Hello all
Here is version 1 of my mouse swing guide. Please also study the official “Getting started with the Perfect Golf mouse ‘Motion swing’ guide on the PG steam community page.
Disclaimer:
The information in this "guide" is based on my practical experiences trying to master mouse swing. It is not intended to market any product or to suggest that this is the only way to set up mouse swing in Perfect Golf (PG).
Assumptions
We want to achieve:
- Maximum control over shot power
- Maximum control over mouse swing tempo
To achieve this you need to adjust the movement speed of your mouse cursor and in-game sensitivity to support the ergonomics of your wrist and hand movement. I use horizontal mouse swing (I found I had a little more control with this method) and anchor my wrist on the mouse pad to swing. Let’s start with setting up your mouse.
1. Set up your mouse
1.1 Adjust the mouse properties in Windows (Win7)
Control panel>Mouse>Pointer Options>Motion
or
Control panel>Hardware and Sound>Mouse
Set the pointer motion as slow as possible. I suggest the 3rd calibration mark from the left. This makes your mouse pointer speed in Windows very slow, but improves tracking. It is VERY important to set this as slow as possible and then to adjust your mouse speed faster in your mouse software.
Make sure that Enhance pointer precision is off!
Please note that this guide assumes that you have a mouse with a dpi range close to 250 – 6400. If not, you will need to set your Windows motion speed to the 4th calibration mark.
1.2 Adjust the mouse properties in your mouse software
Modern gaming mice allow for multiple dots per inch (dpi) settings that alter the tracking speed of your mouse cursor. The typical dpi range is 250 – 6400 dpi but some can go up to 12 000 dpi. The typical non gaming mouse’s dpi is between 600 – 1000 dpi. Set up 2 dpi settings, 1 for PG and 1 for Windows. The PG dpi setting should be lower (slower) than the dpi setting for Windows.
I suggest setting the PG dpi to 1500 - 3000. Your mouse speed will be slow in game but your improved mouse swing control will make up for it. Then set your Windows dpi to something higher, probably 4000 - 6000 (if your mouse doesn’t support this range of dpi settings, apply the principle).
Always leave the PG dpi setting at whatever you have chosen and adjust the Windows dpi up if you want faster tracking in Windows.
Set mouse polling to maximum.
Make sure that mouse acceleration is off!
1.3 Adjust PG settings
Go to your swing sensitivity settings in PG. The Swing Meter Sensitivity adjusts your long game and the Swing Meter Short Game Sensitivity your short game. They are both by default set to 1.00. You need to adjust these settings to a speed that suits you. For the long game you are probably looking at a setting from 1.00-1.30.
For the short game you need a slower swing to accurately control putting power. Here you are probably looking at a setting from 1.50-2.00. The major downside of such a slow swing speed is that chips and pitches are tied to the short game sensitivity so these shots are annoying to play. Flops however still use the long game settings it seems ... so at least they work better.
From here you need to adjust your long and short game settings, practice adjust, practice adjust until you are comfortable (this may take some time and cause grey hairs).
2. Set up your swing
Now that you know all the technical settings you can adjust, you need to apply that to your swing.
Set the difficulty to Beginner if you are learning or to a level that suits you.
Practice your swing without hitting your ball (de-select the yellow radio button at the bottom of the swing meter).
2.1 Determine your physical swing motion range
- Settle your wrist in a comfortable position in the middle of your mouse pad
- Click on the 9 o’clock part of the swing meter for horizontal mouse swing or 12 o’clock part of swing meter for vertical mouse swing
- Move your mouse cursor right (horizontal ms) or down (vertical ms) until you reach a comfortable horizontal or vertical position without straining or having to move your wrist i.e take your backswing. You have now established the comfortable range your wrist and hand can move to at the top of your backswing.
2.2 Adjust your dpi and in-game sensitivity settings
- Now, within this comfortable range of movement you need to adjust the mouse dpi and the in-game sensitivity to get the perfect swing.
- Adjust your mouse dpi so that it allows your cursor to move from it's start position to the maximum comfortable wrist range i.e. the top of your backswing. This should be +- 5 - 6 centimetres (2 - 2.2 inches), depending on the size of your hand and flexibility of your wrist, or more or less to the right middle (horizontal ms) or bottom middle (vertical ms) point in the swing meter. This ensures a steady measured swing that is easier to control.
- Adjust the in-game sensitivity so that at your maximum comfortable wrist extension your power swing meter arrow is at 100% power.
2.3 Practice your swing tempo
- Now practice your swing. Swing back at a steady, measured pace. At 100% stop momentarily then swing back to the mouse cursors starting position slightly faster. Try to consistently achieve the magical 0.25 speed ratio
. - To complete your swing you must move your mouse cursor just past it’s original starting point.
- You also have a maximum time allowed for your stroke. If it is too slow you will top the ball. I have set it up so that I swing just fast enough to avoid topping the ball.
3. Putting
Putting works somewhat differently to your long shots. Here you need to set your in-game sensitivity lower (slower) so that you can control the power for shorter puts consistently. This may mean that puts over 11 or 12 meters (35 foot +) will force you to extend your wrist or hand beyond the comfortable horizontal or vertical position, but that is just how it works currently (the pitch and chip game also suffers from this). The direction of your swing affects how straight you hit your put so you will need to practice swinging back and through in a straight line.
IMHO we need a third sensitivity setting for chips, pitches and the flop shot.
4. Conclusion
I hope that this guide will help you to improve your mouse swing, it covered the basics 
. Don’t get discouraged, it took me many hours of practice to get the hang of it, and I still need to do a lot of work to improve.
Regards
Trath
Hardware tips
Here are links to 3 hardware vendors that I think produce good quality products. I suggest a wired mouse (but there are viable wireless ones as well) and don’t forget a good MOUSE PAD!
http://gaming.logite...-za/gaming-mice
http://steelseries.com/gaming-mice
http://www.corsair.c...ing/gaming-mice
http://www.corsair.c.../landing/lapdog
The lapdog may be something those who play from the couch might find interesting and useful.
My set up
Mouse: Logitech G502
Mouse pad: Razor Ironclad
Windows Motion speed: 3rd calibration point
PG mouse dpi: 1500
Windows mouse dpi: 5000
Long Game sensitivity: 1.1
Short Game sensitivity: 1.4
