Vibrating mouses/keyboards in games?

SkScotchegg · 9 Sep 2011 at 20:58

Vibrating mice/keyboards in games?

I was trying out a demo tonight on the PC and was playing with keyboard and mice but I had an xbox joypad plugged in at same time and noticed it virbrating on my desk during gameplay and I wondered howcome we dont have vibration on the PC?

I would have thought game companies would have made loads more games with vibration and also made keyboards and mice with vibration by now.

What do you lot think? Would you like your mice or keyboard to vibrate during games like BC2, Crysis 2, L4D2 etc?

PapaLazaru · 9 Sep 2011 at 21:00

SkScotchegg said:
Would you like your mouse or keyboard to vibrate during games like BC2, Crysis 2, L4D2 etc?

No, but if someone sold a room shaking device, I would be tempted.

Hyburnate · 9 Sep 2011 at 21:00

We all know why you want a vibrating wireless mouse.

I thought of this a few years back its a good idea but its getting them to work universally.

SkScotchegg · 9 Sep 2011 at 21:06

Hyburnate said:
We all know why you want a vibrating wireless mice.

I thought of this a few years back its a good idea but its getting them to work universally.

lol, I think it would be good if my keyboard and mice had an on/off switch for vibration, because obviously you wouldnt want vibration on mice for FPS because it would mess up your aim, but for other games it would be fine.

Also for FPS games you could just have vibration turned on for keyboard and not mice. I reckon I would like that, imagine getting shot in counter-strike/battlefield/CoD and feeling the hits on the palm of your hand as the keyboard vibrates? I reckon that would be cool.

d_brennen · 9 Sep 2011 at 21:06

Force feedback mice would be very unpopular with competitive players (not only pros

) in online shooters. SP might work

Anyway we have 360 pads for pc

SkScotchegg · 9 Sep 2011 at 21:07

d_brennen said:
Force feedback mice would be very unpopular with competitive players (not only pros ) in online shooters. SP might work

Anyway we have 360 pads for pc

I just replied before your reply, read what I put above

EDIT: Also I dont really use my 360 joypad much on PC, I liked it for mafia 2 and F1 2010, but cant think of anything else I'd use it for...and I defo wouldnt use it for FPS lol.

d_brennen · 9 Sep 2011 at 21:14

We replied at the same time dawg

RollerBall · 9 Sep 2011 at 21:40

Vibrating keyboard? That would make SO much noise and be a pain in the ass. A vibrating mouse would shred your aim/etc.

They made vibrating headsets I'm pretty sure. That's the only vibrating thing that would work but I think it's a bit silly tbh.

mattjd · 9 Sep 2011 at 21:47

Didnt they make a vibrating gaming chair and also those pads/shirt that you wear which you feel being hit by a bullet in FPS games etc?

Gackt · 9 Sep 2011 at 21:47

MOUSES

trigger-happy · 9 Sep 2011 at 21:47

vibrating chair + bf3 jet experience + joy stick = win

Number_25 · 9 Sep 2011 at 22:21

Mice, you mean Mice.

It's a bad idea, how can we keep it steady on the desk if its moving about?

kylew · 9 Sep 2011 at 22:48

The Phillip's AMBX sets that had t he wrist rumble attachment would be a suitable way of force feedback in PC games without using a pad.

BuToNz · 9 Sep 2011 at 23:44

One word: Buttkicker

olivier renault · 9 Sep 2011 at 23:47

Number_25 said:
Mice, you mean Mice.

It's a bad idea, how can we keep it steady on the desk if its moving about?

I think electric shocks would be more of an incentive for not getting shot

Psyoletic · 10 Sep 2011 at 00:00

SkScotchegg said:
I was trying out a demo tonight on the PC and was playing with keyboard and mouse but I had an xbox joypad plugged in at same time and noticed it virbrating on my desk during gameplay and I wondered howcome we dont have vibration on the PC?

I would have thought game companies would have made loads more games with vibration and also made keyboards and mice with vibration by now.

What do you lot think? Would you like your mouse or keyboard to vibrate during games like BC2, Crysis 2, L4D2 etc?

Well for one would you want your mouse and keyboard bouncing all over the desk? You don't hold your mouse and keyboard which in controller terms absorbs the vibrations.

Gimpymoo · 10 Sep 2011 at 01:41

What about RSI risks with a vibrating mouse?

pingu666 · 10 Sep 2011 at 08:20

you could make your own, i think the vibes come from a electric motor with a weight in a semi circle shape, so its unbalanced.

sacrifice a cheap gamepad, and stick it to the kb somehow

Paul_cz · 10 Sep 2011 at 08:23

vibrating mouse is actually a good idea, it could vibrate just slightly, it would not mess up aim that much..

and the feel when shooting, or when slashing etc in FPS/RPGs would be great.

SkScotchegg · 10 Sep 2011 at 14:31

Paul_cz said:
vibrating mouse is actually a good idea, it could vibrate just slightly, it would not mess up aim that much..

and the feel when shooting, or when slashing etc in FPS/RPGs would be great.

Exactly what I was thinking, if you could adjust the strength of the vibration in the mouse that would be awesome. Despite some of the comments above I still think this would be a good idea.

All they need to have is an on/off switch and an adjustable strength bar to low the vibration strength which many games already have these days.

I'm still really surprised in this world where everyone has invented everything already that nobody has thought to invent this.

I would buy it and I think it would be good for RPG games, car games, Flight simulators, RTS, MMORPG....and like I said above if I could turn it off on the mouse or lower the sensativity and/or just have it vibrate on the keyboard, it wouldnt effect aim in FPS so it could still work for FPS too.

I really hope they start to sell these vibrating keyboards and mice in the future.