Poll: Gameplay controls: Do you invert your Y-axis?

[robot slipper]

Hello!

Just wanted to know whether I'm actually WEIRD or not, as all but one of my gaming friends do not choose the option to invert their Y-axis when playing games (typically shooter-type games). For me, pointing the stick forward means looking/aiming downwards, and pulling back on it means looking/aiming upwards. There is no other way I can play! Perhaps it comes from using a joystick from an early age and playing lots of flying games? I don't know, anyway I thought this would be the best forum on which to find out!

Thanks for taking your time to vote!

 

[ultratog1028]

Only for Flight sims and mech games. So, not at the moment.

 

[linkmastr001]

I like up to be up and down to be down. Seems simple to me.

 

[the-kitchen-slayer]

Only when using a controller do I invert. Otherwise, with a mouse, I can't.

It's... Kinda weird when I think about it

 

[Thaius]

Yes, agreed. For me, it comes from being a cinematographer. When you're dealing with a tri-pod, you move the camera from a stick in the back, so moving the stick up means moving the perspective down, and vice versa. So I always do it. It also comes from the fact that I played flight sim games long before I played shooters.

 

[Jamboxdotcom]

yeah, i'm the only one of my friends who inverts Y, also. it just always seemed more logical to me, for basically the same reasons Thaius mentioned above me.

 

[Tharwen]

No. Except when I'm flying, which makes it really awkward in Bad Company 2, when the same 'invert Y axis' option applies to both UAVs and helicopters. The UAV handles like a flying soldier (i.e. normally), but the helicopter flies, which means that I typically crash when I swap between them.

 

[baconsarnie]

Using a mouse no, playing a fps no, flying ALWAYS

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Always for a controller, whether it be the camera or in an FPS, I always invert.

I can't actually pinpoint the moment I started, but I'm pretty sure it was down to a game I used to play quite often, that had no option to non-invert the Y axis camera.

Captcha is : entraffi helped

Who helped what?

 

[BreakfastMan]

Nope. I usually keep it at regular for every game I play, but if a game comes with the y-axis inverted with no option to change it, I can adapt pretty quickly. So, it doesn't really matter I guess...

 

[Kwaren]

I started with inversion with Pilotwings 64 because it was the default layout. I can't play anything without inverting the controls now.

 

[robot slipper]

Hmm it appears from some comments that maybe I should have included a "sometimes" option. Oopsie.

This topic just came back into my head today, as I was forced to play Kung Fu Panda (since my son was off school for being ill and I couldn't play anything violent) and there was no option to invert the Y-axis for camera movements. I found it quite hard, definitely wouldn't be able to cope for long in a shooter game without inverting.

 

[Lokithrsourcerer]

only in flight games maybe if I ever played a submarine game too

 

[gigastar]

Only in flight sims, and that one submarine game that i have that no-one outside of Japan will never have heard of.

Everywhere else, up is up and down is down. I dont even rotate the screen angle in rts games.

 

[Agayek]

Only when using a controller do I invert. Otherwise, with a mouse, I can't.

It's... Kinda weird when I think about it

What this guy said. Using a controller, I always invert the Y-axis on the camera. I simply can't play otherwise.

Using a mouse, though, the reverse is true.

 

[luclin92]

i used to have it inverted and i cant remember when i changed to not have it inverted

 

[Sun Flash]

Up is up... because it's up.

Inverting just confuses me. @_@

 

[Sovvolf]

No, I find it awkward to play when the Y axis is inverted. Although the exception to the rule is with flight sims where it feels awkward without the inversion.

 

[DocMcCray]

Hellz, yes. Everytime.

It started when I played Ace Combat 4. And when I said "played" I mean "Thoroughly beat it until my eyes bled, S-ranked every mission in Ace mode."

After that much playtime, it became natural to have invert. Everytime I start up a game, that is the very first thing I head for.

I don't get teased or questioned about it at all. Gaming experience usually goes down like this:

Me: Hang on, I have to invert my control.
Gaming buddy(buddies): Cool.

 

[nin_ninja]

yeah, i'm the only one of my friends who inverts Y, also. it just always seemed more logical to me, for basically the same reasons Thaius mentioned above me.

Basically this.

I remember trying to play a game where the option wasn't available, so I couldn't use the shooting mechanics at all.