Ok, this took me ages! Finally figured out how to get the trackpad on a laptop to increase the sensitivity so you're NOT constantly
dragging across the trackpad to make your ship move a TINY little bit!
(I know most of you prefer using joysticks but in my view they should install trackpads into fighter jets and airliners cos trying to use a
joystick is like drawing a rubix cube by holding the rubber end of a pencil! That's just what i think).
By the way this fix actually increases the functionality of your trackpad 10 fold so it's worth doing anyway.
Basically, you need to download the new drivers (from the link below) uninstall your Synaptics drivers from add/remove programs, Restart
your computer, install the new Synaptics drivers, Restart again, then thats it! (Oh, apart from adjusting the driver settings, but i'll get
to that).
You need to go here to download the NEW drivers:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/05/31/enable-multi-touch-gesture-finger-scroll-momentum-and-chiralmotion-on-synaptics-touchpad-in-windows-7vistaxpserver/So basically i installed the one called: synaptics_v10.2.4.0_allOS_modded_b2.zip (there's 1 for vista as well).
It's been modded by someone to work on older computers (like mine, a Dell inspiron 6400 running on windows XP) so it will give you a
warning saying the drivers are UNsigned but carry on anyway, trust me, just roll back the drivers if it doesn't work, and bear in mind that
you need to download the right one for your computer (disclaimer: don't blame me if it knacks your computer altho i seriously doubt it
will).
At first everything looks the same but if you go to: Control Panel>Mouse>Device Settings>Settings
This will bring up the NEW properties windows which gives you a whole load of new features like the 2 finger gestures you get on iPhones,
chiral motion and other stuff that i've not played with yet, but the one we're interested in is Pointer Motion>Momentum
TICK 'Enable Momentum' and now when you move your mouse and take your finger OFF the trackpad,
it will carry on moving!To make it move even FURTHER when you let go of the mouse, go to the 'Glide' section underneath 'momentum' and slide the slider to wherever
you like (i keep it at halfway, cos any more than that is TOO SENSITIVE, and will literally send your ship spinning!!!)
This took me ages to figure out and spent ages searching all the exe, dat, cfg, ini and dll files in the game AND in my original Synaptic
trackpad drivers to find a way of increasing the sensitivity, to no avail. I also tried out various programs that reckoned they could boost
my sensitivity and was about to give up when i found it, I only joined this forum so i could tell anyone who was interested cos it's been
bugging me for ages and wanted to pass it on.
I thought of it as soon as i saw the bit on momentum, cos i'd used a program that converted mouse movement to the arrow keys but when i
tried it , it DID transfer movement to the arrow keys but my ship moved exactly the same, it was like each movement of the mouse was just
TAPPING the arrow keys, but using the momentum feature on the new drivers, it's like it's holding them down and gradually letting go, so much so that you'll need to do a small stroke in the other direction put the brakes on, which has a really cool feel to it, like your actually floating in a vacuum. So the problem wasn't really the sensitivity as such, just the way it was only 'tapping' movement a bit at a time with each stroke of the pad, creating the need to KEEP dragging you finger. Anyway, gotta go and play it now, WOOHOO!!!
Pass it on.
P.S. If the link ever goes dead try googling various combinations of 'Enable Multi-Touch Gesture', 'Finger scroll', 'Momentum', 'Chiral
motion' & 'Synaptics' and remember if it's an old computer like mine which isn't officially supported for the new drivers, you're looking
for the modded version done by Discrucio Anima.
