 60FPS. Decent game so far.

How many hours, by the way?

[...] You have to move forward, and then come to a full stop and swivel the camera in the direction in which you want to move. And then you go forward. You just can't move the way you normally would. It's just so damned awkward. Charles_Dickens

Indeed. The (antiquated) control scheme is standard fare for just about every Survival Horror game I've played, or tried to play. I hate it!! :evil:

Btw - this 'issue' is the sole reason why Dead Space has been sitting on my shelf, unopened, for at least eight months.

This is a known issue with Dead Space. The keyboard and mouse controls are horribly sluggish, and there are some random, bizarre changes in sensitivity.

I had better luck when I plugged in my X360 controller. Unfortunately the game is just an incredibly lazy port. They put no effort into adapting the controls for PC. If you hadn't already bought it for PC I would have told you get to get one of the console versions instead.

AFraud

But I can see why people raved about this game back when it was originally released. It was pretty much an unknown quantity right? (Much like Arkham Asylum has been this year.) People tend to boost a game for that reason.

Right away, from the very first second of the opening cinematic, I could tell that this is a quality game. Aside from the controls, which suck, I'm impressed.

There's an .ini file in which you can edit the mouse speed settings. I did that, and worked fine for me. No, DS doesn't control like your typical FPS, but that was the intent of the game--it's not a twitch-fest. Your character is an ENGINEEER in a heavy utilitarian suit. He is NOT an uberomgwtfzomggg space marine who blows up everything in three seconds while flexing rock-hard abs and clenching lantern jaw. As such, the engineer's movements are more methodical. This lends to the OMGWTF MUTaNTZ GONNA GET ME atmosphere of the game. Whether or not this was wholly successful, I'll leave to someone else to debate.

Make sure you force V-Sync off in your graphics driver control panel. That fixes the mouse lag issue.

keyboard and mouse worked flawlessy for me !! Excellent game :D

Aw this game is going to cause me to have a heat attack - I think I might have to play it during the daytime on the weekends. It's just too much.