Poll: Do You Invert?

[massau]

no never not even with an aircraft game

 

[Drake the Dragonheart]

I don't, though I can understand it in games where you pilot aircraft, but I just can't on an FPS. I have a friend who can't function in any game without the invert, and it makes things annoying when we do something where we have controller trade-offs.

 

[Cowabungaa]

No, not even when flying a plane in a game. I kept crashing in Battlefield Heroes, untill I turned off invert, then I could actually fly and swoop down. My hand-eye coordination is pretty good, but I can never get used to inverted controls. I see why it makes sense in real life, seeing how aircrafts work and stuff, but in games...not really. When I move my mouse up, why would I want the thing on my screen to go down, just...why?

 

[ThatJagoGuy]

I'm quite suprised that non-inverters are in the majority!

 

[Jandau]

Inverting the Y-Axis is for pussies. Real men invert the X-Axis!

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

I can use both, but I prefer non-inverted, since the majority of games I've played for a while have had non-inverted as default, and I've got used to it.

 

[skcseth]

Never. Tried it once for Goldeneye back in the day, I think I gave myself motion sickness.

 

[The_Echo]

I think I've only ever changed the Y Axis controls once... and then I changed it back soon after.

 

[Legion]

I used to until I played Rainbow Six: Black Arrow on the original Xbox, from then on I haven't.

 

[Jinxzy]

Never invert... oh god never.
My boyfriend was playing on my 360 and inverted everything. I went to play when he was done, oh god the horror.

 

[Helgar11]

there such a think as non invertion every one i know inverts the controls i thought every one did

 

[Chinchama]

I can't deal with the inversion, up is up, not down.

 

[lolmynamewastaken]

ok, i only didn't invert flight sims...
hot seating with me is hell, i just get told off for it so much as only one of my friends is also an invert.
invertation is for profesionals!

 

[James Cassidy]

For some reason, I guess it's because of the circumstance, I can only use inverted controls when the game is about piloting vehicles.

I guess it has to do that in a plane you pull back on the stick to go up and push forward to go down. Looking at it from game controller POV, up is down and down is up.

 

[similar.squirrel]

Apparently, when you pick up a game for the first time, whether or not you like the inverse thumbstick/mouse setting depends on which side of the brain you use most.

I use inverse. Because I can.

P.S. To anyone wonderring:
The y-axis is the up/down.

I found a paper during my psych degree research which theorised that inversion often comes down to perspective. Inverters apparently tend to view the camera as a physical mechanism wthin the virtual environment to be manipulated much like their neck would move to adjust the view in real life. Non-inverters allegedly see the environment purely as an interface so their logic dictates up be up and down be down.

Of course, we adapt to different styles, but I think our initial approach may indeed be dictated about whetther you use the creative or logical side of your brain.

Hrrrm... I should have done my thesis on this and not VR. :-/

Does that explain why I can only use invert while in third person?
Like in gears of war i can use either, but it drives me insane in Call of duty

Yeah, maybe because 3rd person promotes the notion of camera operation as opposed to perspective control.

That's really interesting. I might start inverting now. reminiscent of ambidexterity, somehow..
You don't get the same bragging rights, though..

 

[DeviousCrypto]

I found a paper during my psych degree research which theorised that inversion often comes down to perspective. Inverters apparently tend to view the camera as a physical mechanism wthin the virtual environment to be manipulated much like their neck would move to adjust the view in real life. Non-inverters allegedly see the environment purely as an interface so their logic dictates up be up and down be down.

Of course, we adapt to different styles, but I think our initial approach may indeed be dictated about whetther you use the creative or logical side of your brain.

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Wait, that just says that inverters brains think the world inside the tv is REAL. The freaks...hehe.

Anyways, no.

 

[wmh]

I can adapt pretty easily to either inverted or non-inverted but my preferences are as follows:

- When playing with a joystick/controller, I highly prefer inverting Y-axis.
- But when playing games (mostly FPS) on PC with mouse + keyboard setup, I tend not to invert.

 

[Fruitloops89]

Back in the day I would play my FPS on inverted, but nowadays I can only play a few on invert.

 

[Grayjack]

No matter the game, I need to invert it. It's more natural. When you are aiming a gun, you move the stock down to aim up and vice-versa.