do you invert your Y axis? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Coppertop · 05-06-2005, 12:21 PM

Ok, even though there are 2 other threads about this, they lack a poll. So here we can get a clearer answer to the age old question: Are you an inverter?

Please note this thread leaves out flight sims, as I am sure most people use an inverted Y axis for these games. I am looking for 1st and 3rd person games here.

aberkok · 05-06-2005, 12:46 PM

Looks like so far, things lie in favour of "the default", i.e. NOT inverted. I always knew I was anti-mainstream. In the words of Steve Martin, "that'll show 'em!"

I wonder if inverters are pro-Bush?

liquidlight · 05-06-2005, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aberkok

I wonder if inverters are pro-Bush?

God I hope you're joking

I invert my consoles, but most of my PC is mouse targeting, the exception is playing Descent and I invert my flight controls.

djflish · 05-06-2005, 01:38 PM

Up is definitely up.
It just doesn't seem right pushing up, but the screen going down.
I just can't play like that, on PC or console

Raptor20561 · 05-06-2005, 01:43 PM

yay there's an inverted for consoles and standard for pc option! heh tks for finally setting up the poll hahaha

FngKestrel · 05-06-2005, 02:41 PM

Inverted on FPS, inverted in games like splinter cell, inverted on most games. Although, Guild Wars is causing me to use 'normal', unless I go into first person view, in which case I want to invert. I'm confused...

superiorrain · 05-06-2005, 02:53 PM

Inversion is the only way to go... however this only works for me with flying games and first person view points. All other times it has to be regular. Now i'm just confusing myself, but all i say is true. I must be some fucked up computer player.

n0nsensical · 05-06-2005, 08:55 PM

I can go either way on consoles after a few minutes to adjust...I think it's because of the stick making it similar to a flying game with a joystick. But I usually use standard and always standard with a mouse, so I'll go with up is up.

irateplatypus · 05-07-2005, 05:38 AM

a gentleman never tells...

Apokx · 05-12-2005, 03:11 PM

Halo = inverted.

Counter-Stike Source = up is up.

Supple Cow · 05-12-2005, 03:45 PM

When I first read saw this on the Index page, I thought it was in the Knowledge forum and I was about to complain about all the graphs I had to make with inverted numbering on the y-axis (for my research on sediment cores).

I voted Up is Up! (because it IS), but I can play inverted too as long as I have a little time to reorient myself.

LoganSnake · 05-12-2005, 04:22 PM

Inverted for consoles. There is no other way to play for me. I get really disoriented when up is up...as weird as it sounds. I used to play a lot of flight games where up was down and down was up and it kinda stuck with me.

PC's on the other hand keep their axis default. Because I do the Y moving with my whole arm and not just with a thumb so it's completely natural for up to be up and down to be down...if that makes any sense.

MPower · 05-13-2005, 01:15 PM

Y=Always inverted
X=Never inverted, although it could be amusing.

tuner · 05-13-2005, 10:47 PM

I always invert the Y-axis. I might have gotten used to it by playing lots and lots of flight simulators back in the day.

I think however, that anyone "fresh" in the FPS gaming world will just choose to not invert the Y-axis. It's all a matter of habit IMO.

Hardknock · 05-16-2005, 06:55 PM

As a flyboy, I have to go inverted baby!

It's the nature of the beast.

View Poll Results: do you invert your Y axis?
Up is up!	23	41.82%
Inverted baby!	17	30.91%
Standard for consoles, inverted for PCs	2	3.64%
Inverted for consoles, standard for PCs	13	23.64%
Voters: 55. You may not vote on this poll

05-06-2005, 12:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Coppertop Getting Medieval on your ass Location: 13th century Europe	do you invert your Y axis? Ok, even though there are 2 other threads about this, they lack a poll. So here we can get a clearer answer to the age old question: Are you an inverter? Please note this thread leaves out flight sims, as I am sure most people use an inverted Y axis for these games. I am looking for 1st and 3rd person games here.

05-06-2005, 12:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
aberkok “Wrong is right.” Location: toronto	Looks like so far, things lie in favour of "the default", i.e. NOT inverted. I always knew I was anti-mainstream. In the words of Steve Martin, "that'll show 'em!" I wonder if inverters are pro-Bush? __________________ !check out my new blog! http://arkanamusic.wordpress.com Warden Gentiles: "It? Perfectly innocent. But I can see how, if our roles were reversed, I might have you beaten with a pillowcase full of batteries." Last edited by aberkok; 05-06-2005 at 12:47 PM.. Reason: anti-bushism

05-06-2005, 01:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
djflish The Mighty Boosh Location: I mostly come out at night, mostly...	Up is definitely up. It just doesn't seem right pushing up, but the screen going down. I just can't play like that, on PC or console __________________ Europes two great narcotics, Alcohol and Christianity. I know which one I prefer.

05-06-2005, 01:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
Raptor20561 Tilted Location: so cal	yay there's an inverted for consoles and standard for pc option! heh tks for finally setting up the poll hahaha __________________ Things have never been so swell I have never failed to fail

05-06-2005, 02:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
FngKestrel Junkie	Inverted on FPS, inverted in games like splinter cell, inverted on most games. Although, Guild Wars is causing me to use 'normal', unless I go into first person view, in which case I want to invert. I'm confused...

05-06-2005, 02:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
superiorrain Psycho Location: London	Inversion is the only way to go... however this only works for me with flying games and first person view points. All other times it has to be regular. Now i'm just confusing myself, but all i say is true. I must be some fucked up computer player. __________________ "The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible." - Arthur C. Clarke

05-06-2005, 08:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
n0nsensical Junkie Location: San Francisco	I can go either way on consoles after a few minutes to adjust...I think it's because of the stick making it similar to a flying game with a joystick. But I usually use standard and always standard with a mouse, so I'll go with up is up. __________________ "Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." --Abraham Lincoln

05-07-2005, 05:38 AM	#9 (permalink)
irateplatypus can't help but laugh Location: dar al-harb	a gentleman never tells... __________________ If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves. ~ Winston Churchill

05-12-2005, 03:11 PM	#10 (permalink)
Apokx Yo dawg, I herd u like... Location: memes.	Halo = inverted. Counter-Stike Source = up is up.

05-12-2005, 03:45 PM	#11 (permalink)
Supple Cow Americow, the Beautiful Location: Washington, D.C.	When I first read saw this on the Index page, I thought it was in the Knowledge forum and I was about to complain about all the graphs I had to make with inverted numbering on the y-axis (for my research on sediment cores). I voted Up is Up! (because it IS), but I can play inverted too as long as I have a little time to reorient myself. __________________ "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." (Michael Jordan)

05-12-2005, 04:22 PM	#12 (permalink)
LoganSnake We work alone Location: Cake Town	Inverted for consoles. There is no other way to play for me. I get really disoriented when up is up...as weird as it sounds. I used to play a lot of flight games where up was down and down was up and it kinda stuck with me. PC's on the other hand keep their axis default. Because I do the Y moving with my whole arm and not just with a thumb so it's completely natural for up to be up and down to be down...if that makes any sense. __________________ Maturity is knowing you were an idiot in the past. Wisdom is knowing that you'll be an idiot in the future. Common sense is knowing that you should try not to be an idiot now. - J. Jacques

05-13-2005, 01:15 PM	#13 (permalink)
MPower Psycho	Y=Always inverted X=Never inverted, although it could be amusing.

05-13-2005, 10:47 PM	#14 (permalink)
tuner Banned Location: helicon 1	I always invert the Y-axis. I might have gotten used to it by playing lots and lots of flight simulators back in the day. I think however, that anyone "fresh" in the FPS gaming world will just choose to not invert the Y-axis. It's all a matter of habit IMO.

05-16-2005, 06:55 PM	#15 (permalink)
Hardknock Republican slayer Location: WA	As a flyboy, I have to go inverted baby! It's the nature of the beast.